2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (408+ words) The last remaining hereditary peers have sat for the final time ever in the House of Lords. Parliament was formally prorogued on Wednesday afternoon, marking the end of hereditary peers in the upper chamber. The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers)…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (467+ words) On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles. Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (337+ words) LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - Britain's parliament has approved legislation to remove the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords, ending a "centuries-old system of aristocratic seats in the upper chamber that the government "says should not be secured by birth....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (780+ words) Hereditary peers are set to lose their automatic right to sit and vote in the House of Lords, a significant reform expected to take effect before the next King's Speech. The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill has now completed…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (116+ words) Kevin Di Cicco, the creator of Air Bud and real life owner of Buddy, has died at the age of 63. Di Cicco's death comes weeks after he was hospitalized in San Diego. Earlier this month, Di Cicco was rushed to…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (367+ words) Jesus" Great Commission in Matthew 28: 16-20 and Mark 16: 15-18 was not addressed only to his disciples but to all Christians for all time. That"s according to the Revs. Bill Hutto and Tim King, who say Jesus" commandment to go forth and…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (999+ words) Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins are parents to five children They welcomed their first child, daughter Willa Gray, via adoption from Uganda in 2017 Rhett and Akins also share daughters Ada James, Lennon Love and Lillie Carolina, and son Brave Elijah…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (683+ words) On Saturday morning, in the southern Iranian city of Minab, an airstrike struck a girls" elementary school shortly after classes began. Rescue workers spent hours digging through the collapsed building. By the end of the day, between 165 and 180 people were…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (571+ words) Thomas Rhett is going through life changes. Indeed, the country music star welcomed his fifth baby'a little boy named Brave Elijah Akins'with wife Lauren Akins, the couple confirmed. "Welcome to the world Brave," they wrote in a joint Feb. 27 Instagram…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (347+ words) Thomas Rhett has added a new title to his r'sum': father of five. The country star and his wife, Lauren Akins, announced Friday (Feb. 27) that they've welcomed their first son, Brave Elijah Akins, who arrived last week weighing "almost 10 pounds…...