JULY 2, 2023
Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice speaks at its meeting, in Philadelphia on June 30. ((Matt Rourke / Associated Press))
Moms for Liberty, a “parental rights” group that has sought to take over school boards in multiple states, is looking to expand those efforts across the country and to other education posts in 2024 and beyond. The effort...
JULY 1, 2023
FILE - Artwork on display is seen at the Psychedelic Science conference in the Colorado Convention Center Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in Denver. Australia is the first country to allow psychiatrists to prescribe certain psychedelic substances to patients with depression or post-traumatic stress disorder. On Saturday, July 1, Australian physicians can now prescribe doses of MDMA, also...
JULY 1, 2023
Lorrah Minton.
Lorrah Minton, 53, wanted to fully immerse herself in a foreign culture by buying property in Italy.
She plans to move to the home in Sicily, and was able to renovate it because it was so inexpensive.
She bought another home with her brother to use as a rental, and may buy another with her...
JULY 1, 2023
In a phone call in late 2020, President Donald Trump tried to pressure Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) to overturn the state’s presidential election results, saying that if enough fraudulent votes could be found it would overcome Trump’s narrow loss in Arizona, according to three people familiar with the call.
Trump also repeatedly asked Vice President Mike Pence...
JUNE 30, 2023
When markets closed Friday, Apple’s market capitalization was over $3 trillion, making it the most valuable company — ever.
It’s a massive milestone for the tech giant, which warned investors in May that its current quarter revenue was expected to decline. But Friday’s stock price increasing by just over 2 percent to close at $193.97 per share suggests...
JUNE 30, 2023
Cracking down on medical fraud.
US Attorney General Merrick Garland deemed a telemedicine fraud operated by the top brass of a software company “one of the largest healthcare fraud schemes ever prosecuted by the Justice Department.”
Executives at DMERx—an online platform that created and sold templates of doctors’ orders—were accused of using mass telemarketing operations to sell the elderly...
JUNE 30, 2023
FILE PHOTO: Special session debating on banning abortion, in Indianapolis
The Indiana Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law banning nearly all abortions in the state, lifting a lower court order that had blocked the law in response to a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.
The court, in a 4-1 decision, found that the Indiana constitution...
JUNE 30 2023
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) started patching up the potholes on Thursday soon after mid-day’s report of substandard work on the Rs 247-crore Vasai Creek bridge hit the newsstand. Next, officials plan to conduct an analysis to find out the reason behind the damage on the newly built road and subsequently take action against the...
JUNE 30, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and discussed a wide range of issues, including the recent Wagner Group mutiny, bilateral cooperation and the Ukraine conflict.
Referring to the recent mutiny by Wagner mercenary group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 24, “Narendra Modi expressed understanding and support for...
JUNE 30, 2023
Sam Kaitz of Freehold Borough with his son, 2-month-old Simon, who he is trying to bring back to the United States from Mexico, where he was born from a surrogate mother. - Laura Kaitz
FREEHOLD BOROUGH, New Jersey — It’s been more than two months since Simon Kaitz entered the world.
But the baby boy has never seen his...
