“Ohio knows it’s a good year to vote out Donald Trump,” the Lincoln Project wrote as the caption to their new video. The video references Ohio voters as it is home of Goodyear Tires, an Ohio-based company the president Trump recently criticized. As the video begins, the narrator discusses the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, saying, “172,000 dead from COVID.” “Millions unemployed facing foreclosure, evictions, and losing health coverage,” the narrator says as the video shows a screen that reads, “another 35,000 file for unemployment in Ohio....

In a viral Reddit post published on the popular r/AmITheA**hole forum, Redditor u/AITAexhaustedwife (otherwise referred to as the original poster, or OP) said she gave birth to her first child just five weeks ago and explained how her husband’s demands have made her postpartum experience more difficult than expected. Titled, “[Am I the a**hole] for refusing to cook dinner?” the post has received nearly 10,000 upvotes and 1,500 comments in the last day....

There are also a lot of dos and don’ts when it comes to food and drink. As well as the obvious—alcohol—pregnant women are advised to avoid certain meats, dairy, fish and some egg products. For one new mom, it seems giving up deli meats was a particular struggle, as a hilarious TikTok clip captures her joy at finally getting to eat a salami sandwich. Alexandria posted the video to her TikTok account, @ali_hardwick, after she was filmed taking the first bite of her sandwich, her newborn baby resting on her lap....

New Orleans TV station WDSU, citing a law enforcement source, reported Thursday that the New Orleans Police Department issued a warrant — on a simple battery charge — for Beckham’s arrest. Yahoo Sports later reported the department sought a warrant on misdemeanor sexual battery, but the judge declined it. They accepted it after NOPD rewrote it for for simple battery. Video of the incident shows Beckham, a former Tigers and current Cleveland Browns receiver, engaging a Mercedes-Benz Superdome officer in LSU’s locker following its 42-25 win over Clemson in the College Football Playoff championship game....

The new poll, which was published Thursday, shows Biden ahead with the backing of 53 percent of registered voters while the incumbent Republican president is supported by just 42 percent—a margin of 11 percentage points. That’s an improvement of 3 percentage points for Trump, as NBC/WSJ showed the president with just 39 percent support compared to 53 percent for Biden in a survey carried from September 30 to October 1....

The Sabres hired Botterill on Thursday to lead a franchise that hasn’t made the playoffs in six years, the second-longest active drought, ahead of only the Hurricanes and their eight seasons seasons without a playoff berth. MORE: Sabres fire GM Tim Murray, coach Dan Bylsma Botterill made it clear he isn’t coming into Buffalo to pick up where recently fired GM Tim Murray left off. He wants to make changes in how this team is built, from top to bottom, to help get the franchise out of the mud....

A paper published in open-access journal PLOS ONE describes a well-preserved specimen of a species newly named Aegicetus gehennae. It is the youngest known example of a group called the protocetids from the Eocene epoch. These are early whales and the precursors to today’s cetaceans, but unlike those around today, protocetids were only partially aquatic. Most protocetids are thought to have used limbs to swim, somewhat like a modern-day amphibian....

Beginning with legislation passed in Massachusetts in 2016, 19 states and the District of Columbia now ban employers from asking for salary histories from potential employees. Citing a substantial pay gap between full time employees which saw women earning earn 84.3 percent of the wages earned by men, Massachusetts legislators amended the state’s existing Equal Pay Act with 2016’s An Act to Establish Pay Equity. Part of that new legislation made it unlawful for employers to “seek the wage or salary history of a prospective employee....

With the president tweeting from the White House after testing positive for COVID-19, a new wave of political ads show his opponent with unflattering facial expressions and a skin tone seemingly edited to make it appear discolored, older or unhealthy. The Facebook ad campaign became active Tuesday and targeted some battleground states including Iowa, Arizona and Ohio. In each case, the advertisements were running with the slogan: “We cannot let the extreme radical left take over!...

To come up with the list of the best states for teen drivers, WalletHub analyzed 23 relevant metrics that fall into three categories - safety, economic environment ad driving laws - and graded them with each category being worth a certain number of points. The highest available total score, 100, gave the most favorable condition for a teen driver. The population was also considered. States from the northeastern U.S. dominated the list’s top 10 with New York taking the crown followed by Connecticut (third), Massachusetts (fifth), Maryland (ninth) and New Jersey (tenth)....

Banks This year’s New Year’s Day falls on a Wednesday and all banks are closed on that day, including the Federal Reserve, according to Banks.org. While bank offices are closed, customers can still access online banking services for their transaction needs per usual or an ATM machines where you can make deposits as well as withdraw money. Some bank branches also have ATM drive-thru options available which can be accessed whenever the bank is closed....

People have been flocking to Times Square for New Year’s Eve for more than 100 years. This year there will be performers, despite the lack of a live audience because of the pandemic. Along with watching the musical acts, viewers can see the iconic ball drop at midnight. The live broadcast from the Times Square website will begin at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday. It can be streamed on Times Square’s Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as on the website....

Going after a non-profit organization’s tax exempt status because you disagree with its mission is a perversion of government power. Devoting taxpayer dollars to silencing political opponents should scare all of us, whether Democrat or Republican. New York Attorney General Letitia James made it a campaign promise to challenge the NRA’s not-for-profit status and “investigate their legitimacy.” Without any evidence that it had done anything wrong, James vowed to single out the NRA....

The “Our City, Our Vote” legislation would allow legal permanent residents and those with work authorization to participate in municipal elections. The measure would impact about 800,000 New Yorkers, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. City council members are scheduled to take up the measure for a vote next month. Adams, who cruised to victory in November against Republican Curtis Sliwa, repeatedly expressed support for the bill during his campaign....

The Duke of Sussex served on the frontline in Afghanistan, firing on the Taliban from behind the controls of an Apache helicopter. Now he has, like many veterans, been left watching as the Taliban swept back through the country as American troops withdrew. Harry and Meghan said in a statement on their website: “The world is exceptionally fragile right now. As we all feel the many layers of pain due to the situation in Afghanistan, we are left speechless....

On that day, they believe, the first hard evidence will emerge of an idea they hope Americans (or at least Democratic primary voters) will accept: Hillary’s victory is inevitable. It’s hard to know whether the Clinton Machine—and it is an impressive machine—is merely methodical or also a little desperate. Probably both. She is organizing assiduously here, as everywhere, hoping to impress Democrats with the disciplined nature of her bid—as if that, in and of itself, is proof of her suitability to be president....

Forty-eight percent said one “major” reason was “the Democrats didn’t offer a clear alternative to the Republicans on the Bush tax cuts and other economic issues.” They said three other reasons were “major” factors: “The Democrats didn’t offer a clear alternative to Bush and the Republicans on the issue of war with Iraq” (51 percent), “President Bush’s willingness to use military force, if necessary, to disarm and remove Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq” (59 percent) and “President Bush’s personal popularity and campaign efforts” (53 percent)....

That’s because the national media networks have a disciplined, intentionally myopic focus on the completely partisan effort in the House of Representatives to attack, smear, and impeach the President of the United States. According to the mainstream networks, the impeachment inquiry hearings are the only newsworthy events happening in Washington DC. Yet, on Tuesday, the US Senate unanimously passed legislation to help secure and protect the rights and freedoms for the people of Hong Kong – who are right now battling against the oppression of the totalitarian Chinese Communist Party....

China’s guilt at having allowed a local epidemic to turn into a worldwide pandemic is even more infuriating when the Chinese Foreign Ministry publicly alleges that the coronavirus came from America. Both President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have correctly pushed back hard against the Communist dictatorship’s lies. The simple fact is that Communist-ruled China has a long record as a source of potential epidemics and pandemics....

She said, “He’s been impeached forever. They can never erase that.” However, Pelosi has it exactly backward. The Senate is going to refuse to convict Trump. He will be exonerated, and she and the Democrats will be condemned by history. The wide repudiation of the House Democratic betrayal of the Constitution is already beginning. As a historian myself, I think it’s important to document these reactions. Consider historian Victor Davis Hanson’s analysis for the National Review, which was subtitled: “The new normal: Impeachment as a routine partisan tool, endless investigations, lying under oath with impunity, surveillance of political enemies, zero accountability....