Social Responsibility

Many Americans will try a dry january or make a New Year's resolution to cut back on alcohol in the long term. Those whoever succeeds can benefit in various ways, including reducing calorie consumption, sleep better, improved brain health and lowered risk of injury in a fall or other accident. But lessening the extraordinary harm that alcohol causes to public health and safety should not be left to scattered individual efforts when there is one public policy available that would benefit everyone: increasing alcohol taxes.The purchase of products ranging from gasoline to movie theaters to houses is subject to what…

Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry was replaced by Casey DeSmith in the first half of Monday's game against the Winter Classic. boston bruins after showing signs of discomfort. the two-stroke NHL All-Star Game he returned to the locker room with just under five minutes remaining in the period after showing signs of an apparent injury to his right side during the league's 14th annual Winter Classic. Tristan Jarry of the Pittsburgh Penguins jumps onto the ice before playing the Bruins in the Winter Classic at Fenway Park on January 2, 2023 in Boston. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)"After speaking with the Penguins'…

A man suspected of attacking three New York City police officers with a machete outside a security checkpoint on New Year's Eve in Times Square and who is believed to have expressed militant support for Islam was arrested on Monday on two counts of attempted murder, police said. Trevor Bickford, a 19-year-old resident of Wells, Maine, nearly 300 miles from Times Square, also faces two counts of attempted assault, police said. A spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office told NBC News Monday afternoon that it is unclear when he will be prosecuted "based on a number of factors." Authorities…

USC quarterback Caleb Williams was cooking early for the Trojans in their Cotton Bowl Classic matchup against Tulane on Monday.In the second quarter, the Heisman Trophy winner made an impressive play to set up USC's next touchdown run. He faced a four-man rush from the Tulane defenders and managed to get away from the tacklers and roll to his left near the sideline.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Caleb Williams of the USC Trojans battles the Tulane Green Wave in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on January 2, 2023 in Arlington, Texas. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)Williams then set up…

The body of emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, his head propped up on a pair of crimson pillows, lay in St. Peter's Basilica on Monday as thousands of people filed to pay tribute to the pontiff who shocked the world by retiring a decade ago.At dawn, 10 white-gloved Papal Knights, lay attendants of pontiffs and papal houses, carried the body on a cloth-covered wooden stretcher down the central aisle of the gigantic basilica to its resting place in front of the main altar under the tower of Bernini. bronze canopy.A Swiss Guard waved as the body was brought in through a…

A remote national park on the Gulf of Mexico closed Monday after about 300 migrants landed there over the holiday weekend, authorities said. Dry Tortugas National Parkabout 70 miles west of Key West, temporarily closed Monday morning "while police and medical personnel assess, provide care and coordinate transportation to Key West" for migrants, the park he said in a tweet. “The closure, which is expected to last several days, is necessary for the safety of visitors and staff due to the resources and space needed to care for migrants,” park officials said. said in his statementadding that concession-operated ferry and…

Bryce Young and Will Anderson Jr., two stars on Alabama's 2022 Sugar Bowl winning roster, seemed ready to take the next steps in their football careers, declaring for the NFL Draft on Monday.Young and Anderson chose to play in the Sugar Bowl and helped the Crimson Tide beat Kansas State 45-20 on Saturday. Alabama failed to make it to the College Football Playoff after losing two games during the regular season. Neither player needed to participate in the game, but they did anyway.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Alabama players, from left, Jahmyr Gibbs, Will Anderson Jr. and…

Survivors of a 2017 mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, say they are frustrated, confused and angry as the Justice Department nears a deadline to appeal a decision that found the federal government responsible for the attack that killed to 26 of his fellow church members.Critics of the Justice Department's potential appeal, including to surviving victims, said the agency's stated arguments undermine the background check system, a cornerstone of President Joe Biden's gun policy priorities. Government lawyers claimed during the first trial that the gunman could have purchased firearms elsewhere, even if a background check would have…

A winter storm moving across the Central Plains and Upper Midwest this week is expected to bring heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain to parts of the United States, while tornadoes could form farther south, the US warned. authorities.The storm is expected to bring snow to the Central High Plains as it moves northeast toward the Great Lakes, likely producing moderate to heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain by Tuesday, the National Weather Service said."Heavy snow rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour may be accompanied by thunder, especially in southern South Dakota and far southwestern Minnesota," the weather…