Calling last week’s mass shooting in the city’s Near North Side “a massacre in the middle of Chicago and State,” a Cook County judge on Sunday denied bail for the 21-year-old alleged gunman and a buddy who allegedly took the murder weapon moments after it was used to kill two men and wound seven others. … Read more
CNN — Six weeks postpartum, Rochelle Garza was on the frontlines of an abortion rights rally in Dallas. “I will be damned if my daughter grows up in a state where she cannot control her own body,” the Democratic candidate for Texas attorney general said into the megaphone. Abortion rights had already been top of … Read more
Estimated read time: 3-4 minutes SALT LAKE CITY — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots for children ages 5 to 11. That third shot is available for elementary age children five months after their initial two doses. Utah parents are already weighing that decision. COVID-19 cases are rising … Read more
Trump-backed Perdue is trailing Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp ahead of Tuesday’s GOP primary. Perdue’s camp says Trump’s support was a big reason Kemp became governor in 2018. Splitting the party now, Perdue argues, gives Democrats an edge this fall. loading Something is loading. ATLANTA, Georgia — Republican gubernatorial hopeful David Perdue is telling Georgia voters … Read more
National leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention suppressed reports of sexual abuse and resisted proposals for reform over the course of two decades, according to a third-party investigation published by the convention Sunday. The report also said that a former president of the denomination was accused of sexually assaulting a woman 2010, an accusation the … Read more
An undisclosed site in Southern California’s High Desert that a special sheriff’s team raided in mid-October 2021 as part of “Operation Hammer Strike,” targeting illegal cannabis growth in San Bernardino County. The Chief Prosecutor of San Bernardino County is criminally charging nearly a dozen alleged “conspirators” for running a massive pot farm underground in a … Read more
Democrats are bracing for an uphill battle in Georgia, where crucial top-of-the-ticket races are slated to test the resiliency of the coalition and organizing efforts that powered Democratic victories in the state less than two years ago. With Stacey Abrams running unchallenged for the Democratic nomination for governor and Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) facing only … Read more
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations, according to a scathing 288-page investigative report issued Sunday. These survivors, and other concerned Southern Baptists, repeatedly shared allegations with the SBC’s Executive Committee, “only to … Read more
Former US Senator and Republican candidate for Governor of Georgia David Perdue waves to supporters of former US President Donald Trump after speaking at a rally at the Banks County Dragway on March 26, 2022 in Commerce, Georgia.Megan Varner/Getty Images Trump-backed Perdue is trailing Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp ahead of Tuesday’s GOP primary. Perdue’s camp … Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Doctor Strange and his multiverse got to linger a little longer atop the weekend box office as Tom Cruise and “Top Gun” wait in the wings. Marvel’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” was the top-earning film of the weekend for the third straight week, bringing in $31.6 million in … Read more
