By month 25 of the Covid-19 pandemic, we all probably should have learned not to try to anticipate what the SARS-CoV-2 virus is going to do next. It has so consistently defied predictions. But the tsunami that is the Omicron wave is tempting us all the same, in large part […]
Biased tweets? Politically-gridlocked civil rights commission squabbles over what to share with public.
Conservative members of a federal civil rights commission pushed Friday for changes to how the agency operates that would greatly limit its dissemination of information on historic and current civil rights issues. The proposed amendments by Commissioner Stephen Gilchrist, a Republican appointed by former President Donald Trump in 2020, were to change the […]
During welfare check, police find dead man and 124 snakes inside Maryland home
While conducting a welfare check in Maryland, police discovered a dead man and his collection of 124 caged snakes. The snakes, some venomous and illegal, were “meticulously cared for” in cages stacked throughout the home, Charles County spokesperson Jennifer Harris told NBC Washington. On Wednesday, fire and EMS authorities knocked down the front […]
With Supreme Court considering future of Roe v. Wade, March for Life expects ‘historic’ 2022 rally
WASHINGTON — Anti-abortion activists gathered at the nation’s capital Friday for the 49th March for Life, held annually on the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life, kicked off the rally at noon on the National Mall by presenting this year’s theme: “Equality […]