Several religious groups are taking up the argument that their faith gives them a protected right to abortion. In Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Texas and Idaho, religious groups have filed lawsuits, arguing that their religious right to abortion is under threat... More »
Preparing for the effects of sea level rise depends on having good data. As measurements of coastal elevation improve, those projections are getting more refined, which may require decision-makers to update their plans. Deposit PhotosLidar-based, more accurate... More »
The Kansas attorney general filed a request in federal court late Friday which would end a requirement that allows trans-identifying people to change their birth certificates, according to the Associated Press (AP).Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach is ch... More »
The early forays to the moon employed throwaway technologies, designed to function during the two-week period of lunar daylight, then to perish in the freeze of the equally long night. But to sustain a colony, everything must be made to survive deathly extreme... More »
A record-breaking heat wave is entering its third week in Texas, as temperatures reach triple digits in the broader US south and tens of thousands of people in affected states are without power and lack air conditioning.More than 40 million people in the US ar... More »
Published24 JuneShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Ross Mantle/BBCBy Holly Honderichin WashingtonWhen Kristan Hawkins was 23, she started sleeping in her office. It was years before her organisation, Students for Life of America (SFL... More »
After an intense two-year buying frenzy during the pandemic, the once-hot US housing market has started to cool.The US Federal Reserve set interest rates to its highest level in over a decade, and mortgage rates are sitting well above 6% for a 30-year fixed ra... More »
The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade — which happened a year ago Saturday — immediately tore down almost 50 years of federal abortion rights.Just as quickly, it created a deluge of legal and political consequences by giving state governments and ... More »
There are moments when an ancient object emerges from the soil and seems, for a second, to close the gap between you and the deep and slumbering past. Then, almost as soon as a picture has shifted into bright focus, the illusion of connection passes: one is le... More »
Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a motion to delay the trial of former President Donald Trump on charges related to alleged handling of classified documents Friday. Smith filed the motions before U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, seeking to move the trial to ... More »
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina ripped Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida Friday over the “heartbeat” abortion legislation he signed.DeSantis signed legislation restricting abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy, when a fetal heartbeat ca... More »
A CNN legal analyst claimed Friday it would not have been “uncommon” for the Hunter Biden probe to have been steered away from President Joe Biden.Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee released transcripts of depositions from Internal Revenue Servi... More »