WASHINGTON – Legal experts praised Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in her final day of Senate hearings on Thursday, with a top lawyers’ group saying its review found she has a “sterling” reputation, “exceptional” competence and is well qualified to serve on the Supreme Court.
WUZHOU, China – Hundreds of people in rain gear and rubber boots searched muddy, forested hills in southern China on Thursday for the second flight recorder from a jetliner that crashed with 132 people aboard.
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Texas death row inmate seeking to have his pastor be allowed to pray out loud and touch him during his execution. The high court’s decision won’t keep John Henry Ramirez from being executed.
NEW YORK – A prosecutor who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last month said in his resignation letter that he believes the former president is “guilty of numerous felony violations” and he disagreed with the Manhattan district attorney’s decision not to seek an indictment.
Dear Doctors: I know I’m less depressed when I get to be in daylight. Is there any science behind that? Dear Reader: Yes.
“Paradais,” by Fernanda Melchor (New Directions) The fantasies that distort reality slither through Paradais, the gated community that sets Fernanda Melchor’s garden of Eden and gives her latest novel its name. Macabre characters drive the plot and slithering syntax the prose, guiding Melchor’s tale into the shadows of a society locked by chains.
ARDMORE - Alta (Camp) Parker, age 94, passed away on March 23, 2022, in Ardmore, Okla. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, March 26, 2022, in the Chapel at Griffin ~ Hillcrest Funeral Home with Pastor Donny Custar officiating.
Ms. Lee Vera Washington, 84, Passed away on Friday March 18, 2022.
DETROIT – A joint venture between automaker Stellantis and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution plans to build a large electric vehicle battery factory in Windsor, Ontario, employing about 2,500 people just across a river from Detroit.
LONDON – Britain’s Treasury chief on Wednesday announced a package of tax cuts and support payments that fell far short of what consumer advocates had demanded to shield working families from the soaring cost of living, triggering criticism that he doesn’t understand the scale of the crisis.