Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Just Said That He Won’t Resign
Steve Helber/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam has been facing calls to resign since a photo of a man in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan hood in his medical school yearbook surfaced earlier this month. After apologizing for the photo, then backtracking and…
Do the Microbes Swimming in Our Guts Control Our Happiness?
Tzido/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. We now know that the bacteria living in our guts play a key role in keeping our bodies healthy. These microbes can even be transferred from one gut to another to alleviate illnesses. In recent years, researchers have even posited that these microscopic creatures may play a role in…
Doomsday Postponed? The Takeaway From the Big New Antarctica Studies
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There’s grim, mixed news out about Antarctica. Two new papers on melting Antarctic ice come just days after NASA scientists announced the discovery of a massive subterranean hole in West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier,…
Poll Shows Strong Black Support for Gov. Ralph Northam
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Donald Trump Thinks the Trail of Tears Is Worth a Joke
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s the latest from our commander-in-chief: Today Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to by me as Pocahontas, joined the race for President. Will she run as our first Native American presidential candidate, or has she decided that after 32 years, this is not playing so well…
Tasing Innocent Men in the Testicles Apparently Not a Big Deal in Glendale, Arizona
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