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Month: August 2023
Top U.S. & World Headlines — August 25, 2023
Montgomery brawl speaks to state of civility in America
Respect Society Montgomery brawl speaks to state of civility in America | View caption Hide caption A brawl in Montgomery, Alabama, this month had clear racial elements. Yet it also said something important about why incivility is rising in the U.S. – and what can be done about it. The racial elements are inescapable. One…
Seven dead in Poland after water network ‘sabotaged’ with deadly bacteria
Seven people have died in the Polish region of Podkarpacie following an outbreak of legionella. A total of 76 cases have so far been detected, and the infection is being investigated by the Polish Internal Security Agency. We’ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story. For the…
South Carolina’s all-male Supreme Court upholds 6-week abortion ban
Just months after the exit of its sole female justice, the South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld restrictions that would ban most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy. The 4-1 decision means the state’s abortion ban, which Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signed into law in May, can go into effect. The decision brings…
Betty Tyson, woman who spent 25 years in New York prison before murder conviction was overturned, dies at 75
Betty Tyson, a woman who spent 25 years in prison for a 1973 murder until being exonerated on the basis of new evidence, has died in upstate New York, her sister said Wednesday. Tyson, 75, died at a Rochester hospital on Aug. 17 following a heart attack and will be laid to rest Friday, said…
Pakistan cable car rescue: How commandos rescued trapped students
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Minutes after walking his teenage son to the cable car he takes to school Tuesday, Umraiz Khan said, he heard a loud noise followed by the sound of people screaming. Running back down to where he had left Irfan, 14, he said he saw the cable car dangling around 900 feet above the…
Is this the crash-proof economy?
The smartest insight and analysis, from all perspectives, rounded up from around the web: “The Federal Reserve keeps taking, but nonetheless, this economy keeps on giving,” said Mitchell Hartman in NPR’s Marketplace. “The standard metaphor” for when the central bank has to raise interest rates to slow an overheating economy is that it takes away…
Meta’s Canadian news blockade is about more than just money
When the Canadian parliament passed the benignly named Online News Act this summer, its goal was to ensure “fair revenue sharing between digital platforms and news outlets,” according to a government summary of the legislation. In effect, the law requires search engines and social media giants to “engage in a bargaining process — and binding arbitration,…
10 things you need to know today: August 5, 2023
1 Judge rules Texas’ abortion ban must allow medical exceptions A Texas judge on Friday ruled that the state’s abortion ban was too restrictive against women with complex pregnancies, issuing a temporary injunction to allow certain medical exemptions for abortions. State District Court Judge Jessica Mangrum outlined these medical exemptions as a pregnancy that presents a risk…