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Joined by Vice President Kamala Harris on the grounds of Georgia’s Morehouse College, the president called for the passing of the Freedom to Vote Act, which Biden said would help “protect our democracy.” The Freedom to Vote Act would help eliminate voter suppression throughout the country, especially in several Republican states where restrictive voter laws were passed in 2021. The president also called for the passing of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would also put measures in place to end voter suppression....

But in Campaign 2000, vague is out–at least among the two front runners. George W. Bush, with a Christian right to consider, has let the world know that his heart belongs to Jesus. Al Gore, after intellectually sojourning among New Age mystics, talks about his faith, declaring to one audience that he is “a child of the Kingdom and a person of strong faith.” In separate interviews, John McCain asserted his deep Christian beliefs, and even the reticent Bill Bradley reluctantly went on record: “The basic question is, do I believe in God?...

Marianne Ehlert of Protected Tomorrows works with the families of people on the autism spectrum to plan for adult living. She notes that it’s important to begin thinking about adult living while your child with autism is still young. In part, that’s because children with autism are usually eligible for disability, special education, and transition programs through their schools, which means that a child’s educational program can be crafted to support their plans for the future....

By that time, in other words, she was confident enough to joke about the very thing critics had been blasting her for the previous two weeks: her penchant for taking all sides of all issues. Better rested and more relaxed, Clinton raced to the center of the ring throwing punches at Obama, claiming that his health plan would leave 15 million people uninsured and that his Social Security plan would require a “trillion-dollar tax increase....

Every Republican invokes Reagan, but none needs to more urgently than McCain, who still must win over conservatives who regard him as more of an apostate than an apostle. Although he’s been winning primaries, he is losing among the self-described conservatives who form the GOP base. When McCain appears at this week’s 34th annual Conservative Political Action Conference, aides will play an audiotape of the Reagan speech to back their candidate’s claim to have been a “foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution....

Jafar Afshar, 67, used accelerants inside the Steelton home above the Raja’s Quick Pick Mart on South Front Street on Friday, setting it on fire, Dauphin County Coroner Graham Hetrick told reporters. Jafar Afshar, his son Saeed Afshar, 36, and his two grandchildren, an 8-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl died in the fire. Jafar Afshar’s death was ruled a suicide, and the deaths of his family members were ruled homicides, Hetrick said....

Tom Hill, a former assistant athletic director who was fired amid the scandal, is suing the law firm that investigated the school’s response to the assault allegations. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in McLennan County District Court in Waco, Texas, Hill accuses Philadelphia law firm Pepper Hamilton of negligence and defamation. MORE: Briles sues Baylor regents for libel, conspiracy Hill, who is seeking $60,000 in damages, says he was never given an explanation for his dismissal....

The Union-Leader reported that the town’s three-member board of selectmen voted to end the one-man police department on Tuesday. The order was effective immediately, meaning that Lee was made to strip off his town-owned clothes and could not use his police car to return home. Lee told the paper, “I was told that I had to turn over the keys to the cruiser and my uniform immediately. I had no other means of transportation, as the cruiser is a take-home vehicle, and I have no spare clothes in the office, so I did as ordered....

The firing of Akalaitis, 55, one of the leading avant-garde directors, sent seismic tremors through the entire theater community. The quake seemed to reopen the fault line that divides the commercial from the noncommercial theater, the “uptown.” From the “downtown.” From the founding of the Shakespeare Festival in 1954 until his death in 1991, Papp had had the genius to unite both worlds: his production of “A Chorus Line,” conceived at the Public, moved to Broadway and became a lifeline of financial support for its birthplace....

In a testy exchange with Senator Rand Paul last July, Dr. Fauci asserted flatly, “The NIH [National Institute of Health] has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.” That wasn’t true. The NIH has conceded that EcoHealth and the Wuhan Institute of Virology did in fact conduct controversial gain-of-function experiments. Fauci, perhaps unknowingly, misled Congress in denying that. There is no proof that a lab accident at the Wuhan Institute started the pandemic, or that SARS-CoV-2 leaked from a lab in Wuhan or elsewhere....

While some dates can go perfectly, with conversation flowing from the outset, others take a little more preparation to ensure they go well. We spoke to experts on some conversation topics which can be ideal for a first date, as well as important points of what to say, what not to say, and what to remember before you head out on your date. Thinking of first date questions beforehand can be useful, but also taking time to think about what you want from the date is important as well—before you even step our your front door....

That’s where Kurt Busch, Kasey Kahne, AJ Allmendinger and others were fighting for survival in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. While the race for the win was not thrilling, the fierce battle for 12th in the Chase standings was, giving NASCAR the type of drama it dreamed of when it concocted the latest version of its playoffs. “I’m too old for this,” team owner Rick Hendrick said after watching driver Kasey Kahne earn the 12th spot to advance....

This is the first new identification of a North American medicinal leech since 1975, according to a study published in the Journal of Parasitology—which was led by Anna Phillips from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. “We found a new species of medicinal leech less than 50 miles from the National Museum of Natural History—one of the world’s largest libraries of biodiversity,” Phillips said in a statement. “A discovery like this makes clear just how much diversity is out there remaining to be discovered and documented, even right under scientists’ noses....

At around noon on Sunday at Nauset Beach, located near the town of Orleans in Massachusetts, Matt Pieciak, 25, was fishing alongside friends and family, who were drinking beers and playing cornhole on the beach. However, during the middle of a cornhole game on Sunday Pieciak noticed something behind his opponent in the water and saw that the fishing rod he had left by the sea was moving and bending....

The eyeball. Believe it or not, some people do get permanent makeup inside the eye, says Zwerling About once a year, a patient asks him to put pigment into a disfiguring blind eye to make it look like a normal one. The many nerves going into the front of the eye would make this an excruciating procedure without anesthesia. (Two other popular spots for permanent makeup—the eye brows and lips—are also painful, the lips especially so because of the many nerve endings located there....

The College Football Playoff committee isn’t budging. Despite pressure from the NFL and ESPN to move the 2015-16 College Football Playoff semifinals from Dec. 31 (Thursday) to Jan. 2 (Saturday), the committee announced Thursday no changes are coming. Bill Hancock, executive director of the College Football Playoff, made that clear. “We’re not going to change,” Hancock said. “It’s a done deal.” Is that the right decision? Here are five questions that must be answered:...

The co-main event is the return of former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as he battles Fabio Maldonado in a catchweight bout set at 215 pounds. MORE: Listen to TKO Radio | White: Rousey is WWE ‘one-and-done’ | Silva to Olympics? In other action that features top ranked middleweights, No. 10 ranked Michael Bisping battles No. 11 CB Dollaway. Coverage begins with three fights on UFC Fight Pass starting at 6:30 p....

TJ Gaynor of Go Big Recruiting lists five players to keep an eye on for 2015: MORE: Signing Day roundup | Rankings | Photos QB Ricky Town (6-4, 205) Ventura, Calif. (St. Bonaventure) Committed to: USCWhat stands out: Intangibles, quick release, mechanics What needs development: Foot speed What happens next: If he sticks with the Trojans, look for him to challenge for the starting nod in 2015. HAYES: Urban Meyer recruiting speed, chasing SEC...