Day: January 20, 2024

Alabama convict turns to appeals court in bid to block first-ever nitrogen gas execution

1:10 am January 20, 2024

An attorney for an Alabama inmate set to be the nation’s first person ever put to death by nitrogen gas asked a federal appeals court Friday to block the upcoming execution using the “untested methods.” Kenneth Smith, 58, is scheduled to be executed Thursday, when a respirator-type mask will be put on his face to […]

Pennsylvania school board reinstates controversial Native American logo

1:08 am January 20, 2024

A school board in southern Pennsylvania has voted to reinstate the district’s old mascot logo portraying a Native American fighter, despite criticism that it’s outdated and culturally insensitive. The Southern York County School District voted 7-2 on Thursday to bring back the logo, which had been retired in April 2021 by a previous board that […]

Harvard announces antisemitism, Islamophobia task forces amid Israel-Hamas war

1:06 am January 20, 2024

Interim Harvard President Alan Garber on Friday announced the launch of two task forces to combat antisemitism and Islamophobia on campus amid the war between Israel and Hamas. “Incidents of bias and hate against Jews and against Muslims, Palestinians, and other people of Arab descent have risen across the country,” Garber, who took over as […]

Jimmy Kimmel ponders ‘once Trump is dead’ will ‘things get better?’

1:03 am January 20, 2024

ABC late night comic Jimmy Kimmel speculated Thursday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” about former President Trump’s death and what effect it would have on the country. During his opening monologue, the anti-Trump late night host pondered whether the Supreme Court potentially ruling in favor of blue states taking the former president off 2024 presidential election […]

Tim Scott’s expected Trump endorsement roils NH, as Sununu claims Scott ‘wouldn’t have a job’ without Haley

12:14 am January 20, 2024

As South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott prepares to endorse former President Trump on Friday, New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu criticized the lawmaker for spurning the woman who appointed him to the Senate. Scott, who was an early contender in the presidential sweeps before suspending his campaign in late 2023, will endorse Trump at […]