Live chicks hatched from artificial eggshell in bid to revive extinct 12-foot bird, biotech company says

A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures said Tuesday it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment — a development that was met with mixed reviews from scientists and critics of its de-extinction mission. Twenty-six baby chickens — ranging from a few days to several months old — were born from a … Read more

Supreme Court rejects Virginia Democrats’ attempt to revive new congressional map

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday turned away a long-shot effort by Virginia Democrats to revive a new, voter-approved congressional map they wanted to use in this year’s midterm elections. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The brief decision with no dissents leaves in place … Read more

Supreme Court rejects Virginia Democrats’ bid to revive new congressional map

Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid by Virginia Democrats to revive its new voter-approved congressional map that was drawn to advantage the party for the upcoming midterm elections. In an unsigned one-sentence order, the Supreme Court left intact a ruling from Virginia’s highest court that invalidated an amendment to the state … Read more

It’s finally sunny in Wrexham: Hollywood stars revive a Welsh soccer town

In 2021, Hollywood A-Listers Ryan Reynolds (the Marvel superhero character “Deadpool”) and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” star and creator Rob McElhenney (who legally changed his name last year to Rob Mac) went all-in on a very different kind of franchise, when they bought a failing football club in the northern Welsh city of Wrexham. … Read more

A tiny Arctic village in Alaska is trying to revive its polar bear tourism industry

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the continent, far above the Arctic Circle, to feast on whale carcasses left behind by hunters and to wait for the deep cold to freeze the sea. It’s a spectacle that once brought 1,000 or … Read more

Judge denies Justice Department request to revive Federal Reserve subpoenas

Washington — A federal judge on Friday rejected efforts by the Justice Department to revive two subpoenas it served to the Federal Reserve as part of its criminal investigation into Chairman Jerome Powell and the Fed’s building renovations, after the judge had quashed them on the grounds they were pretextual and not based on evidence … Read more

Progressive states revive push to tax the rich as wealth disparity deepens across the US

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Chuck Collins figures he won life’s lottery by inheriting vast sums of money through his great-grandfather Oscar Mayer’s processed meat company, but rather than fight to protect every dime Collins has helped push to hike taxes on the ultrarich like himself. He was successful in helping implement a higher tax in Massachusetts … Read more