Opinion | The Colorado Ruling Is a Rebuke for the Ages
How can it be that nearly three years after Donald Trump incited an insurrection to stay in office, interfering with the peaceful transfer of power for the first time in American history, he remains eligible for a second term as president? In a stunning ruling on Tuesday night, the Colorado Supreme Court answered that question: […]
Just How Rich Were the McCallisters in ‘Home Alone’?
The battle in “Home Alone” between 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) and two burglars known as the Wet Bandits has unfolded on screens around the world every Christmas since the film premiered in 1990. And each year, for some viewers, the McCallisters’ grand home and lifestyle inspires its own tradition: wondering just how rich this […]
Trump’s Ballot Eligibility Faces Challenges in These Other States, Too
This week’s decision by the Colorado Supreme Court to disqualify former President Donald J. Trump from holding office again was the first victory for a sprawling legal effort that is still unfolding across the country. At least 16 other states currently have pending legal challenges to Mr. Trump’s eligibility for office under the 14th Amendment, […]
Cutting rates too soon could spur housing market ‘rebound’: Bank of Canada – National
Evidence is mounting that the Bank of Canada’s benchmark interest rate is high enough to bring inflation all the way back to the two-per cent target, deliberations from the central bank’s latest rate decision show. But policymakers at the Bank of Canada also expressed fears of a resurgence in the Canadian housing market that could […]
Snow Sports Are Getting More Dangerous
Many people meet Dale Atkins for the first time on their worst days—ice climbers who are stranded and injured, skiers that have been swallowed by an avalanche. Atkins, a skilled mountaineer as well as a climatologist and former weather and avalanche forecaster, is one of the experts on Colorado’s Alpine Rescue Team that local sheriffs […]
What to do if you have Covid: Symptoms, tests and can you go to work or school?
Image source, Getty Images The latest Covid booster campaign is under way across the UK and those who qualify are urged to get jabbed as soon as possible. No Covid restrictions are in place across the UK, but guidance recommends people who catch the virus “should try to stay at home”. What are the Covid […]
Can I Exclude My Scamming Sister From Our Christmas Dinner?
My sister staged a fake wedding years ago. Her boyfriend’s mother was giving money to her children, and the married ones got double the amount of those who were single. We flew cross-country, in good faith, for this charade and spent thousands of dollars. I discovered the truth only six years ago, when I learned […]
JN.1 Covid variant: WHO charts its rapid global spread
Covid and other infections could rise in many parts of the world this winter, the experts warn. Source link
Junior doctor could leave job over pay dispute
Dr Mohammed Hussain is joining national colleagues in three days of strike action. Source link
Trump Is Disqualified From 2024 Ballot, Colorado Court Says in Explosive Ruling
Colorado’s top court ruled on Tuesday that former President Donald J. Trump is disqualified from holding office again because he engaged in insurrection with his actions leading up to the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, an explosive ruling that is likely to put the basic contours of the 2024 election in the hands of […]