WASHINGTON — The Planned Parenthood Federation of America has acknowledged that its president, Cecile Richards, met with Ivanka Trump in January to discuss why the organization shouldn’t be defunded. “Planned Parenthood welcomes the opportunity to meet with anyone to talk about the important role Planned Parenthood plays in providing healthcare to millions of people and […]
(Newsweek) — Swedish police have arrested a man they suspect rammed a hijacked beer delivery truck into a crowd in central Stockholm on Friday, killing four people and wounding more than a dozen in what they called a terror crime. While police declined to comment on the identity or possible motive of the man, who […]
STRASBOURG, France — The European Court of Human Rights is set to hear the case of a German family that was forced to send their children to public school after they were seized by the government because they were homeschooled. “I sincerely hope the European Court of Human Rights will reaffirm that the state has […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Lawmakers in Maryland have voted to protect local funding for the contraceptive and abortion giant Planned Parenthood in the event that Congress federally defunds the organization. Republican Gov. Larry Hogan decided not to veto H.B. 1083, but would not sign the bill either, allowing it to simply become law by his inaction. “The […]
STOCKHOLM (New York Times) — A man drove a stolen beer truck into a crowd of people in a popular shopping district in Stockholm on Friday afternoon and then rammed it into a department store, killing four people and injuring 15 others in an attack that unleashed bloodshed and panic on the streets of another […]
The national retail chain Target continues to watch its stock prices tumble a year after the company went public with its restroom and changing room policy, which allows customers to use the facility that corresponds with their “gender identity.” As of press time, the stock price is $53.24 a share, compared to $81.57 a share […]
WASHINGTON (NBC News) — The Senate confirmed judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court Friday in a mostly party-line 54-45 vote that reflected weeks of bruising political fighting which deepened congressional divides and changed the nature of high court appointments in the future. Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s first major court nominee, will fill the seat […]
PRINCETON, N.J. — An ethics professor at Princeton University has penned a controversial op-ed in defense of a Rutgers professor who was convicted of sexually assaulting a man with severe cerebral palsy, asserting that the two were in love and the man might have actually consented. The New York Times published Peter Singer’s article on […]
CHICAGO — A federal appeals court has ruled that “sexual orientation” can fall under the interpretation of sex discrimination in the federal Civil Rights Act, a decision that the dissenting judges found to be a stretch. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals concluded 8-3 on Tuesday that while Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Republican Pennsylvania senator has introduced a bill that would defund the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood. Sen. John Eichelberger, R-Hollidaysburg, recently presented Senate Bill 300, which would instruct the state Department of Human Services on how to allocate family planning funds. It ensures that funding is distributed to community health […]