The justices will hear arguments this week about whether the cross in Bladensburg, Md., which honors local men who died in World War I, violates the separation of church and state.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/24/us/politics/bladensburg-cross-supreme-court.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

A 10-year-old boy died on a waterslide at a Kansas waterpark in 2016. A judge ruled that prosecutors engaged in “grand jury abuse” and dismissed charges against those who designed it.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/24/us/water-slide-death-charges.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo works hard at being President Trump’s most loyal cabinet member and greatest evangelist of “America First.” But the world is pushing back.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/24/us/politics/secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Garrett Morgan created an improved gas mask. Marie Van Brittan Brown patented a home security system. Lonnie Johnson dreamed up the Super Soaker.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/24/us/black-inventors.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Elecia R. Dexter is taking over The Democrat-Reporter after her predecessor wrote an editorial calling for the return of the Ku Klux Klan.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/us/democrat-reporter-elecia-dexter.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Beyond the connection to figures like Robert Kraft lies the wretched story of women who officials say were forced to work in alarming conditions.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/us/robert-kraft-trafficking-florida.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The special counsel’s team said the fact that Paul Manafort lied to prosecutors after agreeing to cooperate “reflects a hardened adherence to committing crimes and lack of remorse.”

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/us/politics/manafort-sentencing-memo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The R&B singer has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four victims, three of whom were minors.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/arts/r-kelly-bond.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The special counsel’s team said the fact that Paul Manafort lied to prosecutors after agreeing to cooperate “reflects a hardened adherence to committing crimes and lack of remorse.”

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/us/politics/manafort-sentencing-memo-special-counsel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The R&B singer has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four victims, three of whom were minors.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/arts/r-kelly-bond-court.html?partner=rss&emc=rss