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Clarence Thomas' Second Amendment ruling shows power of conservative supermajority

For more than a decade, individual Supreme Court conservatives lamented lower court decisions that endorsed gun regulations, as their own court failed to expand a 2008 ruling that said the Second Amendment protects a right to a handgun in the home for self-defense.

Biden administration announces new at-home Covid tests for blind and low-vision Americans

The Biden administration on Thursday rolled out free at-home Covid-19 tests that are designed to be more accessible for people who are blind or visually impaired.

Samuel Alito lashes out at liberals in guns case as tensions boil over at SCOTUS

While Justice Clarence Thomas spent 63 pages in a 6-3 majority opinion Thursday painstakingly explaining the court's reasons for striking down a New York conceal carry gun law and changing the way judges will analyze a host of other gun regulations going forward, his colleague Samuel Alito took a different tack.

How events unfolded after the killing of cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson

Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, the woman suspected of fatally shooting 25-year-old elite cyclist Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson in Texas in May, sold her Jeep to an Austin dealership, the US Marshals Service said Thursday.

Hazing investigation: Iowa State University bans hockey club from competition next year

At Iowa State University, school officials have suspended the Men's Cyclone Hockey Club from all competition next school year following a team hazing investigation.

A damning Donald Trump quote you need to hear from today's January 6 hearing

Donald Trump said and did a whole lot of things on and around January 6, 2021, as he sought to use the levers of government to push his false election fraud schemes and remain in power.

BET+ Brings Back College Hill With Celebrities & Influencers But Fans Aren’t Feeling It

BET+ is bringing back the nostalgia with the reboot of College Hill, but longtime fans are not feeling the new twist.

SpaceX says 5G expansion would make Starlink 'unusable' for most Americans

SpaceX, Dish Network and other 5G providers are locked in a heated battle over radio frequencies, which SpaceX says it needs for its orbital internet service, Starlink, and which Dish says it needs for its own customers.

Disney VFX Supervisor Marlon West Organizes “A Great Day in Animation” Photo of Black Professionals in Animation

The iconic “A Great Day in Harlem” photograph of 57 jazz musicians taken by Art Kane in 1958 was the inspiration for the recently recreated “A Great Day in Animation” photo of 54 Black professionals in animation.

Amegy Bank Announces the Promotion of Diane Maben to Chief Operating Officer

Amegy Bank named Diane Maben as its Chief Operating Officer earlier this month. Maben was promoted to this newly created position after serving as Amegy’s Executive Vice President and Manager of Administrative Services. In her role, she will continue to provide direction to the operational functions of the Bank and partner with the Chief Executive Officer and President on strategic areas of focus, as she did under her previous title.

Germany declares gas crisis as Russia cuts supplies to Europe

Europe's biggest economy is now officially running short of natural gas and is escalating a crisis plan to preserve supplies as Russia turns off the taps.

Inside the White House's Spring scramble to contain the baby formula crisis

Around early May, officials with the US Food and Drug Administration remained largely focused on persistent problems at a shuttered baby formula plant in Michigan. But the White House was growing preoccupied with a problem of a much bigger scale: An infant formula shortage that could balloon to a full-blown crisis.

Opinion: The heat waves are a wake-up call: The government needs to help low-income families

Last week more than 125 million people in the US were living under heat warning and advisories and this week a second major heat wave is projected with more than 100 high temperatures records expected to be broken. And it's only June.

Why the corporate bond sell-off isn't as scary as it looks

Fears of a recession and the Federal Reserve's aggressive rate hikes have pushed investors to dump corporate debt in recent weeks. The sell-off hasn't gotten as much attention as the bleeding in stocks or cryptocurrencies, but it's been painful.

Tesla is still battling spying suspicions in China

Tesla cars are being kept off some roads in China as authorities bar them from sensitive areas, reportedly including a seaside resort town where a top leadership gathering could take place next month.

Senate will take critical vote to advance bipartisan gun bill toward final passage

The Senate is poised to take a critical vote on Thursday to advance a major bipartisan gun safety bill toward final passage. The vote is expected to succeed with Republican support, putting the legislation on a path to pass the Senate as soon as this week.

What to watch for in Thursday's January 6 committee hearing

Thursday's hearing before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection turns the panel's focus toward how former President Donald Trump tried to use the Justice Department to bolster his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Jeff Bezos' ship, named for his mom, will no longer be used to catch rockets

Jeff Bezos — the billionaire founder of Amazon and rocket company Blue Origin — made a grand public announcement a year ago that he purchased a ship to capture Blue Origin rockets after they return from space, and he named the vessel after his mother. But now the company says it is doing away with that plan, seeking a more "cost effective" alternative, Blue Origin spokesperson Linda Mills said.

Biden braces for Supreme Court to overturn Roe after months of planning for next steps

President Joe Biden is bracing for a Supreme Court ruling that would strip away nationwide abortion rights in the US, potentially setting off mass protests and heaping pressure on the White House to act, according to officials, even as there remains little he can do through executive action to fully mitigate the anticipated decision.

'What do we do when another disaster hits?' Afghans face crises on all fronts after quake kills 1,000

Aid groups scrambled on Thursday to reach victims of a powerful earthquake that rocked eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 1,000 people in an area blighted by poor infrastructure, as the country faces dire economic and hunger crises.

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