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“Hey Q-Q!” Shirley Raines calls out. Colorful flowers, potted plants and a “Home Sweet Home” sign adorn the entrance to Q’s home. Q, who is transgender and HIV positive, says in the episode that she felt vulnerable living in the main part of Skid Row. “This zone is, to me, […]
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Thousands gathered in the nation’s capital for this weekend’s rallies, which began on Saturday and were part of a protest movement that has been gaining momentum since July. Student leader and activist Panasaya “Rung” Sitthijirawattanakul, 21, took to a public stage late Saturday to directly address Thailand’s King Vajiralongkorn — […]
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After the court announced Ginsburg’s passing, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said President Donald Trump’s nominee “will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.” And Trump on Saturday said that Republicans have an “obligation” to fill the vacancy on the high court “without delay.” The vacancy […]
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2009. Earlier this year, she announced a recurrence of the cancer, having discovered lesions on her liver. Experts say that about 95% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer will […]
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“@GOP We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us, the most important of which has long been considered to be the selection of United States Supreme Court Justices. We have this obligation, without delay!” Trump wrote on […]
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell immediately drew those partisan battle lines Friday night just over an hour after the announcement of Ginsburg’s death, when he vowed that there will be a vote on Trump’s yet-to-be-named nominee by the end of this year. The Kentucky Republican, who is up for reelection […]
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Police responded to calls of gunshots and found about 100 people running down a street in what Acting Rochester Police Chief Mark Simmons described as a “very chaotic scene.” “We could see and observe multiple victims of gunshot wounds at that time,” he said. The neighborhood where the shooting happened […]
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Perhaps more than any other jurist, Ginsburg transformed the law of sex discrimination in America. It is hard to imagine the Supreme Court without her. Even before joining the Supreme Court, she convinced an all-male Supreme Court that laws enforcing sex stereotypes violated the Constitution — and demonstrated how those […]
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Ginsburg was appointed in 1993 by President Bill Clinton and in recent years served as the most senior member of the court’s liberal wing consistently delivering progressive votes on the most divisive social issues of the day, including abortion rights, same-sex marriage, voting rights, immigration, health care and affirmative action. […]
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Dr. Robert Redfield holds up a CDC document while he speaks at a hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee reviewing coronavirus response efforts on September 16 in Washington. Andrew Harnik/Pool/Getty Images The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website has updated, yet again, guidelines for testing people who […]
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