Tyron Woodley wasn’t Jake Paul’s initial opponent choice for Dec. 18, but the former UFC champion has been preparing to fight him anyway. With Tommy Fury out due to injury, Woodley will get his rematch against Paul when he steps in on two weeks’ notice to face the YouTube star in an eight-round boxing match…Continue Reading
Fundamental constitutional rights cannot depend on what doctors and scientists can do at a particular point in time.In arguments over the constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, one idea was front and center – viability. Mississippi’s law bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, well before the court’s “viability” line…Continue Reading
The brother of the first woman to take the stand with accusations that Ghislaine Maxwell “groomed” her for sex with Jeffrey Epstein and other powerful men when she was underage has been removed as a prosecution witness for allegedly talking with his sister about her testimony, NBC News has learned.Brian, which is a pseudonym, was…Continue Reading
A former Minnesota police officer betrayed the “public faith and public trust” vested in her when she killed a 20-year-old motorist earlier this year, a prosecutor said Wednesday.Assistant Attorney General Erin Eldridge raised her right arm and recited the oath taken by Brooklyn Center police officers, and then accused defendant Kim Potter of violating that…Continue Reading
Lawyers for a Maryland woman who has been jailed along with her husband on espionage-related charges have made a new request for bail, arguing her plans to flee the country stemmed from her disgust with Donald Trump — not because she feared arrest.In court papers filed Wednesday, lawyers for Diana Toebbe introduced a text message…Continue Reading
More than 600 best-selling authors, publishers, bookstore owners and advocacy groups Wednesday condemned the recent wave of LGBTQ- and race-related book bans in public school libraries across the country.Over the last several weeks, lawmakers, school officials and parents in at least 10 states — including New York, Texas and Virginia — have sought to rid…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he was not considering unilaterally sending U.S. troops to Ukraine, a day after he met virtually with Russian President Vladimir Putin.”We have a moral obligation and a legal obligation to our NATO allies,” Biden said, adding that the obligation did not extend to Ukraine.”It would depend on…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol plans to move forward with contempt proceedings against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows for his decision not to cooperate with the panel’s requests.Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., wrote in a letter to Meadows’ attorney, George Terwilliger III, Tuesday night that…Continue Reading
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Fandom has taken on the worst of the corrupted tribalism that has dominated so much of life outside the arena, the ballpark, and the stadium. December 8, 2021 EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. If you think that the true…Continue Reading