Supreme Court to decide if ballots must be received by Election Day
(CN) — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a state law can allow Mississippi to count ballots received by election officials within five business days after federal Election Day. The justices decided to take on the case after the Fifth Circuit held...
Supreme Court won’t reconsider Obergefell to bail out Kentucky clerk who denied same-sex marriage licenses
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court won’t review a case asking to overturn the right to same-sex marriage, the justices said on Monday, rejecting an appeal from Kim Davis, the onetime Kentucky clerk who famously refused to issue a marriage license to two men in...
TV review: ‘All’s Fair’
Finally I have the answer to a question I asked last March: Kim Kardashian is practicing divorce law. On TV! All that studying — going back to at least 2019 — has finally paid off. OK, I know she just failed the bar exam — and blamed it on ChatGPT — but that hasn’t...
Pfizer clinches deal for obesity drug developer Metsea after a bidding war with Novo Nordisk
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer signed a deal to purchase development-stage obesity drugmaker Metsera Inc., winning a bidding war against Novo Nordisk, the Danish drugmaker behind weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy.Metsera, based in New York,...
Powerful tornado in Brazil kills 6 people and injures hundreds more
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A powerful tornado in Brazil’s southern state of Parana killed six people and injured hundreds Friday night, state officials said Saturday. Dozens of homes were destroyed. The tornado, which hit speeds of more than 250 kph (155 mph),...
Infant botulism in 10 US states linked to formula being recalled
Federal and state health officials are investigating 13 cases in 10 states of infant botulism linked to baby formula that was being recalled, authorities said Saturday. ByHeart Inc. agreed to begin recalling two lots of the company’s Whole Nutrition Infant...
Super Typhoon Fung-wong slams into Philippines, killing 2 and displacing 1 million
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Super Typhoon Fung-wong slammed ashore on Sunday in the northeastern coast of the Philippines, where the massive storm had already left at least two people dead and forced more than a million people to evacuate from flood- and...
UPS and FedEx grounding MD-11 planes following deadly Kentucky crash
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — UPS and FedEx said they are grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes “out of an abundance of caution” following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky. The crash Tuesday at UPS Worldport in...
JD Vance hopes his Hindu wife converts to Christianity, sparking debate on interfaith marriage
Vice President JD Vance recently told a packed college arena that he hopes his Hindu wife would someday convert to Christianity, thrusting into the spotlight the deeply sensitive challenges facing interfaith couples. Experts who have counseled...