AvatarNeil Kakita11 hours agoThe Supreme Court is the most conservative in 90 yearsverified_publisherNPR - Nina TotenbergIn 2018 just after he announced his retirement, Justice Anthony Kennedy, who sat at the ideological center of the court for much of his 30-year tenure, met with a groups of reporters. Was he worried that some of the precedents he helped establish--the right to abortion and LGBT rights, for …
AvatarNeil Kakita2 hours agoLuxury car buyers shell out more than ever with 'car payments that look more like mortgage payments'verified_publisherCNBC - Jessica DicklerIf you can even find a new car to buy, actually purchasing it is going to cost you. "It's a really difficult time to buy a car," said Jessica Caldwell, …
AvatarNeil Kakita3 days agoUS testing new fire retardant, critics push other methodsAssociated Press - By KEITH RIDLERBOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials are testing a new wildfire retardant after two decades of buying millions of gallons annually from one supplier, but watchdogs say the expensive strategy is overly fixated on aerial attacks at the expense of hiring more fire-line digging ground crews. The Forest …
AvatarNeil Kakita11 hours agoCompanies could face hurdles covering abortion travel costsAssociated Press - By BARBARA ORTUTAY and DEE-ANN DURBINAfter the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to an abortion that’s been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for employees who live in states where the procedure is now illegal so they can terminate pregnancies. But …
AvatarNeil Kakita11 hours agoHigh cost of Russian gains in Ukraine may limit new advanceAssociated PressAfter more than four months of ferocious fighting, Russia claimed a key victory: full control over one of the two provinces in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland. But Moscow’s seizure of the last major stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk province came at a steep price. The critical …
AvatarNeil Kakita6 hours agoPolice: Gunman fired more than 70 rounds at July 4 paradeAssociated Press - By MICHAEL TARM, KATHLEEN FOODY and ROGER SCHNEIDERHIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — The gunman who attacked an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago fired more than 70 rounds with an AR-15-style gun that killed at least six people, then evaded initial capture by dressing as a woman and blending into the fleeing crowd, police said Tuesday. Lake …
