A woman in England is charged with the crime of trying to give herself a late-term abortion.

Even if this is not allowed, it should not be a crime. Human life begins around the time of birth.

(satire) How the Speaker of the House is elected.

Half the world's glaciers are expected to disappear by 2100 if we have 4C of global heating.

*Two months after Elon Musk laid off half of Twitter’s workforce, some employees affected say they have yet to receive any formal severance offer or separation agreement.*

Twitter has stopped paying rent on a San Francisco office building. Perhaps Musk believes he can get away with stiffing those employees.

Musk seems to be imitating the cheater's behavior patterns. The cheater is famous for refusing to pay contractors he hired to work on buildings; one of sued and won.

Perhaps Musk feels inclined to follow that example of arrogance.

McCarthy was elected Speaker of the House after a series of concessions that put him under the power of the hyperextremists. If even one of them no longer supports McCarthy as speaker, perse will be able to demand a new election for speaker, and McCarthy could easily face the resumption of the conflict.

""Kevin McCarthy has repeatedly put his personal ambitions ahead of our democracy."