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Mar 07 2024
News
New law: SC adults can openly carry guns
COLUMBIA — Any adult who can legally own a gun can now carry one openly in South Carolina after Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill into law Thursday, just a day after it received final legislative approval. Gun rights supporters have pushed for the law for nearly a decade, first allowing open carry for people who took the training to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Encouraging that
The Times and DemocratFeb 28 2024
News
3 Mississippi prisons violated Constitution with violence, poor conditions: DOJ
The Justice Department (DOJ) found three prisons in Mississippi violated the Constitution, citing violence, poor conditions and staffing shortages, per a new report. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division and the Mississippi United States Attorney’s Office released a 60-page report of an investigation into the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, South Mississippi Correctional Institution and
The HillMar 19 2024
News
Court-appointed expert says redrawn Michigan House map passes constitutional muster • Michigan Advance
A special master has determined that a redrawn map of 15 Southeast Michigan House districts has met constitutional standards and achieved the proper racial balance as directed by a three-judge panel. That was the conclusion of Bernard Grofman, who was appointed as a special master following a December ruling that the legislative boundaries drawn up by the Michigan Independent Citizens
Michigan AdvanceMar 15 2024
News
New Johnston County public defender expected to help carry heavy caseload
The Sixth Amendment gives Americans the right to an attorney, whether they can afford it or not. However, an attorney shortage has made that a challenge in North Carolina – particularly in more rural counties. Johnston County is one of those counties struggling to keep up, but relief is coming in the form of a new public defender. Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Tom Lock appointed A.
WRALMar 18 2024
News
Carry A. Nation and her hatchet soon will overlook a new downtown Wichita bar
Along with the stores and vendors coming to Eaton Place this spring, there’s going to be a new bar called Bubbles. In addition to being a new drinking hole for downtown, this bar is notable because it’s going where another one used to be — the same one teetotaler and temperance flag bearer Carry A. Nation once took a hatchet to. Her statue, including a hatchet, keeps an eye on the corner space
The Wichita EagleMar 08 2024
News
France enshrines abortion as a constitutional right as the world marks International Women’s Day
France inscribed the guaranteed right to abortion in its constitution Friday, in a world first and a powerful message of support to women around the globe on International Women’s Day.
A woman from Argentina, a couple from Miami and a man from Czechia were among those gathered on the polished cobblestones of Place Vendome in Paris to watch the historic event unfurl in an outdoor
Associated PressMar 12 2024
Opinion
After the no-no vote, Irish women are stuck with a sexist constitution. Let’s use it
For years, Ireland has prided itself on the determination of its voters to extract themselves from a constitutional straitjacket of Catholic social teaching and anachronistic views about women and girls.
The liberal torch was lit in earnest in 1995, when the people of this former Catholic outpost voted to remove its constitutional ban on divorce, albeit by a hair’s breadth. Ireland
The GuardianMar 15 2024
News
Judge rejects bid by Donald Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds
A federal judge on Thursday rejected one bid by Donald Trump to throw out out his classified documents criminal case, and appeared skeptical during hours of arguments of a separate effort to scuttle the prosecution ahead of trial.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon issued a two-page order saying that though the Trump team had raised “various arguments warranting serious consideration,” a
Associated PressMar 17 2024
News
Longtime partner hopes people will carry on work after local NAACP leader passes
POCATELLO — A partner, father, grandfather and longtime community leader of the Gate City has died. Ken Monroe, the president of the Pocatello NAACP branch, passed away from a heart attack on March 8. The love of his life and longtime partner Jan Gillette hopes that other members of the Gate City community will step up to carry on the work he was passionate about. “I want to make him proud. I
East Idaho NewsMar 17 2024
News
Haiti rescue charter flight carrying Americans lands in Miami as gang violence escalates
As Haiti spirals into chaos after weeks of gang violence, the first rescue charter flight took off from the Caribbean nation and landed in Miami Sunday afternoon, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News. All 47 passengers on board are believed to be Americans and the flight was reserved only for those who had U.S. passports, the official said. The flight took off from the city of Cap-Haïtien,
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