This Monday, Democratic state senator Bradford Blackmon of Mississippi submitted a bill that would appear to forbid males from masturbating or performing other sexual actions if they do not have the "intent to fertilize an embryo." Under the "Contraception Begins at Erection Act," it would be illegal for "a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo." It has exclusions for sperm donation and the use of birth control to avoid conception. Fines of $1,000 for a first offense, $5,000 for a second offense, and $10,000 for any further infractions would be imposed by the law, which was submitted on Monday. It seems unlikely that the plan will pass the Republican-controlled Legislature, but if it does and is signed into law by Republican Governor Tate Reeves, it...

Washington In an interview that aired Thursday night, President Donald Trump implied that Ukraine shouldn't have resisted when Russia seized it. Trump said, "Zelenskyy was fighting a much bigger entity, much bigger, much more powerful," to Sean Hannity of Fox News. "He shouldn t have done that, because we could have made a deal." Watch live coverage In the Fox News interview, Trump restated his claim that Zelenskyy should have struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in order to prevent the war. "I could have made that deal so easily, and Zelenskyy decided that 'I want to fight,'" Trump stated. Trump continued by contrasting the quantity of tanks in each nation, highlighting Russia's superiority. Trump remarked, "You don't fight those," When asked how Trump believes Ukraine sh...

Terrion Arnold, the great cornerback for the Detroit Lions, had a serious fall, but it didn't happen on the football field. The 21-year-old Floridian uploaded a video of himself falling down a set of stairs in his house on his X account on Thursday. In the footage, Arnold is seen descending the stairs with his phone in hand before tripping and landing on his back. The cornerback's phone flies out of his hand, and he spends the entire journey on his back until reaching the end and sitting there for a few moment. Then the video stops. The 21-year-old captioned the video with some laughing and sobbing emojis, saying, "Had a rough morning." On X, the video garnered over 33,000 likes and 1.6 million views. Arnold's tumble was met with laughter from fans in the comment section. A screenshot of A...

The president told reporters Friday that he was "surprised" that the moderate and occasionally Trump-critical Republican senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins intended to vote against former Fox News anchor Pete Hegseth's nominee to head the Defense Department. When Trump told reporters, "I was very surprised that Collins and Murkowski would do that," The president also suggested that Mitch McConnell, the former Senate Majority Leader and a Republican from Kentucky who has occasionally had a tense relationship with Trump, would abstain from voting in today's eagerly awaited vote. "Of course Mitch is always a no vote I think," the president stated before his question to reporters was, "Is Mitch a no vote? What about Mitch? McConnell has not publicly stated his vote on Hegseth's nominati...

Samoa was on the verge of disaster when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrived in June 2019. The previous year, two infants were murdered by a poorly manufactured measles vaccine, prompting the government to halt vaccinations. Thousands of their youngest children were left defenseless against a highly dangerous disease that was reemerging all across the world because many parents were not sure that the immunizations were safe, even though they resumed months later. Officials and scientists were concerned about Samoa since less than one-third of its infants had received vaccinations. Kennedy, however, recognized a chance. Kennedy recalled online that Samoan government leaders, including the Prime Minister, were interested in measuring health outcomes after the natural experiment generated by the res...

Jerusalem According to the militant organization, Hamas will release four female soldiers on Saturday as part of the ceasefire and hostage-release agreement it reached with Israel. In return for Palestinian captives, Karina Ariev, Danielle Gilboa, Naama Levy, and Liri Albag will be moved into Israeli custody, according to a Telegram message by Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for Hamas' armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades. Senior Hamas leader Basem Naim informed NBC News in a separate statement that all four hostages were still alive. He went on to say that 200 inmates, 120 of whom had received life sentences and 80 of whom had received lengthy sentences, would be released. He didn't go into further detail about the inmates who would be released. The releases, if successful, will be the secon...

She said that health issues and violent threats had been destroying her marriage for decades. However, French courts found the lady at responsible for not having sex with her husband when she filed for divorce. Advocates claimed that the case brought attention to the need for legal reform regarding nonconsensual sex within marriage and sparked a discussion about attitudes toward consent and women's rights in France. The 69-year-old French woman, who goes by her initials, H.W., won her appeal at Europe's highest human rights court on Thursday. The court unanimously agreed with her, ruling that unwillingness to have sex cannot be used as a reason for divorce. According to the European Court of Human Rights' opinion, the very presence of such a marital obligation went against sexual freedom, ...

Jerusalem According to the militant group, Hamas would release four female soldiers on Saturday as part of the ceasefire and hostage-release agreement it reached with Israel. Ariev Karina According to a Telegram post by Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for Hamas' military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, Danielle Gilboa, Naama Levy, and Liri Albag will be moved into Israeli custody in return for Palestinian captives. If the releases are successful, they will be the second of their kind as part of a complicated ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas that went into effect last Sunday, marking the end of 15 months of intense fighting and Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. Hamas will release one civilian hostage for every 30 Palestinians detained by Israel and one female Israeli soldier for every 50...

During the Super Bowl halftime show, guess who will be joining Kendrick Lamar? SZA, the multi-Grammy Award-winning vocalist. On Thursday, Lamar and Apple Music unveiled a teaser video showing him strolling across a football field until SZA approached from behind and gave the rapper a playful splash. On February 9, Lamar and SZA would host the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for the halftime show. Lamar's former labelmate at Top Dawg Entertainment is SZA. She made an appearance on his most recent album, GNX, and was included on a few tracks, such as Gloria and Luther, which also included Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn's sampled vocals from If This World Were Mine. The Oscar-nominated All the Stars and Doves in the Wind are among the duo's prior hits. This spring and summer, Lamar and SZA ...

On Friday, President Donald Trump will travel to California to observe the destruction caused by the wildfires that have ravaged the Los Angeles region and are still causing havoc. Trump will travel to a state with Democratic officials that he has frequently accused of being responsible for ongoing fires, claiming that animal restrictions have made it more difficult to obtain water. This will be his first trip as president since taking office again. Before leaving the White House on Friday, Trump told reporters that the flames could have been extinguished but, for some reason, they haven't. Trump stated that turning on the water would be OK. We're going to take care of Los Angeles, he said in a preview of the visit earlier this week. Trump's trip to the Palisades will include visits in Ne...