http://www.slate.com/posts.teaser.all.20.rss Stories from the Slatest http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/02/virginia_requires_abortion_seekers_to_get_ultrasound.html <p><strong>UPDATE: </strong>Virginia lawmakers have dropped a controversial proposal that would have mandated that some women undergo an invasive, intravaginal ultrasound before having an abortion.</p> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:58:40 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/02/virginia_requires_abortion_seekers_to_get_ultrasound.html Ankita Rao Abby Ohlheiser 2012-02-22T21:58:40Z At the governor's urging, lawmakers amend the proposal to make the controversial procedure optional. The Slatest Va. House Drops Mandated Invasive Ultrasound Provision 101120202005 Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. Gov. McDonnell appears to be rethinking his unconditional support of a bill that would require women to get ultrasounds prior to having an abortion http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/22/romney_offers_tax_overhaul_plan.html <p>Mitt Romney is turning the lens back to the economy with a new income tax proposal, just in time for him to take the stage with his fellow GOP hopefuls in Wednesday night's CNN debate.<br /> </p> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:06:13 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/22/romney_offers_tax_overhaul_plan.html Ankita Rao 2012-02-22T21:06:13Z The Republican hopeful releases his plan on the same day President Obama unveils his own. The Slatest Romney Vows To Cut Taxes by 20 Percent 101120222007 Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gave a glimpse of his tax plan http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/22/argentina_railway_accident_kills_49_injures_600.html <p>An Argentinian railway accident Wednesday killed 49 people and injured at least 600 others.</p> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:26:17 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/22/argentina_railway_accident_kills_49_injures_600.html Ankita Rao 2012-02-22T20:26:17Z The accident was the second-worst in the South American nation's history, leaving at least 49 dead and hundreds injured. The Slatest Argentinan Train Crash Kills Dozens 101120222006 Photo by Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images Police and rescue workers transport an injured person on a stretcher after a train crashed at Once train station in Buenos Aires http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/22/australian_foreign_minister_steps_down.html <p>Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd announced his sudden resignation Wednesday, the latest move in what the BBC is calling &quot;Sydney’s gripping political soap opera&quot; between Rudd and Prime Minister Julia Gillard.</p> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:07:29 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/22/australian_foreign_minister_steps_down.html Ankita Rao 2012-02-22T18:07:29Z Kevin Rudd is expected to challenge Prime Minister Julia Gillard for control of her own party. The Slatest Australian Foreign Minister Unexpectedly Steps Down 101120222005 Photo by Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images. Australian foreign minister Kevin Rudd might be planning to challenge Prime Minister Julia Gillard for the leadership http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/22/donald_trump_robocalls_for_romney_in_michigan_primary.html <p>Mitt Romney has unleashed the power of the Donald in Michigan.</p> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:40:51 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/22/donald_trump_robocalls_for_romney_in_michigan_primary.html Abby Ohlheiser 2012-02-22T17:40:51Z With next week's primary up in the air, Mitt calls on the Donald to help win over voters. The Slatest Romney Pays for Trump Robocalls in Michigan 101120222004 Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images. Mitt Romney has been using Donald Trump to help him make his case to Michigan voters http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/22/google_s_smart_phone_glasses_to_launch_this_year.html <p>If your smartphone and superhero fantasy had a love child, it might look something like the upcoming Google &quot;Heads Up Display&quot; glasses, which employees say will go on sale later this year.</p> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:42:53 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/22/google_s_smart_phone_glasses_to_launch_this_year.html Ankita Rao 2012-02-22T16:42:53Z The wearable technology allows you to check in with friends through your eyewear. The Slatest Google Expected To Unveil Smart-Phone Glasses This Year 101120222003 Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for T-Mobile. The Google glasses will be based on the Android http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/22/three_more_journalists_killed_in_syria_attacks.html <p>An American journalist, French photographer, and popular Syrian blogger were among at least 45 civilians killed in recent attacks of the Syrian city Homs. The <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17124786">BBC</a> reports that their makeshift media center in the Baba Amr district was shelled as President Bashar Assad’s forces continued their efforts to stop the rising opposition.</p> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:20:53 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/22/three_more_journalists_killed_in_syria_attacks.html Ankita Rao 2012-02-22T15:20:53Z An American reporter and a French photojournalist were among those killed in the latest round of attacks. The Slatest Western Journalists Killed in Syria Attacks 101120222002 Photo by Arthur Edwardsl/Getty Images. Marie Colvin of the <em>Sunday Times</em> was killed in the Syrian city of Homs http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/22/obama_corporate_tax_plan_lowers_rate_to_28_percent_.html <p>President Obama is set to unveil a plan Wednesday to lower the corporate tax rate from 35 to 28 percent. The administration says the proposal would generate revenue by eliminating &quot;dozens&quot; of loopholes and subsidies, and by setting a minimum tax on foreign earnings, <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73152.html">Politico</a> reports.<br /> </p> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:11:08 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/22/obama_corporate_tax_plan_lowers_rate_to_28_percent_.html Abby Ohlheiser 2012-02-22T15:11:08Z While the plan is unlikely to go anywhere in a partisan Congress, Obama's expected to use the plan as a campaign talking point. The Slatest White House Floats Corporate Tax Cut 101120222001 Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. President Obama is set to unveil his plan to lower the corporate tax rate http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/21/quran_burning_at_bagam_air_base_2_000_afghans_protest_quran_burning_outside_u_s_base.html <p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> At least five people have died, and at least 20 more are injured, in Afghanistan during protests following news that a U.S. air base &quot;inadvertently&quot; threw copies of the Quran into an incinerator.</p> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:55:57 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/21/quran_burning_at_bagam_air_base_2_000_afghans_protest_quran_burning_outside_u_s_base.html Rachael Levy Abby Ohlheiser 2012-02-22T14:55:57Z At least five dead as U.S. warns Afghan demonstrations could intensify. The Slatest Quran Burning Protests Turn Deadly 101120221005 Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images. An Afghan demonstrator holds a copy of a half-burnt Quran, allegedly set on fire by U.S. soldiers, at the gate of Bagram Air Base http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/21/hepatitis_c_killing_more_americans_than_hiv.html <p>Hepatitis C now kills more Americans than HIV, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers, who found that the former overtook the latter as early as 2007.<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/21/us-hepatitisc-hiv-idUSTRE81K1PH20120221"><u></u></a></p> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:53:08 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/21/hepatitis_c_killing_more_americans_than_hiv.html Rachael Levy 2012-02-21T21:53:08Z CDC researchers find that the liver-damaging virus is particularly prevalent in Baby Boomers. The Slatest Hepatitis C Killing More Americans than HIV 101120221009 Photo by Sutanta Aditya/AFP/Getty Images. Hepatitis C is spread through contact with contaminated blood, most commonly through shared needles used with drugs http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/07/proposition_8_constitutional_california_court_decides_tuesday.html <p><strong>UPDATE: </strong>Backers of California's Prop 8 are asking the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a recent ruling that found the state's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.</p> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:16:04 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/07/proposition_8_constitutional_california_court_decides_tuesday.html Josh Voorhees Rachael Levy 2012-02-21T21:16:04Z Backers of California's gay-marriage ban want a second appeals court review, a move that likely puts a SCOTUS case on hold. The Slatest Prop 8 Backers Delay SCOTUS Case With Appeal Request 101120207006 Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court's ruling that Prop 8 was unconstitutional http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/21/priorities_usa_obama_super_pac_raises_only_59_000_in_january.html <p>The super PAC hoping to keep President Obama in office for another four years got off to a slow start in 2012, raising a relatively&nbsp;paltry sum of $59,000 during the first month of the year.</p> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:53:41 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/21/priorities_usa_obama_super_pac_raises_only_59_000_in_january.html Rachael Levy 2012-02-21T20:53:41Z The group raised a mere $59,000 last month while a pro-Romney PAC took in $6.6 million. The Slatest Obama Super PAC Struggles to Raise Cash 101120221008 Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama's super PAC is off to a slow start in 2012 http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/20/romney_makes_gains_in_latest_michigan_poll.html <p><strong>UPDATE: </strong>A new poll out of Michigan suggests that Mitt Romney has managed to regain his lead ahead of next week's GOP primary.</p> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:14:26 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/20/romney_makes_gains_in_latest_michigan_poll.html Daniel Politi Josh Voorhees 2012-02-21T19:14:26Z The survey suggests that heavy spending has put the former front-runner back on top ahead of next week's primary. The Slatest New Poll Shows Romney Regaining Lead in Michigan 101120220002 Photo by J.D. Pooley/Getty Images. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder shakes hands with Mitt Romney at a luncheon last week in Farmington Hills, Mich. http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/21/supreme_court_will_rule_again_on_affirmative_action.html <p>The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will reconsider the legality of factoring race into public university admissions decisions in a case brought on by a white student who was denied admission to the University of Texas.</p> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:54:45 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/21/supreme_court_will_rule_again_on_affirmative_action.html Rachael Levy 2012-02-21T18:54:45Z The court will revisit the hot-button topic in the lead up to this November's election. The Slatest SCOTUS to Hear High-Profile Affirmative Action Challenge 101120221007 Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Affirmative action supporters rally outside the Supreme Court in 2003 during a hearing on an affirmative action case http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/21/franklin_graham_don_t_know_if_obama_is_christian.html <p>Performing a one-man resurrection of the religious right's favorite attacks against Obama's religious beliefs, Franklin Graham—Billy Graham's son and an evangelist himself—attempted to cast some doubt on Obama's Christianity on Monday, echoing Rick Santorum's weekend insinuation <a href="http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/19/santorum_obama_policies_based_on_phony_theology_not_on_the_bible.html">that Obama might not be the right kind of Christian</a>.<br /> </p> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:19:46 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/21/franklin_graham_don_t_know_if_obama_is_christian.html Abby Ohlheiser 2012-02-21T17:19:46Z The evangelist questions Obama's Christianity while praising Santorum's. The Slatest Franklin Graham: &quot;I Don't Know&quot; If Obama Is Christian 101120221004 Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Franklin Graham preaches during the Metro Maryland 2006 Festival July 9, 2006 http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/21/edvard_munch_the_scream_for_sale_at_sotheby_s_auction.html <p>Sotheby's auction house has announced that one of four versions of Edvard Munch's iconic &quot;The Scream&quot; will be sold in New York this spring. The masterpiece is expected to fetch at least $80 million from the winning bidder.<br /> </p> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:09:13 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/21/edvard_munch_the_scream_for_sale_at_sotheby_s_auction.html Abby Ohlheiser 2012-02-21T17:09:13Z The iconic masterpiece is expected to fetch at least $80 million. The Slatest Munch's &quot;Scream&quot; Could Fetch $80 Million at Auction 101120221006 Photo by Heiko Junge/AFP/Getty Images. A tourist takes a photo of a copy of Edvard Munch's expressionist masterpiece 'The Scream' in the Munch Museum in Oslo. The only privately held version of the painting will go up for auction this spring in New York. http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/21/iranian_military_head_iran_would_attack_pre_emptively_if_national_interests_endangered.html <p>Tensions are certainly rising in the Middle East.</p> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:59:57 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/21/iranian_military_head_iran_would_attack_pre_emptively_if_national_interests_endangered.html Rachael Levy 2012-02-21T15:59:57Z Top military official: Islamic Republic would act preemptively &quot;if we feel our enemies want to endanger Iran's national interests.&quot; The Slatest Iran Says It's Ready to Attack If Endangered 101120221003 Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi/AFP/Getty Images. Iranian military personnel place a national flag on a submarine during the 'Velayat-90' navy exercises in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on Jan. 3 http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/21/rick_santorum_wins_preference_loses_electability_in_latest_poll.html <p>Rick Santorum's campaign received some more good news Tuesday in the form of the latest national GOP poll: He's up 10 points on Mitt Romney<br /> </p> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:49:57 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/21/rick_santorum_wins_preference_loses_electability_in_latest_poll.html Abby Ohlheiser 2012-02-21T15:49:57Z The latest poll shows the former long-shot with his largest lead yet on the longtime front-runner. The Slatest Santorum Opens Up 10-Point National Lead Over Romney 101120221002 Photo by Jay LaPrete/Getty Images. Rick Santorum appears to be peaking at just the right time http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/10/super_pac_winning_our_future_and_newt_look_to_grassroots_for_new_revenues_.html <p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> Billionaire Sheldon Adelson has more or less singlehandedly kept Newt Gingrich's campaign afloat in the past—and it looks like he wouldn't be afraid to do it again, possibly by a factor of ten.</p> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:29:58 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/10/super_pac_winning_our_future_and_newt_look_to_grassroots_for_new_revenues_.html Josh Voorhees Ankita Rao 2012-02-21T15:29:58Z &quot;I’m against very wealthy &shy;people attempting to or influencing elections. But as long as it’s doable I’m going to do it.&quot; The Slatest Gingrich Patron Suggests He Could Donate $100 Million 101120210005 Photo by Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images. Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, have already given more than $10 million to a pro-Gingrich Super PAC. Adelson is suggesting he's ready to give much more. http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/16/colbert_report_filming_halted_for_unknown_reasons.html <p><strong>UPDATE: </strong>He's back!</p> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:09:58 GMT http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/16/colbert_report_filming_halted_for_unknown_reasons.html Josh Voorhees 2012-02-21T15:09:58Z With nod to ailing mother, the Comedy Central star returns to action. The Slatest Colbert Returns After Unexpected Hiatus 101120216001 Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images. The Colbert Report canceled a pair of taping last week with no official explanation