| | | | | | Investigators are promising an update into a weekend fire and vandalism at the office of a prominent Wisconsin anti-abortion lobbying group. Madison police say a fire was set inside Wisconsin Family Action's office early Monday after a Molotov cocktail thrown into the building failed to ignite. No one was hurt. The message "If abortions aren't safe then you aren't either" was spray-painted on the exterior. The fire is being investigated as arson. Madison police and fire officials, as well as the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, have scheduled a Monday update. | | | | | | The leader of Britain's main opposition party says he will resign if he is fined by police for having a beer and food with colleagues while the U.K. was under coronavirus restrictions. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has acknowledged having a takeout meal in a lawmaker's office in northeast England in April 2021. Starmer insists the meal was part of a workday and broke no rules. Police are investigating but Starmer said Monday he was "absolutely clear that no laws were broken." He said if he gets a police fine he will "do the right thing and step down." Conservatives accuse Starmer of hypocrisy because he has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign over lockdown-breaching parties. | | | | | | The son and namesake of ousted Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos has taken a commanding lead in an unofficial count in the presidential election in the deeply divided Asian democracy. With more than 77% of the votes counted, Marcos Jr. had 25 million, far ahead of his closest challenger, current Vice President Leni Robredo, a champion of human rights, who had nearly 12 million. The next president is likely to hear demands to prosecute outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte for thousands of killings during his anti-drug crackdown. Duterte's daughter, southern Davao city Mayor Sara Duterte, is Marcos Jr.'s vice presidential running mate in an alliance of the scions of two authoritarian leaders who concern human rights groups. | | | | | | "A Strange Loop," Michael R. Jackson's critically cheered theater meta-journey earned a leading 11 Tony Award nominations Monday as Broadway joined the national discussion of race by embracing an envelope-pushing Black-written and Black-led musical. Jackson's 2020 Pulitzer Prize drama winner about a Black gay man writing a show about a Black gay man earned nods for best musical, best leading man in newcomer Jaquel Spivey and best featured actress for L Morgan Lee, who becomes the first openly transgender performer to be nominated for a Tony Award. Jackson says he had "hoped" his "collaborators would be acknowledged.'' Right behind "A Strange Loop" is a tie with 10 nominations each for "MJ" and "Paradise Square." | | | | | | Wall Street is tumbling toward its lowest point in more than a year on Monday. The S&P 500 is down 2.6% in midday trading. Renewed worries about China's economy on Monday are piling on top of markets already battered by rising interest rates. Not only did stocks fall across Europe and much of Asia, but so did everything from old-economy crude oil to new-economy bitcoin. Most of this year's damage has been the result of the Federal Reserve's aggressive flip away from doing everything it can to prop up financial markets and the economy to fighting inflation. | | | | | | The Pulitzer Prizes are set Monday to honor the best journalism from a tumultuous year that saw an insurrection, the frantic end of the United States' longest war and fallout from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and catastrophic climate change. The winners in 15 journalism categories and seven arts categories will be announced at 3 p.m. at Columbia University, which administers the awards. This year's Pulitzers will be livestreamed and recognize work done in 2021. The Pulitzers are considered the most prestigious honor in American journalism. | | | | | | Planning for death and navigating life after a loss can be difficult, complex and sometimes expensive. Several apps, including Lantern, Cake, Empathy and Everplans, among others, promise to help. Death-planning apps typically offer free tools for consumers and most have additional, premium services available for a fee. Tools and services include checklists, automated account closures and document storage, as well as access to experts. Some apps partner with employers, insurers, banks and other companies that provide the app's features to employees or customers as a benefit. The apps also may earn referral fees for connecting users with service providers. | | | | | | MONDAY, May 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common and often easily managed, yet some women are plagued by one infection after another. Now, a new study hints at a culprit: the antibiotics used to treat them. | | | | | | |
