The first Democratic primary is approaching. But where? | View caption Hide caption But talk with Democratic officials here in New Hampshire, including some of Mr. Biden’s most ardent supporters, and they’ll tell you that’s not happening. “Of course” New Hampshire is going to go first, insists the state’s Democratic Party chair, Raymond Buckley, wiping…
The suspect in the Gilgo Beach serial killings, Rex Heuermann, kept dozens of illegally purchased guns in his Long Island home and should not be granted any access to the illicit firearms, prosecutors said. Shortly after Heuermann was arrested July 13, police found a cache of weapons at his home in the Nassau County community…
First Look From Toni Morrison to Ta-Nehisi Coates, book bannings surge The American Library Association reports 2023 as a likely record-breaking year for book challenges in school and public libraries. The ALA’s opposition to bannings has prompted a county in Wyoming and a library in Texas to withdraw their memberships. | View caption Hide caption…
Singer-songwriter Terry Kirkman, a founding member of the 1960s folk-rock band the Association, has died. He was 83. Kirkman’s death was confirmed on Sunday through a statement on the Association’s official Facebook page: “We’re saddened to report that Terry Kirkman passed away last night, RIP Terry. He will live on in our hearts and in the music he…
Poland is no longer arming Ukraine as it is focusing on building up its own stocks of weapons, the prime minister said on Wednesday, as Warsaw’s stance toward Kyiv shifts just weeks before an election. Poland is only carrying out previously agreed arms deliveries to Ukraine, a government spokesman said on Thursday, amid souring bilateral…
A small town in Louisiana will rescind an ordinance and allow a contractor to fly anti-Biden flags with vulgar language from his truck under a settlement Friday in federal court. The agreement affecting the town of Grand Isle states that Ross Brunet of Cut Off was “wrongfully cited for engaging in constitutionally protected speech of…
First Look Alabama must redraw congressional map to include more Black voters A panel of three federal judges blocked Alabama’s new congressional map Tuesday after lawmakers failed to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority. Twenty-seven percent of Alabama’s residents are Black. | View caption Hide caption…
WASHINGTON — The FBI has arrested a Jan. 6 rioter who attacked police officers using a variety of items including a metal baton, a floor lamp and a shoe, according to court records. Curtis Logan Tate, known to online “Sedition Hunters” as #ShinyCircleTattoo because of a distinct tattoo on his hand, was arrested in North…
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…
