A legal challenge filed Thursday seeks to have third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. kept off Pennsylvania's fall ballot, an effort with ramifications for the hotly contested swing-state battle between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris.
The pages of history fetishize great figures, but what we call “greatness” is often the correction of generational dereliction, when a few people, touched by genius or blessed with high character, heal the rifts in a society caused by the many. Leo Tolstoy best captured this common view of Abraham Lincoln in particular, calling him […]
It has been 18 years since elite gymnastics adopted its open-ended scoring system, an adaptation introduced not a moment too soon, as it would be rather boring to watch Simone Biles score repeated perfect 10s over nine years of international competitions across little more than a decade. At her third consecutive Olympic Summer Games, Biles […]
Psychologists and researchers say an optimistic outlook can lead to better physical and mental health. For instance, optimism is associated with lower levels of depression and anxiety. A study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that optimists tend to have better coping mechanisms and are more resilient to stress compared to […]
A Florida man was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday for threatening to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and his children, federal prosecutors announced. Michael Shapiro, 72, was sentenced during a hearing in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday nearly nine months after prosecutors said he left multiple threatening messages for Swalwell at his office in...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed an executive order Thursday requiring hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status to help the state determine the cost of providing healthcare to noncitizens. Beginning Nov. 1, Abbott is directing hospitals in Texas to gather data on “patients who are not lawfully present in the United States,” as...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) helped clear a homeless encampment in Los Angeles on Thursday while threatening to take away state funding from the state's counties that do not do more to curb homelessness. Newsom was photographed Thursday working alongside Caltrans workers under a freeway in Los Angeles, where he said more than 1,400 encampments...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) illegally fired an employee who the group claimed used racist language and discriminated against some coworkers, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) judge ruled Wednesday. Administrative law judge Michael Rosas ruled Katherine Oh, who served as senior policy counsel, was terminated for protected concerted activity, a right of workers to...