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Bradford Richardson

brichardson@washingtontimes.com

Bradford Richardson was a reporter for The Washington Times.

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Researchers have issued a correction in a 2012 study which previously found conservatives to be more genetically prone to authoritarianism. | In this photo taken Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, the North Korean male choir performs at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Study from 2012 now corrected to show liberals, not conservatives, more authoritarian

A correction to a frequently cited 2012 study has been issued, after researchers discovered they mixed up results purporting to show conservatives are more likely than liberals to exhibit behaviors linked to psychoticism, such as authoritarianism and tough-mindedness. In fact, the opposite is true.

June 11, 2016

An inmate wears his special purple wrist band in a new unit in the Harris County Jail for gay, bisexual and transgender inmates in Houston on Dec. 10, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

California prisons must give transgender inmates female accessories, court says

California prison officials must give transgender inmates more female accessories, including nightgowns, robes, jewelry and scarves, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

June 10, 2016

Female pro-life leaders to protest Hillary Clinton at Planned Parenthood

Although Hillary Clinton is trying to emphasize the historic nature of her candidacy with a trip Friday to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, several female pro-life leaders will be there to remind the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee that millions of pro-life women stand against her.

June 10, 2016

FILE - In this May 18, 2016 file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown gestures during a community event in Sacramento, Calif. The Citizen Compensation Commission approved a 4 precent pay raise for Brown and other top elected California officials, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)

First right-to-die clinic opens in California

For the tidy sum of $2,000, terminally ill Californians can now pay a doctor to help them commit suicide.

June 9, 2016

This Monday, Aug. 11, 2015, file photo, shows a Target store in Miami. Target is making a stand on the debate around what type of bathrooms transgender people can use. In a statement posted on its company website Tuesday, April 19, 2016, the discounter, based in Minneapolis, said transgender employees and customers can use the restroom or fitting room facility that "corresponds with their gender identity." (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Small bomb goes off in Target bathroom

Police said a small explosion went off in the women's restroom at a Target in Evanston, Illinois, but are unsure whether it's connected to the retail store's controversial transgender bathroom policy.

June 9, 2016

A man smoking a sigarete waves a multi coloured flag during a gay pride parade in central Athens, Greece, on Saturday, June 25, 2005. More than 500 people attended the first large-scale gay parade in downtown Athens calling for greater tolerance toward homosexuals. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Prominent lesbian disinvited from gay-pride rally for transgender criticisms

Miriam Ben-Shalom was invited to serve as grand marshal of the Milwaukee Pride Parade, but that was before event organizers noticed the lesbian activist's outspoken opposition to transgender-inclusive bathroom policies on social media.

June 9, 2016

Target CEO Brian Cornell talks with a reporter at the CityTarget store in Boston on Aug. 21, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Brian Cornell, Target CEO, takes heat from shareholders about transgender bathroom policy

June 8, 2016

Destin Cramer, left, and Noah Rice place a new sticker on the door at the ceremonial opening of a gender neutral bathroom at Nathan Hale high school Tuesday, May 17, 2016, in Seattle. President Obama's directive ordering schools to accommodate transgender students has been controversial in some places but since 2012 Seattle has mandated that transgender students be able to use of the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice. Nearly half of the district's 15 high schools already have gender neutral bathrooms and one high school has had a transgender bathroom for 20 years. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Vicky Hartzler calls on Missouri to join lawsuit against Obama transgender order

Missouri Rep. Vicky Hartzler said Wednesday her home state should sue the Obama administration over its guidance compelling schools to regulate bathrooms and locker rooms on the basis of gender identity.

June 8, 2016

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Military chaplains call on base to renew speaking invitation to Jerry Boykin

A group of military chaplains is calling for an about-face after a base in Kansas disinvited retired Army Lt. Gen. William Boykin from a prayer breakfast due to his religious beliefs.

June 8, 2016

The Supreme Court building is seen Washington, D.C., on Feb. 13, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Virginia school board to appeal to Supreme Court over transgender bathrooms

The Gloucester County school board on Tuesday announced it would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court whether federal law requires schools to allow restroom and locker room access on the basis of gender identity.

June 8, 2016

Stanford University students have complained that the school isn't doing enough to fight sexual assaults on campus. (Tessa Ormenyi via Associated Press/File)

Brock Turner’s rape victim ignites social media fury

Although a 23-year-old who was raped at Stanford University said she wanted her case to ignite "a tiny fire" about the issue of sexual assault, her words, aided by a powder keg of social media, may have started a wildfire.

June 7, 2016

In this Feb. 11, 2016 photo, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam answers questions about his priorities for 2016 during an interview in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) **FILE**

Gay-rights activists sue Tennessee over law protecting religious counselors

A pair of LGBT activists on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, challenging a recently enacted law that allows therapists and counselors to decline to serve gay clients when doing so would violate their sincerely held beliefs.

June 7, 2016

**FILE** - In this June 26, 2012 file photo, two women converse in New York. The nation's obesity epidemic continues to grow, led by an alarming increase among women. For the first time, more than 4 in 10 U.S. women are obese, according to statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, June 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Nearly 1 in 3 Americans over 20 is obese, study finds

Nearly a third of Americans over the age of 20 in 2015 reported that they were obese, according to a new study released by the federal government.

June 7, 2016

This June 27, 2011, photo shows Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky, who drew criticism for sentencing former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner to only six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. The swimmer's father, Dan Turner, ignited more outrage by writing in a letter to the judge that his son already has paid a steep price for &quot;20 minutes of action.&quot; Dan Turner wrote that his son's conviction on three felony sexual assault charges has shattered the 20-year-old, who has lost his appetite. The letter was made public over the weekend by a Stanford law professor who wants Persky removed from office because of the sentence. (Jason Doiy/The Recorder via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Aaron Persky, judge in Stanford rape case, target of recall effort

An effort to recall a California judge has mobilized after a former Stanford University student found guilty of sexual assault received what critics contend is a lenient sentence stemming from his privileged status.

June 7, 2016

Marius and Ruth Bodnariu. (Youtube: Home School Legal Defense Association)

Norway caves to international pressure, returns children to Christian family

After international protests were held demanding the return of children who were taken away from their "radical" Christian parents, the Norwegian government last week agreed to let the children go home.

June 7, 2016

Employees work at their stations at the Target Technology Innovation Center office in San Francisco. At a 21 percent turnover rate last year, millennials were three times more likely than nonmillennials to report changing jobs, and 60 percent said they were currently open to a change in employment, more than 15 points higher than nonmillennials. (Associated Press)

Millennials seeking fulfillment in work instead of faith or family

Disgruntled former Yelp employee Talia Jane became the poster child for millennial entitlement when she wrote an open letter to her boss in February complaining about her unfulfilling job and its meager wages.

June 6, 2016

**FILE** A cross sits on a table used as an altar in the Wren Chapel on the Campus of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va., Friday, Jan. 26, 2007. The cross is the subject of a controversy after president Gene Nichol ordered the cross put in storage. Nichol ordered the cross removed last October to make the chapel more inviting to people of all faiths. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Federal court halts N.C. State speech policy used to stifle Christians

A federal court on Saturday halted a policy at North Carolina State University requiring students to obtain permits before engaging in speech on campus.

June 6, 2016

Rev. Russell Moore, director of the Southern Baptist's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, speaks in Nashville, Tenn., on Oct. 28, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Russell Moore: Donald Trump is a ‘lost person,’ must ‘repent of sin’

Leading Southern Baptist theologian Russell Moore says presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is a "lost person" who should repent of his sins.

June 6, 2016

This Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 photo shows pills of the painkiller hydrocodone at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. From data between 2000 and 2014, the Centers for Disease Control says rising drug and alcohol overdoses, suicides, and disease from chronic alcoholism — labeled &quot;deaths of despair&quot; by one expert — are cutting the lives of white Americans short by nearly a half a year on average. Experts cite several possible reasons that drug overdose deaths and suicides are occurring far more often among middle-aged whites than other groups. They say whites have had an easier time getting access to the powerful painkillers that have been the root of the current drug overdose epidemic. And whites may more quickly turn to suicide because often they don't have the kind of family and social support often seen in black and Hispanic communities, they say. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Suicides, drug use cause mortality rate spike among white people, study finds

A new study released by the federal government on Friday indicates that white people are dying at alarming rates by suicide and drug overdose.

June 5, 2016

Protesters against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump climb on a car outside a Trump campaign rally on Thursday, June 2, 2016, in San Jose, Calif. A group of protesters attacked Trump supporters who were leaving the candidate's rally in San Jose on Thursday night. A dozen or more people were punched, at least one person was pelted with an egg and Trump hats grabbed from supporters were set on fire on the ground. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Vox editor suspended for encouraging riots at Donald Trump rallies

Vox deputy editor Emmett Rensin was suspended by the media site Friday for encouraging people to riot at Donald Trump rallies.

June 3, 2016