Day: May 24, 2023

Super Bowl champ unhappy with Ben Roethlisberger’s remarks on Kenny Pickett: ‘That’s whack’

11:50 am May 24, 2023

Ben Roethlisberger’s comments about Kenny Pickett did not sit well with one-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion Michael Robinson on Monday. The former Pittsburgh Steelers star admitted to Pickett on his podcast he did not want him to succeed in his first year. Pickett replaced Roethlisberger after the two-time Super Bowl champion retired from […]

Montana becomes 1st state to ban drag reading events in schools, libraries

11:49 am May 24, 2023

Montana has become the first state to specifically ban people dressed in drag from reading books to children at public schools and libraries, part of a host of legislation aimed at the rights the LGBTQ+ community in Montana and other states. Bills in Florida and Tennessee also appear to try to ban drag reading events, […]

Texas winery operator sentenced to 7 years in prison for role in Jan. 6

11:14 am May 24, 2023

A Texas winery operator was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly seven years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol and joining an attack on the House chamber when police shot and killed another rioter. Christopher Ray Grider also tried to cut power to the Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot — “a terrifying […]

South Carolina passes ‘heartbeat’ abortion bill that limits access to 6 weeks

11:13 am May 24, 2023

The South Carolina legislature passed a six-week “heartbeat” abortion restriction Tuesday that is set to be signed into law by the governor. The “Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act” passed in the state Senate on Tuesday after the House passed the bill a week prior. The bill allows abortions up until a fetal heartbeat […]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court to consider making power plants pay for emissions

11:08 am May 24, 2023

Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court will take its first crack at whether a governor can force power plant owners to pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, or whether he first needed approval from a Legislature that refused to go along with the plan. Hanging in the balance is Pennsylvania’s effort to become the first major fossil […]