A supporter of US President Donald Trump decorates his truck before a Trump Train rally in Harlingen, Texas (MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images) This article originally appeared on Raw Story Some of the truckers driving around suburban Washington, D.C, have developed a cough while protesting coronavirus safety measures. Participants in the so-called “People’s Convoy” have…Continue Reading

In “Hamilton,” when the characters of Alexander Hamilton and his wife Eliza kiss, my child, attending his first Broadway musical performed by the nationally touring “And Peggy” cast, leaned over to me and whispered: “Wouldn’t it be great if they were actually together?” Let me introduce you to Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons, kid. Actually together, Dunst and Plemons…Continue Reading

The U.S. Supreme Court was wrong to legalize interracial marriage, Indiana Sen. Mike Braun, a Republican, argued on Tuesday.  Suggesting the historic Loving v. Virginia ruling by the Supreme Court decades ago was a case of improper judicial activism, Braun said the court should have left that decision to the individual states, including those which…Continue Reading

Sandra Bullock has starred in an impressive list of hit films, but that doesn’t mean she’s a fan of them all. The “Miss Congeniality” actor, who also had leading roles in its sequel and the Netflix post-apocalyptic thriller “Bird Box,” revealed the one film she wished she said no to. In an interview with TooFab, Bullock and her…Continue Reading

What happened on Day 2 of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Jackson appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the second day, answering more than 13 hours of questions from senators. Live coverage has now ended. March 22, 2022,…Continue Reading

The maker of a pancake and waffle mix sold at Walmart and Kroger issued a recall after it discovered “potential foreign material contamination” in products distributed across the U.S.In announcements the Food and Drug Administration issued last week, Continental Mills described the contamination as “fragments from a cable used to clear the processing line.” The…Continue Reading

A hacking group that previously took responsibility for attacks on Nvidia and Microsoft claimed Monday that it had compromised Okta, which provides “single sign-on” identity services to thousands of companies.Driving the news: Okta confirmed Tuesday there was an incident in January where hackers used a customer support worker employed by a third-party company to gain…Continue Reading

A powerful tornado struck the New Orleans area Tuesday evening, knocking out power to thousands of customers and causing extensive damage.The latest: Authorities in St. Bernard Parish, which borders New Orleans to the southeast, told reporters late Tuesday that at least one person had been killed after the tornado touched down in the area. There…Continue Reading

A fully paralyzed patient with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, has regained his ability to communicate via a new brain implant, according to a study published by European researchers in Nature Communications on Tuesday.Why it matters: The number of people diagnosed with ALS has risen every year and is projected to reach 300,000 by 2040.…Continue Reading

Most of us were reading less — until 2020.By the numbers: The average American read 20 minutes a day in 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ American Time Use Survey. That’s up 21% from 2019, and the most since the early 2000s.Print books had their best sales year of the decade in 2020. Sales climbed even higher last…Continue Reading