The North Carolina General Assembly voted on Thursday to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of an elections law bill, a move that could have repercussions for the contested House race in the state’s 9th District. The state House and Senate approved the measure earlier this month. But Cooper, a Democrat, vetoed the legislation last week,…
A group seeking to elect scientists and candidates with STEM backgrounds to public office is launching a campaign to draft retired astronaut Mark Kelly for Arizona’s Senate race next year. The group, 314 Action, is planning a six-figure digital advertisement as well as a microsite, DraftMarkKelly.org, where supporters can sign a petition to encourage Kelly…
Proximity to oil and gas sites makes pregnant mothers up to 70 percent more likely to give birth to a baby with congenital heart defects, according to a new study. Led by Dr. Lisa McKenzie at the University of Colorado, researchers found that the chemicals released from oil and gas wells can have serious and…
This story was updated at 9:15 PM Friday. On Thursday, Impact Wrestling announced the passing of arguably its most recognizable voice as well as a wrestler who worked for them in their earliest days. Barry Scott, the voice of countless videos for then-TNA and Impact, was 65 years old. His final work for the company was…
Click Here: COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES 2019 President Donald Trump’s openly xenophobic hardline anti-immigration agenda has brought the United States to a “moment of reckoning” on immigration policies that have been in place for decades, a New Jersey-based advocacy group said Wednesday as it led families whose loved ones were deported in a protest at Joe Biden’s…
Over half of House Democrats now support opening an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, marking the first time a majority of the caucus is on record in favor of such an action and increasing the pressure on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to back the move. “That’s momentum,” tweeted activist group Stand Up America. “We must…
As of Wednesday, coal miners in Cumberland, Kentucky are now 23 days into a train blockade that they say will go on until their former company pays them. The miners suddenly lost their jobs in the middle of a shift on July 1 when their company, Blackjewel, announced it had gone bankrupt. The company wrote…
Farmers facing record bankruptcies and collapsing incomes due to President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with China were not amused by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s joke about their economic pain during an event in Minnesota last week. “I had a farmer tell me this in Pennsylvania,” Perdue told an audience of thousands of farmers…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Thursday unveiled her plan to expand Social Security benefits for senior citizens and future generations after retirement, a proposal she would fund with an increase in taxes on the wealthiest Americans. The Massachusetts Democrats’s expansion of the 84-year-old program would immediately increase benefits for seniors by $200 per month, or $2,400…
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