Until last spring, the organization had insisted it never knowingly allowed a predator to work with youths. But in May, The Associated Press reported that attorneys for abuse victims had identified multiple cases in which known predators were allowed to return to leadership posts. MORE
“Ukraine’s security is important to our security and the reason I believe that is that Ukraine is on the front line.” He explained that Russia is waging “a hybrid war against Ukraine, but it’s not just about Ukraine, they are fighting a hybrid war against Europe and against the United States.” MORE
While the focus now is on the Jackson area, the heavy rains and flooding has affected a much larger swathe of the state. State emergency management officials said Sunday that they had received preliminary damage reports from 11 counties connected with the severe weather that hit the state starting on Feb. 10. MORE
On Fox News Friday, anchor Bret Baier asked McConnell if Democrats’ statements about those bills were true and whether they could move forward. McConnell confirmed that it was the case, but also said that proposed legislation would be rejected. MORE
What’s more impressive than the margin of warmth itself is that it occurred without any assistance from an official El Niño event. El Niño tends to produce warmer global temperatures, as the warm sea-surface temperatures slathered across the central and eastern tropical Pacific transfer ocean-stored heat into the atmosphere. MORE
Not guilty. Not guilty. In the United States Senate, like in many spheres of life, fear does the business. MORE
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer gives Democratic response to SOTU MORE
The legal team is also expected to argue that neither of the two articles is legitimate because they don’t say that the president broke the law. Many legal scholars say, however, that a president doesn’t have to break the law in order to commit an impeachable offense. MORE
By end of 2020, the restaurant industry will be banned from using single-use straws. By 2025, towns and cities across China must reduce the consumption of single-use plastic items in the restaurant industry by 30 percent. MORE
In Manhattan on Saturday, hundreds of people gathered as part of a “Rise and Roar” rally at separate events in Foley Square and Columbus Circle.
“Today, we will be the change that is needed in this world! Today, we rise into our power!” activist Donna Hylton told a cheering crowd in Foley Square. MORE
I tried to capture some of the speech’s disconcerting oddness in my write-up of the event. In many ways, the remarks the president made were typical of him. And that provides the media with a challenge: Describing Trump as he really is can make it seem as if a report is “anti-Trump” and that the reporter is trying to make the president look foolish.
But for media outlets that view themselves as above taking sides, attempts to provide a sober, “balanced” look at presidential speeches often end up normalizing things that are decidedly not normal. MORE
China isn’t the only nation at risk of losing its biodiversity. An explosive United Nations report released this past May found that up to a million species are at risk of extinction because of human activities. About 66% of the global marine environment has been significantly altered by humans, and more than a third of all marine mammals are threatened, the report said. MORE
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A man is dead and two others were injured after a triple shooting overnight in north Charlotte. The shooting happened just after midnight on Holland Avenue, off Atando and Statesville avenues, near the MORE
Despite the relatively large number of small exoplanet discoveries to date, the majority of stars are between 600 to 3,000 light-years away from Earth – too far and dim for detailed follow-up observation. MORE
“We hear a lot about the overall greenhouse gas and economic impacts of the transition the U.S. has undergone in shifting from coal towards natural gas, but the smaller-scale decisions that make up this larger trend have really important local consequences. MORE
Two children, ages 12 and 13, were shot after throwing snowballs at passing cars in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, police said. The pair was hurling snowballs at passing cars with a group of children on MORE
Happy Holiday snowflakes, tis the season for crazy uncles that love Trump and crazy nephews that love Bernie, but this time of year we all get together and pretend that we all get along, and MORE
He said there were also “many other factors” responsible for the unprecedented number of fires during a record-breaking heat wave. MORE
But Trump insisted that North Korea would have to give up its weapons entirely, something the U.S. intelligence community has assessed as extremely unlikely. MORE
If you spot a meteor shower, what you’re usually seeing is an icy comet’s leftovers that crash into Earth’s atmosphere. Comets are sort of like dirty snowballs: As they travel through the solar system, they leave behind a dusty trail of rocks and ice that lingers in space long after they leave. MORE
Schumer “made clear to Senator McConnell that the witnesses and documents are necessary to ensure a fair trial in the Senate,” spokesman Justin Goodman said. McConnell has been pushing for a process that likely won’t include any witnesses. MORE
On Saturday, December 14th Joe Burrow received the highest first place vote percentage of any Heisman trophy winner in the trophy’s 84 year history. He thanked the normal people, his parents and his current and MORE
Meet a rodeo ant. The little ant on the big one’s back is a queen of a species discovered in Austin, Texas. It has the right mouthparts and head shape to grip the waist and MORE
A new Nature study published this week found that oxygen levels in worldwide oceans have dipped by more than 2% in the last half-century. While the change may seem small, scientists say even subtle shifts in gas levels can alter entire ecosystems. MORE
Helmut Oberlander had his Canadian citizenship revoked for lying about his involvement in a Nazi killing squad. The 95-year-old has been fighting to stay in Canada since 1995. MORE