If we’re all on a playground in the afterlife and we’re choosing up sides to decide who goes to heaven or hell, then my first pick is Bill Russell. You can have anybody else you want. You take Michael Jordan, then I get LeBron James. You get Larry Bird, then I get Magic Johnson. Jerry West or Stephen Curry. And so on. They cancel each other out, pretty much, because none of their skill sets are unique. All of them...
Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel appears in a WLKY-TV screengrab from 2016; he was discussing A+E’s ’60 Days In.’ At least 28 women have filed federal civil rights lawsuits alleging they were attacked, harassed, and sexually assaulted in a southern Indiana jail after an officer sold access to the woman’s wing of the lockup facility. Several additional plaintiffs are said to be on the way. One complaint alleges that “multiple female inmates of the Clark County Jail” were assaulted by...
Authorities have confirmed that this is not an active shooter situation. Gun violence: An American epidemic? Gun violence: An American epidemic?Using research and statistics, experts examine America’s history with guns, the real-life impacts of gun violence and what can be done going forward to mitigate the problem. One person has been killed and at least five people injured in a shooting outside a large gathering in a Seattle, Washington, suburb. The incident occurred at approximately 1 a.m. in Renton, Washington,...
“The only reason women have the right to choose is because it’s determined that there are unenumerated rights coming from the Ninth Amendment in the Constitution.” President Joe Biden spoke these words two years ago in a Democratic debate among presidential candidates. “The which Amendment?” you might find yourself wondering—and you wouldn’t be alone. The redheaded stepchild of the Bill of Rights is undoubtedly one of the most overlooked provisions (perhaps along with the Third...
Cities around the South have challenged the supremacy of coastal supercities, drawing a steady flow of creative young people. Will new abortion bans put an end to that? Ginia Bellafante writes the Big City column, a weekly commentary on the politics, culture and life of New York City.July 8, 2022 Imagine that you are a young woman setting out on your adult life in the United States of America in 2022. College is behind you; fulfilling personal and professional ambitions in a...
WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) – The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court has chipped away at the wall separating church and state in a series of new rulings, eroding American legal traditions intended to prevent government officials from promoting any particular faith. In three decisions in the past eight weeks, the court has ruled against government officials whose policies and actions were taken to avoid violating the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment prohibition on governmental endorsement of religion – known as the...
In one of the most consequential rulings on gun control in over a decade, the Supreme Court struck down a New York law Thursday requiring state residents to have “proper cause” to carry a handgun. Supporters of the Second Amendment have lauded the decision, while gun control advocates say it jeopardizes public health. The now-unconstitutional law, part of a larger array of New York gun restrictions highlighted as some of the toughest in the nation, mandated that those applying to carry a concealed handgun...
June 19 will mark the observance of Juneteenth, a federal holiday celebrating Emancipation Day and freedom from slavery for all. The Sherman Theater and the African American Network of the Poconos will present the 20th Annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival in Courthouse Square, Stroudsburg, from 2 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Greater Shiloh Church will perform the Opening Ceremony with song and dance. Live music will be performed throughout the day from 2nd Street Players, The Contact Collective and Rico Anthony – Pump...
Doris AC Johnson MA of PsyI had to write this blog because people have it all the way backwards. I was co-hosting on a talk show last week and the host asked me how I feel about the month of June being dedicated to people who live an alternative lifestyle. I didn’t give it much thought. For those of you who don’t know what Pride Month is…let me explain. It started this month. The month of June is observed as...
The singer revealed he is suffering from the rare neurological disorder on Friday Justin Bieber | CREDIT: COURTESY APPLE MUSIC Justin Bieber is asking his fans for prayers as the paralysis caused by Ramsay Hunt syndrome is increasingly making his daily activities more difficult. The “Peaches” singer, 28, revealed he’s started having trouble eating and has asked his fans to keep in their prayers that he recovers from the condition. “Been getting progressively harder to eat, which has been extremely frustrating,...