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This term, the Supreme Court decided three important religious liberty cases. Each case firmly defended the right of people of faith to be free from anti-religious discrimination at the hands of government officials. In each case, the government tried to defend its religious discrimination by relying on a mistaken understanding of the Establishment Clause. In each case, the Court rejected any interpretation of the First Amendment that treats people of faith as second-class citizens, or religious expression as a second-class right....

Genetic evidence has the potential to solve the 37-year-old mystery. But many families of the Strangler’s victims–and even some of DeSalvo’s own relatives–want to keep the past behind them. As with many grisly cases across the country that are being pulled from the cold file and given new life by DNA evidence, opening the Boston Strangler case raises uncomfortable questions: what if the victims of violent crimes or their families don’t want to dredge up painful memories–even if the truth is at stake?...

As the clerk calls the roll, Tom Daschle, the normally mild Democratic leader, bursts through the center double doors, raises his hand and shouts, “Aye.” Patty Murray, who came to the capital as a self-described “mom in tennis shoes” reformer from Washington state and ended up heading the Democrats’ soft-money committee, looks peeved about something. It turns out Common Cause lobbyists have been making the young receptionists in her office cry with their ginned-up calls threatening to wreck Murray’s reformer reputation if she votes nay....

Aggressive outreach is the least controversial form of affirmative action. Many employers advertise job openings in African-American newspapers and interview at women’s colleges. The Labor Department requires firms receiving federal contracts to establish hiring goals for women and minorities-and deadlines for getting there. Many universities set up similar targets for admissions and faculty hires. Goals sometimes lapse into rigid quotas in which employers or admissions directors must hit a specific number of minority hires or students....

The TV spot, which popped up in prime-time shows like “Friends” last month, is part of a $40 million ad blitz that the long-troubled Polaroid Corp. hopes will sharpen its image with a new generation of shutterbugs. The early returns look good: Ad Age calls the series “a masterstroke,” and this week Polaroid will roll out a new spot. New CEO Gary DeCamillo says the ads are just one step in the company’s turnaround....

However, the playing styles of U Mumba and the Titans presents a tactical quandary for both the coaches. The team from Mumbai, more often than not, adopts a defensive approach while the Telugu Titans rely on multiple raiders to bail them out of trouble. U Mumba’s defence vs Telugu Titans’ attack Coach Bhaskaran clearly seems to favor a no-nonsense approach when his team defends. The pragmatic coach ensures his team is in a position to maintain their lead during closely contested matches....

The extraordinary case of Zahra Kazemi, a 54-year-old photographer with both Iranian and Canadian citizenship, has exposed the operation of shadowy security services in Iran and brought international condemnation on the government. Two weeks ago a U.N. committee passed a resolution, drafted by the Canadian government, slamming Iran for human-rights violations. Perhaps more importantly, Kazemi’s death has sparked a major fight between the reformist-dominated majlis, or Parliament, and the hard-line judiciary....

So much for inclusiveness. Thirty years after the first women’s studies program arrived on campus, at San Diego State University, the field is under attack–and not only from feminism’s usual foes on talk radio and the right wing. This time, a small band of feminists, citing incidents like the one at Colgate, is railing against women’s studies programs in colleges and universities. Some of the accusations are almost petty (a women’s studies professor refused to enter a sorority house where she had been invited to speak on sexual harassment), but others go to the heart of what a liberal-arts education should be....

If you can’t get to a gym or work out with a personal trainer, apps can provide excellent guidance to ensure you get the most out of your training time. FIIT is one of the leading HIIT-based apps available, and here’s how to use it on your own fitness journey. What Is FIIT? FIIT is a fitness app that delivers a series of motivating fitness classes from expert instructors. It offers users three different studios: Cardio, Strength, and Rebalance....

The social network, called dduplicata, supposedly gives you a second digital self that’s enhanced with artificial intelligence. The online clone is meant to take over the most routine tasks of everyday digital life, like sending emails. It’s part of a growing movement to create a metaverse or network of 3D virtual worlds focused on social connections. “I believe the importance of digital clones is going to grow as people begin to understand how they fit into their own lives and work,” Luke Thompson, COO of visual effects company ActionVFX, told Lifewire in an email interview....

The premise is pretty simple: the show is a CG animated spin off depicting Spongebob and friends as young children at Kamp Koral. This is supposedly where Spongebob meets characters like Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs for the first time. The voice cast of the original show are all reprising their iconic roles, with the addition of two new characters, Nobby and Narlene, who are narwhal siblings that also attend the camp....

The stresses are not merely the byproduct of high-school competition that would embarrass the characters of “Lord of the Flies.” (No, budding English-lit majors, there won’t be a quiz on that novel.) Nor were they created by magazine rankings, private counselors or nudging grandmas. Fact is, the numbers tell a striking tale over the last generation. Consistent with demographic predictions, the total of high-school graduates has been going up over the past decade (nearly 3 million in 2003)....

This isn’t a conclusion I came to quickly or easily, and I’m fully aware of its audacity. I certainly mean no disrespect. I make this plea as a Roman Catholic, as someone with very close family ties to Poland and, most of all, as an admirer of this pope. I observed him up close when I covered the Vatican in the early 1980s, and I have no doubt that he will go down in history as one of the greatest popes of all time....

In 1992 Bill Clinton won 370 electoral votes, receiving 48 percent of the popular vote and carrying 32 states and the District of Columbia. Clinton won more states than the last Democrat to win the White House (Carter’s 23–21 of them east of Texas). But nine of Clinton’s 32 states, with 70 electoral votes, he carried with less than 43 percent. He is the first Democratic incumbent since Roosevelt to run for re-election without opposition from within his party....

RELATED: Genshin Impact: Mistakes Players Make When Using Keqing Fischl’s Constellations mostly boost her supportive ability and damage while she’s off-field. Since she’s an Electro user, Fischl struggles to find a place for herself among other Elements. She is mostly used to trigger Superconduct and support Physical damage dealers. Fischl is also used as a Battery for other characters, like Razor and Beidou. C1: Gaze of the Deep Fischl’s first Constellation is the most important component of her main DPS role....

Beyond hurricanes, wildfire season is arriving ahead of schedule across much of the West, due to severe drought conditions and unseasonably warm temperatures. Elsewhere, Americans will be dealing with extreme weather events of all kinds—floods, tornadoes, and other disasters—throughout the remainder of 2022. Unfortunately, it’s not just extreme weather events that wreak havoc; scammers and fraudsters looking to make a quick buck will target the survivors who have been directly impacted by these tragic events, as well as charitable Americans looking to help communities recover by donating their time or money....

The Washington Post ran an analysis of this phenomenon, citing recent Gallup polls showing 15 percent of the population “want to leave the country permanently and even more say they would consider expatriating under the right circumstances.” A 2019 Gallup poll showed an appalling 40 percent of women under 30 said they wanted to move. In this context, it should be reassuring that, as the Post puts it, “only a small fraction of Americans have actually taken the plunge....

Backgammon buffs should try Geoffrey Parker’s Backgammon Competition Set GV19 ($2,650; geoffreyparker.com ). The board is hand-bound in English leather, the smooth-sliding checkers are made out of nickel and trimmed with leather and the precision dice and cups are made of an unbreakable polycarbonate material–to prevent accidents at the hands of sore losers.

On Sept. 24, a company called Space Imaging–a partnership between America’s space giant Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp. and some other investors–launched the first of its Ikonos satellites, capable of seeing details as small as a meter across. The pictures it takes will, in principle, be sold to whoever wants them. Space Imaging has plans for more such satellites, as do rival firms like EarthWatch and OrbImage. While relatively coarse imagery from nonmilitary satellites launched by governments has been available for a long time, these commercial services will offer a new world of detail....