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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a ruling civil liberties advocates warned could make taxpayers “underwrite religious education” — opening a massive crack in the bedrock principle of church and state separation. The decision in the case, Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, was 5-4, with the court’s conservatives in the majority. As NBC News put it, the ruling […]

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JK Rowling has broken her silence after two of the biggest Harry Potter fan sites distanced themselves from her “harmful and disproven” comments about trans people. The Leaky Cauldron and MuggleNet announced on Thursday (July 20) that they would no longer provide links to Rowling’s website, use photos of her, or write about her outside of her […]

It’s fair to say that so far, the reaction to Drag Race All Stars 5 has been a little… meh. Whether it’s the challenges (middling) or the queens (two of whom have pulled a BenDeLaCreme, without the same all-conquering run), there’s been something a little off, with the much-vaulted (and overcomplicated) lip-sync assassin twist doing […]

Vladimir Putin has implied that employees at the US embassy in Moscow must be secretly queer because they raised the Pride flag last month. The embassy raised the flag during Pride Month despite an order from Tweety McTreason forbidding embassies from doing so. “LGBT+ rights are human rights. Human rights are universal,” the embassy wrote […]

We all have our own preferences when it comes to travel souvenirs — that little something that brings back the memories and feelings of a past holiday every time we look at it, whether it’s the cliché fridge magnet, some local speciality, or just the collection of photos we took. But then there are those […]

The Ministry of Electronics and IT of the Government of India has launched ‘Digital India AatmaNirbhar Bharat Innovate Challenge’, an initiative to identify the best existing Indian apps that have the potential to scale and become world-class. The innovation challenge will offer cash rewards and incentives for app developers and entrepreneurs to ideate and build […]

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Something big just happened here at The Motley Fool. You see, market beating stock ideas aren’t new to our co-founder Tom Gardner. In fact, followers of his Stock Advisor service see an average return of 458.0%. But every so often, Tom and his team issue a rare ‘Double Down’ recommendation: a chance for investors who […]

Madison Cawthorn spent the hours after polls closed in i North Carolina last week “in disbelief.” The 24-year-old real estate investor, a political newcomer, was trouncing his Republican primary opponent in the runoff race for the U.S. House seat vacated by Mark Meadows, who stepped down to become President Tweety McTreason’s chief of staff. Trump […]

LONDON — Perhaps nothing is as quintessential to British culture as a pub. Beer-guzzling Brits have been deprived of their regular haunts since the country shut down abruptly in March, as the coronavirus pandemic spread. Dotted on almost every street corner, pubs are part of the fabric of British life — a place to gather, […]

Studies of remdesivir — the most promising drug shown to treat COVID-19 so far — will soon enter a new phase of research, even before analysis is completed on the current phase of study. It’s a sign that work to find the right combination of drugs to treat the coronavirus has accelerated as cases are […]

With many gyms closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, WFH is making way for WOFH: Working Out From Home. “I use a lot of makeshift materials to work out,” says Anne Barreca, of Brooklyn, New York. Without access to a gym or swimming pool, she uses what’s in her environment for exercise, including the stairs […]