In the news today: A new AP-NORC poll; problems at the Bureau of Prisons; and NATO is not ready for Ukraine to be a member. Also, the 2023 Emmy nominations will be announced today. | Abortion-rights activists protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) |
Few US adults support full abortion bans, AP-NORC poll finds |
Most U.S. adults, including those living in states with the deepest limits on abortion, want it to be legal at least through the initial stages of pregnancy, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds. The poll was conducted one year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, undoing a nationwide right to abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years. Read more.
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Larry Nassar stabbing underscores problems at Bureau of Prisons |
The recent stabbing of disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar at a federal penitentiary in Florida underscores the persistent problems at the federal Bureau of Prisons. Despite the Biden administration’s vow to fix the broken system, the agency has continued to struggle with violence, understaffing, abuse and an inability to keep even its highest profile prisoners safe. Read more.
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Nassar’s stabbing comes just weeks after “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski’s suicide at a North Carolina federal medical center and amid lingering fallout from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 jail suicide.
Facing increased scrutiny in the wake of an ongoing AP investigation that has uncovered a myriad of scandals, Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters has pledged to overhaul recruiting practices and end systemic abuse and corruption. Changing the culture of the massive agency — the Justice Department’s largest with more than 30,000 employees, 158,000 inmates and an annual budget of about $8 billion — has proved exceedingly difficult.
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NATO not yet prepared to offer membership to Ukraine |
NATO leaders gathered Wednesday to launch a highly symbolic forum for ties with Ukraine, after committing to provide the country with more military assistance for fighting Russia but only vague assurances of future membership. On Tuesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted the organization’s failure to set a timetable for his country’s admission as “absurd.” Read more.
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While Western countries are willing to keep sending weapons to help Ukraine do the job that NATO was designed to do — hold the line against a Russian invasion — they are not yet ready to allow Ukraine to join its ranks and benefit from its security during the war. Under Article 5 of the NATO charter, members are obligated to defend each other from attack, which could swiftly draw the U.S. and other nations into direct fighting with Russia.
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On July 12, 1965: The Beach Boys single “California Girls” was released by Capitol Records. (AP Photo/FILE)
A look at what else happened in history on July 12
And a big thanks to our sharp-eyed readers who noticed an interesting detail in yesterday’s Today in History caption. As they correctly pointed out, the guns used in the Hamilton-Burr duel were no longer flintlock pistols as they had been modified. Indeed, the extended caption to the photo notes: “According to the Smithsonian Institution, this original pistol was converted sometime during the Civil War era to a cap lock pistol from the original flintlock.”
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Nissim Kahlon's home overlooks the Mediterranean Sea in Herzliya, Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) |
Israel moves to evict man from his elaborate cave home on the beach
Over half a century, Nissim Kahlon has transformed a tiny cave on a Mediterranean beach into an elaborate underground labyrinth of chiseled tunnels, detailed mosaic floors and a network of staircases and chambers.
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WATCH: Dramatic scenes as Iceland volcano starts erupting
A volcano in Iceland has begun erupting 19 miles from the capital, Reykjavik. |
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