Month: August 2019

Alpinismo d’esplorazione: nonostante condizioni impegnative, Simon Richardson e Mark Robson hanno effettuato cinque prime salite su montagne finora inviolate nel massiccio del Stikine in Alaska. Il report di Richardson. Il ghiacciaio Stikine si trova a cavallo del confine tra USA e Canada, tra il fiume Stikine e le acque costiere di Frederick Sound nell’Alaska sud-orientale. […]

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A federal judge temporarily blocked three Arkansas abortion restrictions from going into effect on Tuesday, including one that would ban most abortion at 18 weeks of pregnancy.  U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker’s decision is in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood on behalf of Little Rock Family Planning […]

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2020 presidential candidate and former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke told President Donald Trump in a searing Twitter message on Tuesday that no, he “will not be quiet.” O’Rourke has been unapologetic in his criticism of the president in the wake of Saturday’s mass shooting in his hometown of El Paso. O’Rourke, who represented a district […]

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The Nebraska Republican Party called on state Sen. John McCollister to quit the party after he accused his fellow Republicans of “enabling white supremacy” by staying silent on President Donald Trump’s hateful rhetoric. McCollister, a lifelong Republican, made headlines Monday when he condemned members of his party in a series of tweets for failing to […]

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A federal judge temporarily blocked three Arkansas abortion restrictions from going into effect on Tuesday, including one that would ban most abortion at 18 weeks of pregnancy.  U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker’s decision is in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood on behalf of Little Rock Family Planning […]

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Sen. Pat Toomey’s reasoning for not banning military-style weapons is apparently the same one high school students use to pick a prom queen in high school: popularity. On Monday, the Pennsylvania senator said he supported expanding background checks but rejected the idea of a ban on assault weapons or restrictions on magazine size. Toomey explained […]

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