Blizzard conditions hit US northern plains and upper midwest

Freezing weather affecting more than a million people expected in parts of South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado Snow, freezing rain and high winds are hitting the northern plains and upper midwest states, with the National Weather Service warning that “blizzard conditions for central South Dakota into parts of Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado [are] resulting … Read more

Alex Murdaugh trial: court clerk accused of plagiarism

Becky Hill, who Murdaugh’s lawyers accuse of jury-tampering, alleged to have plagiarized passages in memoir from BBC article The court clerk who helped steer the murder trial of South Carolina’s Alex Murdaugh and has since been hit with accusations of jury-tampering – potentially leading to a retrial – is now embroiled in a plagiarism controversy. … Read more

Biden poised to loosen restrictions on marijuana, but some say it’s not enough

Legalization advocates say reclassifying drug to schedule III from schedule I doesn’t resolve state and federal law conflicts The US government appears poised to announce next year the most sweeping changes in decades to how it handles marijuana, the psychoactive drug dozens of states allow to be sold from storefronts, but which federal law considers … Read more

Protests, threats and swatting bring politics to homes of US public figures

Marjorie Taylor Greene said hoaxer tried to trigger police response while Colorado justices who ruled against Trump face threats The political became personal over the Christmas holiday as the homes of politicos and judges were targeted by threats, protests and “swatting” hoaxes by pranksters who call in fake emergencies to authorities in the hopes of … Read more

Trump promises to replace Obamacare with his own healthcare ‘alternative’

Former President Trump has promised to roll back the Obama-instituted Affordable Care Act (ACA) if elected president in 2024, despite numerous failed attempts to terminate it in the past. “Obamacare is too expensive, and otherwise, not good healthcare,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.  The Christmas post comes as Congress has long … Read more

Purdy has to ‘look in mirror’ after four interceptions help doom 49ers

Niners fall to Ravens in battle of Super Bowl contendersAnalysis: can anyone stop Jackson and the Ravens? Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers seemed poised for another fast start when two big passes to George Kittle moved them into the red zone on the opening drive of the game. What happened next set the … Read more

Inoue KOs Tapales to become second male two-weight undisputed champion

Japanese fighter unifies super-bantamweight titles30-year-old previously won all four bantamweight belts Japan’s Naoya Inoue became the second male boxer to be a four-belt undisputed champion in two weight divisions with a 10th-round knockout of Marlon Tapales in Tokyo on Tuesday. Inoue unified the super-bantamweight titles of all four major sanctioning bodies, taking the WBA and … Read more