Paul Pelosi attack video to be released Friday
Post Content The San Francisco Superior Court is set to release video and audio of the Paul Pelosi attack at noon ET on Friday following a judge’s order. Credentialed members of the media will be able to access footage of the attack on former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband after Judge Stephen Murphy ruled the […]
South Dakota Senate moves forward with bill that would protect child witnesses in the courtroom
Post Content Child witnesses have the right to a safe courtroom, South Dakota state legislators agreed during an initial bill hearing on Thursday. The Senate Judiciary committee unanimously voted to move forward with a legal amendment that would provide extra support to court witnesses under the age of 16 who are survivors of sexual violence, […]
House Republicans seeking to restrict presidential use of nation’s emergency oil stockpile
Post Content For the second time this month, House Republicans are seeking to restrict presidential use of the nation’s emergency oil stockpile — a proposal that has already drawn a White House veto threat. A GOP bill set for a vote Friday would require the government to offset any non-emergency withdrawals from the Strategic Petroleum […]
Catholic lobbyists urge Jim Jordan to probe DOJ’s handling of attacks on churches, pro-life centers
Post Content A Catholic lobbying firm is pressing House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to open an investigation into the Justice Department’s efforts to arrest and prosecute people responsible for attacks on churches and pro-life centers in the wake of the leaked Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. CatholicVote, a national advocacy […]
Liliana Segre, 20 indagati per i messaggi social antisemiti: tra gli hater impiegati, medici e disoccupate. E c’è anche Chef Rubio
Read More Venti persone sono state indagate a piede libero dai carabinieri della Sezione Indagini Telematiche del Nucleo Investigativo per gli insulti antisemiti alla senatrice a vita Liliana Segre. Il reato contestato è diffamazione a mezzo web con l’aggravante della discriminazione etnica, razziale o religiosa. I messaggi erano comparsi sui social tra l’ottobre e il […]
NHS trust fined ?800k after admitting failings over death of newborn
Read More An NHS trust has been fined ?800,000 after admitting to failings in the care of a woman and her baby, who died minutes after being born. Wynter Sophia Andrews died on 15 September 2019, 23 minutes after being born by emergency caesarean section, in the arms of her parents, Sarah and Gary, at […]
Generation Z finding time for second-hand luxury watches
Read More Swiss watches are in high demand these days, but sales of second-hand timepieces are also booming, driven by Generation Z buyers who want luxury goods but are also sustainability minded. The global second-hand watch market is estimated at nearly 20 billion Swiss francs ($21.7 billion) and could reach 35 billion francs by 2030, according to a […]
London church described as ‘historical treasure’ destroyed by fire
Read More Authorities are investigating after a heritage-listed north-west London church described as an “architectural and historical treasure” was destroyed by fire. Eighty firefighters battled the blaze at St Mark’s church in Hamilton Terrace, St John’s Wood, from 11.19pm on Thursday until it was under control at 2.22am on Friday, the London fire brigade (LFB) […]
Flashback: John Kennedy in 2017 grilled a Trump judicial nominee for lack of legal experience; Dems applauded
Post Content Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., caught the media’s attention this week after grilling one of President Biden’s judicial nominees who was unable to answer basic questions about the Constitution. But that’s not the first time a nominee has been scorched by Kennedy, a senator who scrutinizes even-handedly. In 2017, the firebrand senator from Louisiana […]
U.K. museums shy away from using ‘mummy’ to describe ancient Egyptian remains: it’s ‘dehumanizing’
“A dead Egyptian body, or a live British matriarch,” read the clue that Alex Trebek gave Jeopardy! contestants on a February 2015 episode. “What is a mummy?” one of the contestants replied. Though Trebek accepted the response, a museum administrator in the U.K. today might tut-tut this exact wording. The National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh […]