Atomic Tests During the 1950s Probably Killed Nearly Half a Million Americans
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. You probably need something to cheer you up after the tax follies of this week. So how about a scholarly examination of how many Americans were killed by atomic bomb testing in the 50s? I think that should do the trick. Here’s the background. After…
Democrats’ Hopes of Taking Back the House Could Hinge on Two Districts—in Texas
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Texas Democrats have big plans for the 2018 midterm elections. Popular Rep. Beto O’Rourke is gunning for Ted Cruz’s Senate seat. Scandal-plagued Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold is retiring at the end of his term, and his district could be redrawn before his…
Judge Tosses Out Lawsuit Targeting Trump’s Foreign Business Dealings
NewsBase/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Late on Thursday, a federal judge in New York threw out a lawsuit claiming that the money President Trump receives from his various businesses violates the Constitution’s limits on emoluments, or payments from foreign governments. Judge George Daniel, in a 29-page opinion, wrote…
The Number of Homeless People in America Increased for the First Time in 7 Years
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For the first time in seven years, the number of people without a safe, regular place to sleep in America has grown. On any given night in 2017, nearly 554,000 people across the country were homeless, just under a 1 percent rise above 2016 levels.…
Trump Administration Imposes Sanctions on Son of Kremlin Official Linked to Trump Tower Meeting
Russian Prosecutor General Yuri ChaikaRyumin Alexander/TASS via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on Artem Chaika, the son of Russian prosecutor general Yuri Chaika. A June 2016 email to Donald Trump Jr. described the Russian prosecutor as a participant in an effort by Moscow to aid…
Have Yourself a Porny Little Christmas
Kangah/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It could be the gift-giving, the mistletoe, or the spiked eggnog—but something about Christmas seems to make people want to get it on. In a study published in the journal Scientific Reports, a group of researchers from Portugal and Indiana University analyzed Google searches between 2004 and 2014…