The mystery of why an ancient Egyptian mummy nicknamed the Screaming Woman had a pained expression on her face may have been solved. New analysis by scientists suggests she died “screaming from agony” around 3,000 years ago. The experts say she may then have experienced a rare event known as a cadaveric spasm at the moment of death, causing her ...
Democrats on Thursday began the process of making Vice President Harris their formal presidential nominee on a day that saw several campaign developments and highlighted one of the solemn challenges of an American president: bringing hostages home. Democratic delegates began online voting Thursday in a process that almost certainly will result in Harris formally becoming the party’s nominee, since she ...
President Biden cast the release of several detained Americans in a multicountry prisoner swap as a vindication of his effort to cultivate international alliances, rebuking his predecessor’s isolationist impulses while celebrating a long-sought foreign policy achievement. “The deal that made this possible was a feat of diplomacy — and friendship,” Biden said Thursday as he announced that three American citizens ...
The Department of Homeland Security’s chief watchdog Thursday issued its long-awaited findings on the Secret Service’s handling of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying the protective agency had looked into the possibility of protests but “did not anticipate” the level of violence that occurred that day, according to a copy of the report sent to Congress ...
A federal appeals court on Thursday made it harder for Black and Hispanic voters to form coalitions to elect the candidates they prefer in three southern states, overruling long-standing precedents. For decades, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit held that the Voting Rights Act allows voting districts that give Black and Hispanic voters the ability to elect ...
“[Vice President Harris] voted to preserve NAFTA, the very trade deal that sent American jobs to Mexico and turned American dreams into nightmares.” — Republican vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio), remarks in Glendale, Ariz., July 31 “She voted, even after it was obvious it was a mistake, she voted to preserve NAFTA, the very trade deal that sent American ...
First Donald Trump falsely asserted that Kamala Harris had long identified herself primarily as Indian American, and only leaned into the Black part of her mixed-race identity recently to benefit herself politically. Then the pile-on began. Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, portrayed the vice president as “a chameleon” and suggested she affected a Southern accent when talking ...
In 2020, a group funded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife gave $332 million to local governments to run the presidential election amid a global pandemic, prompting a Republican backlash that led to more than two dozen states banning or limiting private funding for elections. The Center for Tech and Civic Life is again awarding grants this fall ...
Americans’ concerns about immigration have risen sharply this year, with half of Americans saying that the large number of immigrants and refugees entering the country is a “critical threat” to U.S. interests, up from 42 percent last fall to the highest level since 2010, according to a poll by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. The poll found that most ...
Jaleel Stallings was just letting his dogs out and giving them breakfast a few days ago when he got a message from his lawyer telling him Donald Trump’s campaign was targeting him online. “Here we go again,” he recalled thinking. Four years ago, Stallings and a group of friends joined protests in Minneapolis over the police murder of George Floyd. ...