Fulton County, Georgia, recently made an admission that should have commanded national attention. During a hearing before the Georgia State Election Board, county officials acknowledged that approximately 315,000 early ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election were unlawfully certified yet were nonetheless included in Georgia’s final, official results, in a race Joe Biden was officially declared to have won by just 11,779 votes.

The admission arose from a challenge filed by David Cross, an election integrity activist, who alleged that Fulton County violated Georgia election law in its handling of early voting. Under state statute, each ballot scanner is required to produce tabulation tapes at the close of voting, and poll workers must sign those tapes to certify the reported totals. These signed tapes are not merely an administrative safeguard. They are central to determining whether the vote count itself is legitimate. //

But even as the man accused of attacking democracy for questioning the process has now been vindicated on a central factual point, the people and institutions that failed to follow the law have faced no consequences.

The fact that President Trump ultimately won reelection does not undo what was done in Georgia. Accountability is not contingent on electoral reversal. It is contingent on whether the law still binds those who administer elections, and whether violations of that law still matter once the political moment has passed.

If nothing comes of Fulton County’s admission, the implication will be that election laws can be treated as optional rather than binding. Lawful certification will remain a matter of convenience instead of necessity. Future officials will understand that essential checks on the integrity of the vote can be ignored so long as the results are politically convenient.

Even more troubling, inaction would validate a deeper inversion of responsibility. The individual who raised concerns was punished, while the institutions that failed to follow the law remain protected.

Cross, whose persistence brought these revelations to light, has asked the State Election Board to decertify Fulton County’s 2020 advanced voting results for the historical record. His request is not aimed at changing past outcomes. We cannot undo the fact that for four years Joe Biden was president. But an official acknowledgment that Fulton County’s vote certification, and by extension the Georgia outcome, was invalid would place a permanent mark on the deliberate misconduct of those responsible and the institutional failure that enabled it, while reinforcing the principle that election law is not optional.

Leontovych lived in Pokrovsk during the first years of the 20th century, and it was there he began to make a name for himself as a composer while teaching music and running a local choir.

And it was around that time that he repurposed a local folk tune to write Carol of the Bells — then called Shchedryk — and after World War I it became the anthem of Ukrainian nationalists hoping to gain independence from Russia, which had controlled the country’s people for centuries. //

“Shchedryk, which was a hit and always played as an encore, enchanted Europe and America, and helped Ukrainians to declare their nation and state to the world,” said author Anatoliy Paladiychuk.

But Leontovych paid dearly for his defiance of the Russian yoke.

After the Bolsheviks retook swaths of Ukraine during the Russian Civil War, he was tracked down by Soviet agents and murdered in a 1921 assassination that was covered up until the 1990s.

Despite our march toward electronic money, an important message is still jingling in pockets across America, “E pluribus unum.” The Latin phrase stamped on coins and bills means “Out of many, one.” It was coined in 1776 for the original design of the Great Seal of the United States. The Founding Fathers wanted to underscore the 13 colonies that came together as a single nation. Since then, it has come to include many different people forming one nation.

It is a concept so important that in the Coinage Act of 1873, Congress required “E pluribus unum” be inscribed on every coin, along with “In God We Trust.” We should take these mottos seriously.

The nationwide murder rate fell dramatically in 2025 — in what’s likely the largest single-year drop ever recorded, according to new crime data. //

The positive trend includes a more than 20% decline in New York City, a 28% drop in Chicago and a nearly 28% plunge in Washington, DC, where President Trump oversaw a massive crime crackdown.

Rhabdomyolysis, often shortened to rhabdo, is a condition in which your muscles get damaged and break down, which can lead to muscle death.

That muscle death releases toxins into the body, which can cause kidney damage.

There are lots of potential causes, including medications like statins, antidepressants and antivirals. It can also happen as a result to dehydration and overheating, drug abuse, certain underlying medical conditions, injury or trauma. //

But becoming more common is exertional rhabdo, which is caused by high-intensity exercise like marathons, CrossFit and yes, spinning. It’s especially a threat for people attempting these tough workouts with inadequate training, or those who push themselves too hard.

And spinning might just be the worst culprit. One 2021 study found that people who suffered exertional rhabdo caused by spinning actually had more severe cases than those who had exertional rhabdo from other causes.

The study authors also noted that the condition predominantly strikes young, healthy women — and wanting to keep up with your fellow SoulCyclers could be increasing your risk. //

Top symptoms to look out for are the “classic triad” of muscle pain, muscle weakness and dark urine the color of tea or cola.

But not everyone gets all three symptoms — in fact, only about 10% of people with rhabdo only experience one or two, according to the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Other potential symptoms include fever, nausea, vomiting, malaise, dehydration, infrequent urination, confusion and loss of consciousness. //

if you do spin class, make sure to properly hydrate, avoid any medications or supplements that can increase your risk, and gradually build up exercise volume and intensity.

An AI-generated Christian artist named Solomon Ray has taken the gospel music world by storm after topping the iTunes and Billboard charts with his album “Faithful Soul.”

Described as a “Mississippi-made soul singer carrying a Southern soul revival into the present” on his Spotify profile, Ray made waves after releasing the five-song EP on Nov. 7. //

“At minimum, AI does not have the Holy Spirit inside of it,” Frank, 30, said. “So I think that it’s really weird to be opening up your spirit to something that has no spirit.”

Townsend later fired back in an Instagram video of his own.

“This is an extension of my creativity, so therefore to me it’s art,” Townsend said following the backlash against his AI creation. “It’s definitely inspired by a Christian. It may not be performed by one, but I don’t know why that really matters in the end.” //

“There’s something in the high end of the vocals that gives it away,” he said, according to Christianity Today. “And the creative choices sound like AI. It’s so precise that it’s clear no creative choices are really being made.”

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“How much of your heart are you pouring into this?” he added. “If you’re having AI generate it for you, the answer is zero. God wants costly worship.”

Macaulay Culkin just wanted to stay home alone.

The actor, 45, revealed why he decided to step away from acting in 1994 after starring in the holiday classic “Home Alone” in 1990 and its 1992 sequel, “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.”

“What I wanted is to be with people my own age. You have to remember: a lot of the stuff I did when I was a kid … I’m not doing ensembles. It’s me,” Culkin shared while appearing on Mythical Kitchen. //

In 1994, the child star led the family comedy “Richie Rich,” about a boy who has everything in the world except friends.

Afterwards, Culkin had the urge for a more normal lifestyle.

“I wanted to go out and I wanted to date girls, and I wanted to hang out with people my own age. I wanted to, you know, go to a party,” he detailed. “I wanted to do those kind of things. I can’t tell you how many bar mitzvahs I missed.”