By Jocelyn Noveck | Associated Press NEW YORK — #MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there’s a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. A legal success, and presto, it’s alive again. So Burke, who nearly two decades ago coined the phrase “Me too” from her work with … Read more
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has captured images of spiders on Mars. However, the “spiders” aren’t the usual insects you would expect when hearing that word, though they do resemble the spiders we see here on Earth. Instead, the Martian spiders are actually dark spots between 45 meters and one kilometer across, which have … Read more
Beijing — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials, warning of the dangers of misunderstandings and miscalculations as the United States and China butted heads over a number of contentious bilateral, regional and global issues. Blinken met with Xi in Beijing after holding talks with … Read more
Since U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert opted to change her address to one clear across the state late last year, the race for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District has fallen out of the media glare that seemingly shines on the controversial Republican congresswoman wherever she goes. But Colorado’s largest district by land mass — taking in Grand … Read more
Former attorney general Bill Barr has spent the past three years telling anyone who will listen that Donald Trump is an egomaniac and a brazen criminal who is responsible for January 6 and not “fit” to hold office. So it was pretty pathetic—though not actually surprising!—when Barr said last week that he would vote for … Read more
John T. Bennett | (TNS) CQ-Roll Call WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s aviator sunglasses likely won’t be far away Saturday night when the president cracks some jokes at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. But not everyone will be laughing during Washington’s yearly spectacle — even if “Dark Brandon” makes another appearance. That’s Biden’s political … Read more
The Supreme Court has ruled that military judges — who preside over dozens of courts martial every year — can serve as officers and their status does not violate the constitutional right to a fair trial. It’s an important decision with profound implications for the military justice system, which is separate and distinct from civilian courts. The country’s … Read more
Shocking video out of Emory University showed Atlanta police officers slamming a female professor to the ground as students watch horrified. Two professors were among at least 28 that were arrested by police on Thursday at a pro-Palestinian demonstration on campus. It’s one of a number of encampments at universities across the country protesting Israel’s … Read more
RICHMOND — Albert Engel Sr. can only stare at the Richmond Rail Connector in his backyard with dread, fearing that the overgrown vegetation, homeless encampments and pools of water that at times accumulate around the nearly decade-old berm foreshadow a train derailment along that track. The three acres of land abutting the small industrial yard … Read more
One of the best things I read on the internet this week was Edward Zitron’s deep dive into the decline of Google Search, offering not only a devastating portrait of a late-stage, overstaffed tech leviathan coasting on its past laurels — but also some insight into the fantastically mediocre manager who’s been largely responsible for … Read more
