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Apr 05 2023
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Kansas Legislature approves born-alive infants protection bill
Doctors accused of not providing enough care to infants delivered alive during certain kinds of abortion procedures in Kansas could face lawsuits and criminal charges under a bill that won final approval Tuesday in the state's Republican-controlled Legislature. The legislation faces an uncertain fate in a legal and political climate that's made Kansas an outlier on abortion policy among states
Fox News DigitalApr 05 2023
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Ex-Police Union Head Bob Kroll Banned From Policing 3 Metro Counties
Under the settlement, for the next 10 years, Kroll cannot serve as a police officer anywhere in Hennepin, Ramsey, and Anoka Counties. Additionally, Kroll cannot serve in a leadership role in any law enforcement agency in those counties, cannot serve in on the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training, and he cannot testify in any related trial. The settlement came after two
Patch.comMar 30 2023
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Missouri House of Representatives sets new budget for public libraries to $0
"Keep 'em ignorant so they keep voting for us." That seems to be the strategy of the Missouri House of Representatives, which voted to defund public libraries in the state. This comes after GOP House Budget Chairman Cody Smith proposed a $4.5 million cut in state aid to these libraries last week. Smith blamed a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri (ACLU-MO) for the vote
Boing BoingApr 04 2023
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Oregon mother sues after state refuses adoption for not affirming trans procedures: attorney
A Christian mother filed a federal complaint against officials with the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) Monday after she was allegedly barred from adopting children because of her religious beliefs about gender and sexuality. Jessica Bates, a mother of five who lives in rural Malheur County, Oregon, felt called to adopt because of her Christian faith but claims her faith was used
Fox News DigitalApr 14 2023
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Dominion’s €1.5bn defamation suit against Fox set to start Monday
Opening statements are due on Monday in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion (€1.5 billion) defamation lawsuit against Fox News over the network’s airing of false claims that the company’s machines were used to rig the 2020 US presidential election. Delaware Superior Court judge Eric Davis, presiding over the case in Wilmington, conducted jury selection on Thursday behind closed doors. The
The Irish TimesApr 04 2023
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Kansas legislators approve bill that makes it easier for child sex abuse victims to pursue criminal charges
Kansas legislators gave final approval Monday to a bill that would make it easier to pursue criminal charges or file lawsuits over childhood sexual abuse years after the abuse occurred. The House approved the measure, 120-0. It goes to Gov. Laura Kelly because the Senate approved it last week, 40-0. Abuse survivors and advocates have been pushing for changes in recent years in the wake of
Fox News DigitalApr 30 2023
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Sharpton threatens to protest McDonald's over racial discrimination, putting fast food chain 'on notice'
The National Action Network, a non-profit civil rights activism group headed by Rev. Al Sharpton, has warned it will "mobilize" against McDonald's unless the fast food company addresses accusations of racial discrimination.
Sharpton said he sent a letter to McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski on Thursday urging the company to acknowledge complaints of racism in its employment, advertising
Fox BusinessApr 04 2023
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Tesla's racism penalty was cut by 98%, but Elon Musk still thinks it's paying too much
Tesla has to pay just over $3 million to a Black former contract worker for failing to protect him from racial abuse—a charge for which the electric carmaker was initially awarded a $137 million fine in 2021. Owen Diaz, who worked as a lift operator at Tesla’s Fremont factory from June 2015 to May 2016, filed a lawsuit in 2017 alleging rampant racism at the workplace. In October 2021, a
QuartzApr 03 2023
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Utah abortion clinic ban: Planned Parenthood, ACLU sue
Protesters hold signs at a rally to oppose abortion bans and increased restrictions happening throughout the United States, at the State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2019. Photo: Natalie Behring / AFP The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah (PPAU) and the state ACLU Utah filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the state's abortion clinic ban. Driving the news: Republican Gov.
AxiosApr 03 2023
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Texas Judge Orders 12 Library Books Removed Over LGBTQ and Racial Content to Be Returned to Shelves
A federal judge has ordered 12 library books that were removed from circulation due to LGBTQ and racial content be returned to shelves. Judge Robert Pitman said in a ruling on Thursday that the removed books be back on shelves within 24 hours, according to CNN. Judge Pitman also required that all 12 books be marked as available in the library catalog and ordered that no books can be removed
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