Last night, protesters on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill tore down the "Silent Sam" Confederate statue. In 2017, UNC spent $390,000 on the monument's security. 1/19 Microsoft announces the capture of six websites created by Russian cyberattackers. The
Torrential flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala kills more than 320 people. More rains are predicted. 1/18 Yet another problem caused by climate change: “border water.†2/18 The White House intends to make it much easier to let the coal industry set its own
“When that lady sits down at the piano and gets her body and soul all over some righteous song, she’ll scare the shit out of you. And you’ll know—you’ll swear—that she’s still the best fuckin’ singer this fucked-up country has ever produced.
More than 70 people overdosed in New Haven, CT, on K2, a synthetic cannabinoid that may have been laced with fentanyl. 1/21 More than 72,000 Americans died last year from drug overdoses, a 10% increase over 2016. 2/21 America has a physician shortage. One solution: let students
“For many of us, those earlier stories happened someplace else, someplace away. Now we know the truth: It happened everywhere.†The grand jury on the sexual abuse investigation of six Pennsylvania dioceses delivers a horrifying report. 1/23 Thirty-nine people died yesterday when a highway bridge in
Vanguard says the chances of a recession by late 2020 have risen to between 30 and 40 percent. 1/29 White House aides often tell President Trump not to call foreign leaders at odd hours due to time zone differences. 2/29 Donald Trump hires the worst people, according to
Horror at Charlottesville did not temper the president’s enthusiasm for demonizing religious and ethnic minorities that characterized his 2016 campaign, and has not dampened his administration’s efforts to turn those convictions into policy. Charlottesville proved that white nationalists are winning within the Republican Party. 1/20 Twitter suspends
Washington, D.C., prepares for a rally tomorrow of Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other alt-right-ers. 1/22 American and Confederate flags are permitted at the rally. Nazi flags, unlike last year, are not. 2/22 John Bolton and other senior US national-security officials worked behind Trumpâ€
In a 38-31 vote, Argentina's senate rejects a bill to legalize abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. 1/20 Behind the scenes on Rep. Chris Collins and Innate Immunotherapeutics, and how he roped in his family and colleagues to invest and, according to prosecutors, engage
Tuesday night ended with Republican Troy Balderson narrowly ahead in an Ohio district that Trump previously won by 11 points. 1/23 CNN says it’s time for Republicans to panic about the House. 2/23 The Democrats’ most liberal candidates fared poorly in almost every closely watched race across
