The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit challenging the state's abortion ban over its medical exceptions. The court ruled against a group of women who suffered serious pregnancy complications and became the first in the country to testify in court about being denied abortion access since Roe v. …...Read More
Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state abortion ban's medical exceptions
Smoking hot: 5 of America's most extreme BBQ rigs, from battle tanks to jet airlines
David Klose is America’s bell cow of extreme barbecue rigs. The founder of BBQ Pits by Klose in Houston, Texas has custom-built many of the world’s biggest, most beautiful and most ambitious smokers. Among them are a motorcycle sidecar that could barbecue ribs at 100 miles per hour, a giant …...Read More
Brentwood blight: How a Supreme Court case allowed governments to seize property on behalf of developers
As fireworks burst in the sky on Independence Day 2018, Roxanne and Carter Maier were putting in yet another grueling 14-hour day of remodeling a former doctor's office into a dance studio in Brentwood, a small suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. "This is the last time we're doing this," the …...Read More
Jewish survivor of Hamas Oct. 7 terror attack is 'still reeling,' pleads for peace in Israel
Eden Gefner said it must have been a miracle, surviving the Oct. 7th attack — hearing Hamas gunfire break through their front door as she and others hid in their safe room, tensely listening as Hamas terrorists rummaged through their home. Said Gefner, "As the minutes passed by, we started …...Read More
Tales from The Trail: Trump 'unleashed' with criminal trial over
Donald Trump is wasting no time in getting back on the campaign trail now that the verdict is in and his historic criminal trial in New York City is over. The former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee headlined a campaign fundraiser just a couple of hours after being convicted. …...Read More
'The Life & Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson': Family, friends shed light on infamous case
At the onset of "The Life & Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson," a producer is heard instructing interview subjects to use specific names as they recall Nicole's life and their memories surrounding her death. Denise Brown, Nicole's outspoken older sister, replies that "there's only one name I don't want to …...Read More
UVA to pay $9 million to families of victims in 2022 shooting that killed 3 football players, wounded 2 others
The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement reached with the families of the victims of a 2022 campus shooting that killed three university football players and wounded two other students, a lawyer representing some of the victims and their families announced Friday. The school will pay …...Read More
Seattle health officials warn of measles case at Seattle International Airport
The Public Health – Seattle & King County issued an alert after they were notified that an adult with a confirmed case of infectious measles traveled through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after their travels in Europe. The confirmed infection came after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an …...Read More
On this day in history, June 1, 1967, Beatles release standout 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' album
On this day in history, June 1, 1967, the Beatles released "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," their eighth album — which became the soundtrack to the "Summer of Love," according to the official website of the Beatles. With its 13 songs, the album was recorded in over 400 hours …...Read More
Bill Maher struggles whether Trump should go to jail following guilty verdict: 'MAGA nation will go nuts'
"Real Time" host Bill Maher struggled over whether former President Trump should go to jail following this week's guilty verdict. "Here's the key question: is he going to jail? Will this judge dare do that? And should he?" Maher asked during a panel discussion Friday night. "I mean, I've heard …...Read More
