Virginia officially became the critical 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment on Monday, clearing the way for likely court fights over whether the measure can be added to the U.S. Constitution.
Nothing anyone can tell you will fully prepare you to be a parent.
I received that message often 6 years ago as my wife and I anticipated the impending birth of our first child. And I've dispensed that advice plenty of times since to soon-to-be-parents as I am now a grizzled veteran dad with three kids.
The context of that advice, though, tends to deal with practical things.
Nothing can prepare you, for instance, for the level of sleep deprivation you experience as a new parent. You will never be more tired... Читать дальше...
A federal appeals court has sided with a lower court in rejecting a lawsuit that challenges the security of voting machines in Tennessee's largest county.
An ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has hired a Washington lobbyist whose business has boomed under the Trump administration as part of a $12.5 million effort to ease sanctions and reset bilateral relations as the U.S.-backed campaign to oust the socialist leader stalls.
Minnesota will soon have capability to test on its own for potential infections of a novel coronavirus that emerged in China but is spreading globally.
A Georgia man convicted of killing his ex-wife and her boyfriend shouldn't be executed, his lawyers argue, citing the additional pain it will cause his children, evidence of brain damage not heard by the jury that sentenced him to die and his model behavior in prison.
At times sobbing, former "Project Runway" production assistant Mimi Haleyi told jurors Monday at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial how she tried to fight off the disgraced movie mogul and told him "no, no, no" while he sexually assaulted her.
A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place a policy connecting the use of public benefits with whether immigrants could become permanent residents.
Florida school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz was back in court Monday, this time for a hearing on charges that he attacked a corrections officer in jail.
Revelations from former national security adviser John Bolton's upcoming book are adding some drama to the ongoing Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Some reasons they could be important:
The veteran Boxall getting his U.S. green card creates another open international spot for Minnesota United. Plus "signs are looking good" for United defender Chase Gasper to make his USMNT debut Saturday against Costa Rica.
Investigators worked Monday on a rugged hillside outside Los Angeles where a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others crashed in foggy weather considered dangerous enough that local police departments had grounded their choppers.
Gophers gymnast Lexy Ramler, a junior from St. Michael, scored the first 10 by a Gopher ever at the Maturi Pavilion but it's Ramler's second on the beam in back-to-back meets.
"You were more than just my favorite player," Gophers star Daniel Oturu wrote on Instagram. "You were my hero. My heart is so broken. Rest in Peace Kobe. I'll never forget what you meant to me."