Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
An 86-year-old Missouri man has died just days after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honour student who rang the white man's doorbell by mistake, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
Michigan Democrats win special elections, regain full control of state government
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Photo: NDTV It's often said that the law should apply to all, regardless of one's social status or political power. But in the United States, the notion of equal justice under the law has been put to the test during the tumultuous tenure of Donald J. Trump, a twice impeached, twice-indicted former president who seems to have made a sport out of flouting the rules without facing consequences.
Leaders of the U.S.House of Representatives & the head of the United States Postal Service today unveiled the new stamp honoring late civil rights leader, Rep. John R. Lewis. The stamp design features a 2013 photograph of the Georgia Democrat taken by Marco Grob for Time magazine.
"Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.”
—Rep. John Lewis (1940-2020)
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So let me get this: instead of appealing to young voters and producing a slate of policies to address the needs of the country, the Republicans want control over universities and are running scared as they are often snubbed by young voters. They are just desperate and it smacks of fascism.
Please do what you can to fight this. Express your support for public education and vote for people who do, too.
Conservatives seek control over public universities with state bills-
https://wapo.st/45IE2Yu
Conservative lawmakers have accelerated efforts to try to rein in what they see as liberal indoctrination on college campuses, with dozens of state bills igniting debates over academic priorities and how public universities should operate.
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A #Chicago cop got out of 44 tickets by saying over and over that his girlfriend stole his car.
And it worked.
All 44 times, his tickets were dismissed.
At hearings, Jeffrey Kriv often provided what he said were legitimate #police incident reports as evidence of the car thefts. He explained that he got the reports at police HQ.
Kriv did not let on that he, himself, was a cop.
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Chicago police officer Jeffrey Kriv used the same alibi to contest dozens of traffic tickets over the years. A deeper look at his career sheds light on Chicago’s troubled history of police accountability.