Mollie Tibbetts’ Father Calls on People to Stop Using Her Death to Promote Ideas She “Vehemently Opposed”
A poster for missing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts hangs in the window of a local business in Iowa. Tibbets was found dead last month. Charlie Neibergall/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The father of Mollie Tibbetts is calling on politicians and pundits to stop using his daughter’s death…
California Wants All Its Electricity Carbon-Free. How’s That Possible?
VCG/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If you want to get electricity generated by fossil fuels in California you’re soon going to be out of luck. A bill that just made it through the legislature…
Even Trusted Health Sites Spread Myths About a Deadly Pregnancy Complication
Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Preeclampsia, a dangerous form of hypertension that can develop during pregnancy or in the days and weeks after childbirth, is one of the most common causes of maternal death and severe complications in the United States. The…
Brett Kavanaugh: The Most Unpopular Supreme Court Nominee in Decades
Demonstrators attend the Unite for Justice rally held in the courtyard of City Hall, organized by progressive activists to oppose the confirmation of President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh. Michael Candelori/Pacific Press/Sipa via AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate…
Former Trump Campaign Aide Suggests Trump Supported Meeting Russians
FILE – In this Dec. 15, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump sits with Attorney General Jeff Sessions during the FBI National Academy graduation ceremony in Quantico, Va. Evan Vucci/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Lawyers for a former Trump campaign adviser say that both Attorney General Jeff Sessions…
Meghan McCain Disses Trump in Her Father’s Eulogy
Megan McCain at a memorial service for her father, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who died Aug. 25 from brain cancer, detested President Donald Trump so much that…