J.K. Rowling is returning a coveted Ripple of Hope Award presented to her by the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization in Dec. 2019 after recent remarks from the organization’s president criticizing the author for tweets and statements the organization deemed transphobic."Over the course of June 2020 – LGBTQ Pride Month – and much to my…
President Trump spent a sunny Saturday at his golf resort outside Washington, D.C. in another sign that the commander-in-chief is eager to resume a normal schedule amid the coronavirus pandemic.TRUMP ANNOUNCES THAT HOUSES OF WORSHIP ARE ‘ESSENTIAL,’ CALLS ON GOVERNORS TO OPEN THEM UPTrump and his motorcade arrived at the Trump National Golf Club in northern Virginia…
After criticism from President Trump and others, Harvard University announced it will not accept $8.6 million in stimulus aid.Harvard, which has a $40.9 billion endowment, originally said that "100% of the funds" would go toward student financial aid.Payouts to colleges factor in enrollment size and the number of Pell Grants, but not the size of…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…