New York’s top court will soon decide whether to allow the state’s congressional map to be redrawn for a third time this decade, as Democrats seek to eke out more favorable political boundary lines before the 2024 elections. Democratic lawmakers in the state bungled a gerrymander last year, passing maps that so significantly boosted their…
DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa teen convicted in the 2021 beating death of a high school Spanish teacher was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with a possibility of parole in 25 years. A judge sentenced Jeremy Goodale for his role in killing Nohema Graber, a 66-year-old teacher at Fairfield High School. Goodale, 18,…
France’s ‘yellow vests’ only have one common message: anger at government | View caption Hide caption Camped around small fires in the middle of a traffic circle in eastern France one damp afternoon last week, the gilets jaunes (yellow vest) protesters who have thrown the country into crisis voiced a dizzying variety of demands. Without…
Abortion boosts Democrats at the polls – again. Will it help Biden? | View caption Hide caption In Virginia, where Democrats made abortion the No. 1 issue in state legislative races, the party won control of both chambers – a blow to GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s potential presidential ambitions. And in Kentucky and Pennsylvania, pro-abortion-rights…