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Apr 17 2024
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Sandhills area midwife files civil lawsuit challenging Nebraska's midwife act
Heather Swanson, a certified nurse midwife with a doctor of nursing practice degree, and her business, Oneida Health, sued Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers and Charity Menefee, director of the Division of Public Health for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. The suit seeks to block two provisions of Nebraska's Certified Nurse Midwifery Practice Act, which forbid
Lincoln Journal StarApr 17 2024
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Iowa lawmakers revive social studies curriculum bill, with focus on 'Western civilization'
Iowa lawmakers are on the brink of passing new social studies requirements that include a focus on "Western civilization," among other themes and topics. Senate Republicans revived the proposal in a last-minute amendment to a separate bill Tuesday, approving a plan for the State Board of Education to review and revise Iowa's social studies standards — over the objections of Democrats. Those
Des Moines RegisterApr 13 2024
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Box Office: ‘Civil War’ Ignites With $10.7 Million Opening Day
The box office is united behind “Civil War.” A24‘s dystopian thriller earned $10.7 million from 3,838 locations across its opening day and preview screenings, putting itself on track for a debut north around $26 million. The debut figure represents the highest opening day gross ever for A24, besting the $5.1 million earned by 2018’s “Hereditary” in its first screenings. That horror feature
VarietyApr 16 2024
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Dallas pastor resigns as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Dr. Frederick Haynes, III, the senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas and the president of Rainbow Push Coalition, has stepped down from leadership less than a year after being with the organization. NBC 5 obtained a letter of public resignation statement on Tuesday, April 16, in which Dr. Haynes announced his resignation as CEO and President of the civil rights movement
Dallas-Fort Worth NewsApr 16 2024
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Jon Stewart tears Donald Trump apart over Civil War speech
Jon Stewart roasted Donald Trump's Gettysburg speech on Monday night's installment of The Daily Show, comparing the former president's recent remarks to a middle-schooler's homework. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee for 2024 travelled to Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, on Saturday for his first rally in the state, where he shared his thoughts on the Battle of Gettysburg. The
NewsweekApr 21 2024
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‘Civil War’ continues dominant box office campaign as new releases fail to woo crowds
NEW YORK — “Civil War,” Alex Garland’s ominous American dystopia, remained the top film in theaters in its second week of release, according to studio estimates Sunday. The A24 election-year gamble, the indie studio’s biggest budgeted film yet, took in $11.1 million in ticket sales at 3,929 theaters over the weekend. The $50 million film, set in a near-future US in which Texas and California
New York Post (News)Apr 15 2024
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Frisco voters to consider adding civil service protections, collective bargaining for firefighters
Frisco voters to consider adding protections, benefits for firefighters in May 4 election Frisco voters to consider adding protections, benefits for firefighters in May 4 election Frisco voters to consider adding protections, benefits for firefighters in May 4 election FRISCO — Frisco Firefighters Association President Matthew Sapp told CBS News Texas after city leaders rejected using meet and
CBS News (Online)Apr 07 2024
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In Alabama, exposing the complicated history of Jews in the struggle for civil rights
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – There were the rabbis who joined Martin Luther King, Jr. on the famous march from Selma to Montgomery, the Jewish students who helped register Black voters in Mississippi, the Jewish Freedom Riders who fought bus segregation in the South, and the Jewish social justice activists who helped found and fund the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP
HaaretzApr 19 2024
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CNN analyst warns of ‘civil unrest across the country’ if Trump jailed for gag order violation
CNN analyst Mark Preston said he thinks if former President Trump is jailed for violating the gag order in his hush money trial, there would be “civil unrest across the country” and it would help him in the polls.
Preston joined CNN’s Jim Acosta and others to discuss the possibility of Judge Juan Merchan putting the former president in a holding cell “for a few hours” after he has
The HillApr 16 2024
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Former Arkansas deputy pleads guilty to violating suspect's civil rights in violent arrest
A former Arkansas law enforcement officer has pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a man he kicked and hit during a violent arrest in 2022 that was caught on video and shared widely. Former Crawford County Sheriff's Deputy Zackary King changed his plea during a hearing in federal court on Monday. King agreed to plead guilty to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law
Fox News (Online News)