Four men who worked as corrections officers in Alabama have been charged by the Justice Department with crimes including civil rights violations and obstruction of justice in the beating of an inmate in 2018, according to a newly-unsealed indictment. The criminal case was announced less than a week after federal …...Read More

Yet there have been few indications that the spate of coronavirus cases among Republicans is leading to any kind of major reckoning in the party. After Representative Louie Gohmert of Texas tested positive this week, he blamed his diagnosis on wearing a mask. Mr. Trump, who has spoken of being …...Read More

Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, rivals for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination who have since become staunch Trump supporters, both dismissed the idea that the date for the election could change. Senator Lindsey Graham, Mr. Trump’s foremost public defender in the Senate, said there would be a secure vote …...Read More

Before we get all wound up about this incendiary tweet, let’s spend a minute talking about what we know to be true. The president cannot delay the election. Article II of the Constitution empowers Congress to choose the timing of the general election, and a federal law mandates that it …...Read More

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday dissolved into partisan bickering over a sweeping economic stabilization package, clashing over dueling proposals but failing to reach an agreement to prevent the expiration on Friday of jobless aid that tens of millions of Americans have depended on for months. Senate Republicans, on largely …...Read More

A savvy mother-of-two has transformed a vintage caravan into a spectacular arts and crafts space after spending just nine days on renovations. Carmen Blanch, from Gloucester on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, decided to create the ultimate 'craftvan' in her garden - complete with a sewing table, …...Read More

Perhaps you would prefer to buy 19 small family cars. Or one average house, anywhere in the UK. Or even 115,500 big bars of Dairy Milk. But for one anonymous shopper, there was just one thing they wanted to spend their £231,000 on this week: a Hermes Himalaya Birkin bag. …...Read More

The right to filibuster legislation remains in place and Democrats fear that eliminating it could make moderate and independent voters uneasy, alter the character of the Senate and further decrease any attempts at bipartisanship. Democrats from Republican-leaning states have said they do not support the idea. But Mr. Biden, a …...Read More

For the first time in history, scientists have genetically altered squid embryos by removing a pigmentation gene that resulted in transparent creatures. The team used CRISPR-Cas9 to ‘knock out’ the gene in a Doryteuthis pealeii and in turn eliminated coloring from the eyes and skin cells. The procedure involved clipping …...Read More

Only the quick thinking of the first mate saved John Howland when a towering wave swept him from the ship’s deck. The young seaman managed to grab a halyard as he plunged into the sea, but it wasn’t enough to stop him being dragged underwater and smashed against the side …...Read More