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Feb 03 2021
Headline Roundup
The Aftermath of the Wall Street GameStop Saga
Wall Street was shaken up last week when small investors flocked to video game retailer GameStop trying to prop it up after hedge funds bet against it. GameStop’s share price surged, closing at $325 per share on Friday; however, trading platform restrictions caused GameStop stock to fall, closing at $90 on Tuesday. Robinhood, a popular trading platform, faces 30 lawsuits after allegations that
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Alabama Governor Signs IVF Provider Protection Into Law
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed a law Wednesday protecting in vitro fertilization (IVF) providers from legal liabilities after the state's Supreme Court deemed frozen embryos equal to children.
The Details: The law shields providers from lawsuits and criminal prosecution for any "damage or death of an embryo" occurring during IVF services. Republicans chose not to consider a separate
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A Decade Of Implications At Stake, Supreme Court Hears Census Citizenship Question
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Tuesday in a legal battle with lasting implications that could dramatically affect political representation and federal funding over the next decade. The justices are weighing whether to allow the Trump administration to add a question about U.S. citizenship status to forms for the upcoming 2020 census.
In multiple lawsuits brought by
NPR (Online News)Jul 15 2021
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Story of the Week: Cubans Take to the Streets in Protest
Thousands across Cuba rose up in protests this week, an uncommon uprising in the authoritarian country. Their cries covered many topics, from freedom and liberty to food and COVID-19 vaccine access. As a result, President Joe Biden criticized the Cuban government and said America stands "with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom." Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has blamed U.S
AllSides StaffDec 07 2020
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Georgia, California Certify Election Results For Biden
On Monday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that the state certified the results of the presidential race in Joe Biden's favor, after a second recount requested by the Trump campaign. "We have now counted legally cast ballots three times, and the results remain unchanged," Raffensperger said. If the margin between the candidates is under 0.5%, state laws allow requests
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Secret tapes linger over Buttigieg's meteoric rise
Pete Buttigieg’s meteoric rise as a presidential candidate is putting a spotlight on his years as mayor of South Bend, Ind., including his demotion of an African-American police chief.
An Indiana judge will rule soon on whether to release five cassette tapes of secretly recorded conversations between South Bend police officers that led to the 2012 demotion of Police Chief Darryl
The HillFeb 18 2020
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Six years on, Flint works toward justice in water crisis
Water coming from faucets in this city is no longer discolored or malodorous. Truckloads of bottled water from other communities have slowed to a trickle. These improvements do not mean that Flint’s water crisis is over. Instead, a new and uneasy normal has settled in.
“One of the lingering effects is the pall that has been cast over this city,” says the Rev. Deborah Conrad, pastor of
Christian Science MonitorJan 09 2019
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Felons in Florida Regain the Right to Vote
Felons in Florida regained the right to vote on Tuesday after an amendment passed in the November midterms which restored voting rights to 1.4 million people, exempting those convicted of sexual offenses or murder. Some have celebrated the move as a victory for fairness and re-enfranchisement, while others say that the law requires clarification, prompting potential lawsuits in the near future
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Court upholds gun ban on medical marijuana card holders
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a government ban that prevents medical marijuana card holders from buying guns, Fox News reported.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers nine Western states including California, Washington and Oregon, ruled the federal ban is not in violation of the Second Amendment. The states in that region that have legalized or effectively
The HillDec 01 2022
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Appeals Court Keeps Student Loan Forgiveness Plan on Pause
On Wednesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled against the Biden Administration's request to reinstate its student loan forgiveness plan by declining to block a Texas judge's ruling that said the plan was unlawful.
Key Quotes: Elaine Parker, president of the Job Creators Network Foundation, said the order prevented the administration from trying to "get money out
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