Boosting Italy’s birthrate has become a patriotic cause for the far right. But it’s an idea that’s doomed | Tobias Jones

With the country’s population tumbling, what Italy really needs is greater immigration, yet how could Giorgia Meloni sanction that? Fifty years ago in Italy, there was one person over 65 for every child aged six or under. Just before Christmas, Italy’s national statistics office, Istat, revealed that the ratio is now 5.6 to 1. The … Read more

NFL hits Panthers owner David Tepper with $300k fine for tossing drink at fans

Video showed David Tepper tossing drink into visiting crowdPanthers dropped to 2-14 and clinched season’s worst record The NFL has fined Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper $300,000 for tossing a drink at fans in Jacksonville toward the end of a game on Sunday. The league called Tepper’s conduct “unacceptable” in a statement released Tuesday. Continue … Read more

Maine Democrat who barred Trump from ballot said voter ID laws ‘rooted in White supremacy’

The Maine official who moved to disqualify former President Trump from the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot last week has previously said that voter ID laws are “rooted in White supremacy.” Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows made the claim while giving testimony to the legislature in April 2021, expressing her opposition to proposed state … Read more

Texas can ban emergency abortions despite federal guidance, court rules

The ruling by a unanimous panel of fifth US circuit court of appeals comes amid a wave of lawsuits focusing on abortion exceptions The US government cannot enforce federal guidance in Texas requiring emergency room doctors to perform abortions if necessary to stabilize emergency room patients, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday, siding with … Read more

Appeals court delivers fatal blow to California city pushing natural gas ban

A federal appeals court rejected a petition Tuesday to rehear a case related to a natural gas ban proposed by the City of Berkeley, California, which the panel ruled was illegal last year. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ultimately denied Berkeley’s petition for rehearing en banc — a motion that received … Read more