Experts say a court deciding Hobby Lobby violated Illinois anti-discrimination law by denying a trans employee access to the women’s restroom could have nationwide implications.

As a record number of Americans leave their jobs, those who can’t are working themselves sick.

“The Green New Deal framework is not just about addressing the climate crisis. It’s about building an economy and a society which work for all of us.”

In a rare court appearance, David Sackler said he and his family would withdraw their pledge to pay $4.5 billion, unless they are shielded from lawsuits related to Purdue Pharma.

Nearly half of known Gulf of Mexico worker fatalities didn’t fit the agency’s reporting criteria.

For trying to form a workers co-op. At a socialist magazine.

Unilever has issued a response after an Israeli NGO moved to seize the Ben & Jerry's trademark in the West Bank.

Paris ISD will require masks as part of its dress code when school starts Thursday after action by the Board of Trustees during an emergency meeting Tuesday. "The Texas Governor does not have the authority to usurp the Board of Trustees’ exclusive power and duty to govern and oversee the management of the public schools of the district. Nothing in the Governor’s Executive Order 38 states he has suspended Chapter 11 of the Texas Education Code, and therefore the Board has elected to amend its dress code consistent with its statutory authority," the district stated in a press release after the meeting.

The University of St. Thomas chapter chair of the Minnesota College Republicans was officially identified Monday as the second person charged in a sex trafficking case against GOP donor Anton “Tony” Lazzaro. Gisela Castro Medina, 19, has been charged with five counts of sex trafficking of minors, along with one count each of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, according to a news release issued by the U.S. attorney’s office.

A federal lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California seeks to stop the Gavin Newsom recall election from happening as scheduled on Sept. 14. The suit, filed by voters R.J. Beaber and A.W. Clark, alleges that the recall election is unconstitutional because it denies pro-Newsom voters equal protection of the law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. This argument was made by Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, who wrote a New York Times op-ed last week arguing that because Newsom "can receive far more votes than any other candidate but still be removed from office," it violates a "core constitutional principle that has been followed for over 60 years: Every voter should have an equal ability to influence the outcome of the election." In the recall election, voters will vote on two separate questions: 1. Shall Gavin Newsom be recalled? 2. Which candidate should succeed Newsom if he is recalled? The California Democratic Party is telling its voters to leave question two blank. "[California's recall process] flies in the face of the federal legal principle of 'one person, one vote,' and gives to voters who vote to recall the Governor two votes — one to remove him and one to select a successor, but limits to only one vote the franchise of those who vote to retain him and that he not be recalled, so that a person who votes for recall has twice as many votes as a person who votes against recall," the lawsuit states.

The vote is expected to come down to whether Democrats can mobilize enough of the state’s enormous base to counteract Republican enthusiasm for Gavin Newsom’s ouster.

Police are responding to an ongoing incident as around 20 non-paying protesters claim that they have ‘seized’ Edinburgh castle on Tuesday evening.

The Taliban have seized U.S. military biometrics devices that could aid in the identification of Afghans who assisted coalition forces, current and former military officials have told The Intercept. The devices, known as HIIDE, for Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment, were seized last week during the Taliban’s offensive, according to a Joint Special Operations Command official and three former U.S. military personnel, all of whom worried that sensitive data they contain could be used by the Taliban. HIIDE devices contain identifying biometric data such as iris scans and fingerprints, as well as biographical information, and are used to access large centralized databases. It’s unclear how much of the U.S. military’s biometric database on the Afghan population has been compromised.

Mini brains grown in a lab from stem cells have spontaneously developed rudimentary eye structures, scientists report in a fascinating new paper.

But here he is. Because a trip such as this one has to be hilarious on all accounts, Paul’s “steed of choice” is a Slovenian Tomos XL45 Classic, a mighty (not!) 49 cc moped that’s supposed to take him on an “epic” journey of about 1,800 miles (2,900 km) both ways. With a top speed of 20 mph (33.2 kph), Paul estimates he’ll spend about 12 days on the road. You can see the “steed” roaring on an empty country road in the Instagram below: if the slow progress doesn’t get Paul, that infernal noise just might.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said in a statement issued Tuesday.

“It’s going to be close,” one health official said as a record number of Texas hospitals run out of intensive care beds and warn that they may soon have more COVID-19 patients than they can handle.

Wally the walrus is set to get a ‘floating couch’ in an effort to prevent him from sinking more boats. The Arctic walrus, who was first spotted off Kerry last March, has spent the last two weeks cruising and feeding along the south-east and southern coast. But the 800kg male juvenile has left a trail of destruction in his wake – after hauling himself onto several small boats to rest, causing thousands of euro worth of damage and sinking at least two.

As the new Virginia Redistricting Commission prepares to start drawing new legislative and congressional maps, an increasingly political tone to its deliberations has some members openly speculating about whether the bipartisan body will be able to complete its job. The 16-member commission met for three hours Monday afternoon to discuss several issues it’s planning to vote on Tuesday morning, including the logistics of who should draw what maps and how much consideration to give to existing political districts and incumbent legislators. After sharp differences emerged over key aspects of the process, Sen. Mamie Locke, D-Hampton, suggested some of her General Assembly colleagues are losing hope the commission will work as advertised. “I fought very hard for us to have this commission,” Locke said. “But toward the end of our special session, the water-cooler discussion that I heard was that there’s no confidence in this commission to even come up with maps.”

The NAACP San Diego Branch is calling for an FBI investigation after a San Diego police officer purportedly took to an online forum to urge fellow officers to take a stand against COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates. Screenshots of the post show it was written on an online forum for members of the San Diego Police Officers Association. Mayor Todd Gloria has announced the city intends to make vaccines mandatory for employees when the Food and Drug Administration gives the vaccine its full approval, according to the mayor’s office. The FDA has only granted emergency-use approval of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Meanwhile, San Diego Police Department requires employees who are not vaccinated to wear masks on the job. “Myself and another God fearing Patriot on this Department are building up a coalition of cops who will stand up for our God given freedoms and are willing to risk it all,” the post states. “From this point forward we will never take the vaccine, be tested or wear another face diaper around our heads without our free will to make that choice.” The post called the vaccine, testing and masks: “harmful.” “This is the hill to die on, because I promise you if “WE THE PEOPLE” lose this fight there won’t be another hill to fight on,” the post continues. “What’s at risk? Your jobs! You have to be willing to get fired from this job to secure your rights and stand by your convictions,” the post states. “Our coalition is growing by the day and if the Department and City are willing to fire 100-500 cops then so be it. “For those who have taken the vaccine, been tested or choose to wear the mask, I support you 100% as you used your free will to make those decisions. Now I ask you to stand with your (colleagues’) free will as well.” The author, who identified himself as a 16-year veteran of the force, with a family and single income, asked officers to contact him so he could get a sense of how many officers were willing to “stand.” The post ends with the acronym “WWG1WGA,” presumably for the motto “where we go one, we go all” — a phrase often associated with QAnon conspiracy theories, including that former President Donald Trump was fighting against a cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic pedophiles who operate a global child sex trafficking ring.