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Biden unveils first slate of judicial nominees featuring diverse and history-making selections
President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a diverse slate of 11 judicial nominees, including three African American women for Circuit Court vacancies and a candidate who, if confirmed, would be the first Muslim American federal judge in US history.
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Get Psyched UP in "Seeing Is Not Believing
Established in 1900, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is among the 10 largest art museums in the United States, with an encyclopedic collection of nearly 70,000 works dating from antiquity to the present. The Museum’s Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim main campus comprises the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, designed by Steven Holl Architects and opened in 2020; the Audrey Jones Beck Building, designed by Rafael Moneo and opened in 2000; the Caroline Wiess Law Building, originally designed by William Ward Watkin, with extensions by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe completed in 1958 and 1974; the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden, designed by Isamu Noguchi and opened in 1986; the Glassell School of Art, designed by Steven Holl Architects and opened in 2018; and The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza, designed by Deborah Nevins & Associates and opened in 2018. Additional spaces include a repertory cinema, two libraries, public archives, and facilities for conservation and storage.
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How Pride events nationally are responding after a White supremacist group allegedly planned to riot in Idaho
With Pride celebrations scheduled throughout the month in cities big and small across the country, organizers and police departments are taking a close look at their safety plans.
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Elvis
Baz Luhrmann photobombs this Elvis portrait with over-extravagant filmmaking that dwarfs the iconic rock and roller. And that ain’t easy.
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Justices Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson criticize each other in unusually sharp language in affirmative action case
The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling Thursday on affirmative action pitted its two Black justices against each other, with the ideologically opposed jurists employing unusually sharp language attacking each other by name.
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King Richard Wins a Miami Film Fest Audience Award!
King Richard has won the coveted Miami International Film Festival GEMS 2021 Audience Award, and it’s no wonder. It’s a crowd-pleaser!
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UGA star Jalen Carter responds after police say he was racing another car that crashed. The other driver and a teammate were killed
University of Georgia star defensive lineman Jalen Carter -- projected as a top pick in the NFL draft next month -- faces charges of reckless driving and racing in connection with a crash that killed teammate Devin Willock and team employee Chandler LeCroy, Athens-Clarke County police said.
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2023 NFL season: everything you need to know ahead of another year of football
Another year, another calendar filled with thrills, spills and a whole lot of touchdowns. The arrival of September means one thing: the NFL is back.
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Legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick leaving the New England Patriots after 24 seasons and six Super Bowl titles, reports say
Bill Belichick is leaving the New England Patriots after 24 seasons and winning six Super Bowl titles with the team, according to multiple reports.
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The 10 Senate Seats Most Likely to Switch Parties in 2018
The GOP's Senate recruiting challenges -- failing to land candidates in some states, attracting too many candidates in others, while two vulnerable incumbents are also targeted from within -- mean the party faces a long list of internal battles. Only after those are settled can the GOP fully turn its attention to unseating Senate Democrats in the 2018 midterm elections.
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Breonna Taylor investigations are far from over as demands for transparency mount
Kentucky's top law enforcement officer says he presented all the evidence in the Breonna Taylor case to a grand jury, but many investigative avenues remain open.
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Liberty University Alumni Return Degrees in Protest
More than 200 Liberty University alumni have signed on to a Facebook group proposing they return their degrees in protest of University President Jerry Falwell Jr.'s unwavering support of President Donald Trump.
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Houston Teams and Athletes Step Up for Hurricane Relief
Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander says he'll up his donation to those affected by Hurricane Harvey to $10 million. He had already pledged $4 million but announced the increase Tuesday.
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Donald Trump Retweeted An Alt-right Conspiracy Theorist. Here's Why.
On Monday night, just hours after he had, finally, condemned in harsh terms the neo-Nazis and white supremacists involved in violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, President Donald Trump took to Twitter. And he retweeted this from a man named Jack Posobiec:
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Republicans Just Dodged Political Disaster On Health Care
Senate Republicans won a relatively minor but important legislative victory on health care on Tuesday afternoon. But the lengths they had to go to secure it -- John McCain flying back from Arizona fewer than two weeks removed from surgery that led to a brain cancer diagnosis -- suggest the problems, political and policy-wise, that await congressional GOPers and the Trump White House.
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Jeff Sessions Committed the One Sin Donald Trump Can't Forgive
Attorney General Jeff Sessions was once Donald Trump's truest, most loyal friend -- the first major backer of the billionaire's presidential campaign and a major ally for his get-tough policies on immigration.
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If Kennedy Retires, Donald Trump's Legacy is Set
The final week of the Supreme Court session opens Monday, and with it comes rampant speculation that Justice Anthony Kennedy may call it quits.
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Democratic Response to Trump's Speech: He's 'Wall Street's champion'
Former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear delivered the Democratic Party's response to President Donald Trump's address Tuesday night, criticizing Trump for not living up to his populist campaign trail rhetoric and pressing for compromise solutions on health care reform.
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Michelle Obama's Healthy School Lunch Program in Jeopardy?
One of Michelle Obama's signature accomplishments as first lady may be in jeopardy under the Trump administration.
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Donald Trump just got another excuse if he loses the 2020 election
On its face, President Donald Trump's immediate insistence that he will not participate in a virtual second debate in a week's time makes very, very little political sense.