Evie Fordham Men are more likely than women to react positively to gene editing human embryos to make babies healthier or even smarter, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Sixty-five percent of men believe that “gene editing to reduce a baby’s risk of developing a serious disease later in life” is an acceptable use…
Hanna Bogorowski Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, who has been accused of sexually abusing minors and adults for over 20 years, one involving a boy as young as age 11. The pope received a resignation letter from McCarrick, the former archbishop emeritus of Washington, D.C., on Friday evening and…
Jessica Kramer The U.S. saw a 30-year record low for birth rates in 2017, but the country’s increasingly prosperous economy could soon lead to a surge in childbirth. A Gallup poll showed 70 percent of American adults on average preferred having three or more children between 1938 and 1968, according to the New York Post. But…
Henry Rodgers A Texas doctor born in Nigeria was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was charged with sexually assaulting several of his patients, including a 71-year-old woman with a physical disability. The doctor, Donald Ozumba, 45, was found guilty in court Friday and was charged with aggravated sexual assault of an elderly person, according…
Emily Larsen President Donald Trump said Thursday that he got a greater share of the women’s vote than his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Verdict: False The national exit poll that major news organizations rely upon found that a majority of women, 54 percent, voted for Clinton in the 2016 election. Fact…
Jason Hopkins A wind farm project has been nixed entirely following mounting controversy from locals and a unanimous rejection from state regulators in Texas. American Electric Power (AEP), a major U.S. utility company, announced Friday its decision to cancel plans to build the Wind Catcher project — a proposal to construct a 2 gigawatt wind…
Neetu Chandak Republicans and Democrats both agree colleges are going in the wrong direction, they just disagree on why they are going wrong with Democrats placing more emphasis on expensive tuition while Republicans were more worried about the political climate, according to a study released Thursday. Pew Research Center conducted the study between June 19 and…
Nick Givas CNN host Jake Tapper said it was “unpatriotic” to question the Robert Mueller probe into Russian meddling, Thursday on CBS’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” “It’s obvious that people are doing things to protect President Trump and to protect the politics of this all, but this is beyond the politics of it…
Tim Pearce Eight blue states skimmed nearly $150 million from Medicaid payments to caregivers in 2017 to cover the workers’ agency fees and dues to labor unions, according to the free-market think tank The Freedom Foundation. California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington deducted the money from healthcare workers’ paychecks for overseeing the elderly and…
Gabrielle Okun A group of women stole $17,000 worth of yoga pants at the athletic store Lululemon in Fresno, California. Three female thieves walked into the Lululemon Sunday and stole 148 products, worth $17,000, according to CBS San Francisco. Fresno police claimed that there were similar thefts at other Lululemon stores in the Bay Area. “They believe it’s…