Hurricane Florence Could Be the Most Powerful Storm to Hit the East Coast in 14 Years
Hurricane Florence as seen from the International Space Station on September 10.Ricky Arnold/NASA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Hurricane Florence, expected to make landfall sometime Thursday, will bring dangerous winds and torrential rainfall to an area of the country that has already been drenched by historic amounts of rain this summer. On…
Gov. Jerry Brown Just Ensured All California’s Electricity Will Be Emissions-Free By 2045
Rich Pedroncelli/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law SB100—which aims to make the state’s electricity supply totally emissions-free by 2045. Brown also issued an executive order on Monday instructing California to achieve carbon neutrality (having a zero-carbon footprint) by the same year. The actions came…
This Ad Tells You Everything You Need to Know About the 2018 Elections
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democrats battling to regain control of Congress have put GOP efforts to gut Obamacare front and center in their campaigns. In ad after ad, Dems have hammered their opponents for voting to scrap protections for people with preexisting conditions and jack up premiums on older…
The Militant Wing of the Anti-Abortion Movement Is Back—And It’s Never Been Closer to Victory
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Brian StaufferBefore marching into the women’s health clinic in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, on a freezing day last December, Monica Migliorino Miller and her compatriots paused to ask God to soften the hearts of the women inside to be open to their message. When Miller…
With His Electric Guitar and Rueful Vocals, Richard Thompson Rages In His Latest Album
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Richard Thompson13 RiversNew West Richard Thompson has been crafting his high-intensity version of British folk rock, first as a member of Fairport Convention, but mostly as a solo artist, for a half century. At this late date, it would be difficult for the brooding troubadour…
Trump Renews Attacks on Kneeling Players as NFL Opts Not to Punish Them
Former San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid and quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneel during the national anthem in September 2016. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As the 2018 football season kicks off, the NFL has opted not to punish players who kneel during the national anthem. But that’s…