WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Senator Rick Scott of Florida this week joined the ranks of Republican incumbents struggling to strike a balance on reproductive rights, saying he opposes November ballot initiative to overturn his state’s six-week abortion ban, but believes Congress should leave those decisions up to the states. Scott, who is seeking …
NEW YORK (AP) — Alan Weiselberg, a retired executive of Donald Trump’s real estate empire, was sentenced Wednesday to five months in prison for lying under oath during his testimony in the civil case for fraud filed against the former president by the New York attorney general. Weisselberg, 76, pleaded guilty last month to two …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 200 chemical plants across the country will have to reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer under a new rule issued Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The rule furthers President Joe Biden’s commitment to environmental justice by providing critical protections to the health of communities burdened by …
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SALT LAKE CITY — Reminders of the 2002 Winter Olympics are tucked into every nook and cranny of Utah’s capital city, from the towering Olympic cauldron that overlooks the Salt Lake Valley to an Olympic emblem stamped on the manhole covers in the center. As visitors leave the airport, they are greeted by an unmissable …
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When an illustrated edition of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale was released in 2019, educators in Clayton, Missouri, needed little debate before deciding to keep copies in high school libraries. The book is widely considered a classic work of dystopian literature about the oppression of women, and a graphic novel would help reach teenagers struggling …
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Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit related to the February 2023 fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio. The company said the settlement, if approved by the court, would resolve all class action claims within a 20-mile radius of the derailment, and for residents who choose to participate, personal injury …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Monday criticized Republican efforts to retain an attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt for his refusal to turn over unredacted material related to the special counsel’s investigation President Joe Biden’s work with classified documents. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, the Justice Department rejected a request …
The National Association of Interscholastic Athletics announced a policy Monday that bars transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at its 241 mostly small colleges across the country. The NAIA Council of Presidents approved the policy by a 20-0 vote at its annual convention in Kansas City, Missouri. The NAIA, which oversees about 83,000 athletes …
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill that would bar transgender students from access to school bathrooms, locker rooms and sports teams that match their gender identity failed to get enough votes Friday to move forward in heavily conservative Nebraska. . Legislative Bill 575, called the Sports and Spaces Act by its author, Sen. Kathleen Kaut, …
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s execution protocol allows for “surgery without anesthesia” if the typical process of finding a suitable vein to inject the lethal drug doesn’t work, lawyers for a death row inmate say in an appeal aimed at saving his life. Brian DorseyThe 52-year-old is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for killing his …
