Top U.S. & World Headlines — August 16, 2023
Month: August 2023
Americans think their income-tax share is fair, according to polls
Americans think their income-tax share is fair, according to polls Congress may be headed toward passing a tax cut the public is not demanding. | View caption Hide caption Just as politicians and pundits are talking more about a tax cut and less about tax reform, the public seems happier with the revenue code than at any time…
Voters reject effort to change Ohio constitution over abortion
First Look Voters reject effort to change Ohio constitution over abortion By a substantial margin, Ohio voters rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have increased the threshold to change the state’s constitution. If the measure had passed, it would be harder to pass abortion-rights protections. | View caption Hide caption | Ohio voters on Tuesday resoundingly…
North Korea claims US soldier ran across border ‘to escape discrimination’
North Korean officials have claimed that Travis King, a detained American soldier, entered the country as a result of alleged “inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the US Army”. King had shown a willingness to apply for asylum in North Korea after crossing the border last month, according to North Korea’s initial official statements on…
Sage Steele and ESPN part ways after settling lawsuit
Broadcaster Sage Steele has left ESPN, the company and Steele announced Tuesday. She said she made the decision so she could exercise her First Amendment Rights “more freely” after having settled a lawsuit she filed last year. “Life update. Having successfully settled my case with ESPN/Disney, I have decided to leave so I can exercise…
7 killed in Ukraine’s Kherson region, including a 23-day-old girl
Seven people — including a 23-day-old baby girl — were killed in Russian shelling in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on Sunday, the country’s Internal Affairs Ministry said. Artillery shelling in the village of Shiroka Balka, on the banks of the Dnieper River killed a family — a husband, wife, 12-year-old boy and 23-day-old girl —…
Elon Musk announces change to Twitter logo
Twitter owner Elon Musk said Sunday that he was changing the social media brand’s logo to an ‘X’ and doing away with the platform’s iconic bird symbol. The announcement began with a series of cryptic tweets from Musk about the letter ‘X,’ including a message which shows off a shimmering ‘X’ logo. He eventually tweeted…
Tanya Chutkan, the hardline judge overseeing Trump’s election case
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted — again. This time, he is facing federal charges related to his alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which eventually boiled over into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. While Trump’s prior federal case, related to his alleged mishandling of classified…
Is Israel’s judicial overhaul a democratic point of no return?
Israel stands at a precipice after lawmakers from right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling parliamentary coalition on Monday passed a contentious law that radically limits the Supreme Court’s legislative oversight in what’s been called “the most significant shakeup” to Israel’s judiciary since the nation’s founding in 1948. With tens of thousands of protesters massed outside Israel’s Knesset…
Is conference realignment ruining college football?
College football is getting a huge makeover. The Pac-12 league — composed of major universities in the West — has all but dissolved, The Washington Post reported, with eight of its teams fleeing for the Big Ten and Big 12. The leagues are “being scrambled because of television money,” the Post explained. The Pac-12 was…