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Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or watch stuff in slow mo? I'd say sometimes, but not always. What do you think? read more

"This is not a GOP cuckolding convention!!" screamed one man into the microphone. Damn, I thought that's exactly what it was. Judging by this reception though Trump will not speak as scheduled on Saturday and will just run away. That's what cowards always do. Source: Politico Donald Trump won’t be speaking to his usual self-selected crowd of adoring red-hatted MAGA fans when he addresses the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday. As delegates gathered at the Washington Hilton on the eve of his speech, the party’s decision to host the former president, which had split the organization, erupted Friday into open revolt.

In 1552, the Protestant divine Hugh Latimer preached a sermon in Lincolnshire, England. “When we be in trouble,” he said, “or sickness, or lose any thing, we run hither and thither to wizards or sorcerers, whom we call wise men… seeking aid and comfort at their hands.” Latimer saw this reliance on magic as a problem because it caused supposedly good Christians to turn their backs on God.

Westbound Interstate 70 reopened near Loveland Pass after a crash closed the highway, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. The highway reopened at 4:14 p.m. The road was closed from exit 216 for U. S. 6 over Loveland Pass to exit 205 for Silverthorne at 3:37 p.m., the agency said in a travel alert. Related Articles Transportation | Eastbound U.

NEW ORLEANS — First-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances was signed into law Friday by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. The Republican governor announced his signing of the bill in Baton Rouge a day after it gained final legislative passage in the state Senate. Opponents of the measure included many physicians who said the drugs have other critical reproductive health care uses, and that changing the classification could make it harder to prescribe the drugs. Supporters of the bill, which affects the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol, said it would protect expectant mothers from coerced abortions, though they cited only one example of that happening, in the state of Texas.

A 31-year-old man died in custody at the Douglas County Detention Center on Thursday, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. A deputy delivering dinner to the man’s cell found him unconscious and not breathing at 5:05 p.m. and started lifesaving efforts, Douglas County sheriff’s officials said Friday. The man was pronounced dead at 5:46 p.m. The man was booked into the jail less than 12 hours earlier, at 5:50 a.m., and was in a cell by himself, officials said.