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Jan 24 2024
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Dangerous floodwaters got 'deeper and deeper' as epic storm submerged San Diego
Dan Pryor initially called a friend to bring over a shop vac Monday morning when floodwaters started creeping into his San Diego home. But in a matter of minutes, the volume was no match for even the most heavy-duty vacuum. “It’s like half an inch, but in a few minutes, the seeping water turned into 3 inches,” said Pryor, 49. “Next thing I know, it was 12 inches, then it got to about 18 inches
Los Angeles TimesJan 24 2024
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Utah Senate amends transgender bathroom bill to target behaviors, not identity
A bill that set out to restrict bathroom and locker room use in public buildings by transgender people has been revised in the Utah Senate. A substitution made by Sen. Dan McCay, the Republican floor sponsor, no longer defines who can enter a sex-designated bathroom in publicly funded spaces. There are still bathroom restrictions, but now they only apply to “government-owned and operated”
NPR Utah KUERJan 25 2024
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Utah Senate backtracks on revised transgender bathroom bill, sends it to the House
The Utah Senate passed a revised version of a bill that restricts what bathrooms and locker rooms transgender people can use in “publicly owned and controlled” buildings. Republican Sen. Dan McCay, the floor sponsor of HB257, introduced a substitution on Jan. 24 that loosened restrictions on which public bathrooms transgender people could occupy. The next day, he proposed another substitution
NPR Utah KUERJan 24 2024
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Alaska is back on the Pentagon's radar, Sullivan says
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says Alaska is back as a recognized location of importance for the U.S. military and national security. Sullivan noted that a decade ago the Pentagon wanted to close Alaska bases. But no longer. “I would say the Pentagon, which literally, in my view, was the last entity in Washington, DC to recognize the strategic importance of the Arctic, has finally got with the
Alaska Public MediaDec 08 2023
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Judge Permits Mother to Illegally Dismember Her 20-Week-Old Preborn Daughter
Kate Cox learned at 20 weeks gestation with her baby that the child had a fetal abnormality. Rather than allowing the child to grow to full term and giving it the best chance at life, Cox wants to kill her child. A Texas judge, surprisingly, is allowing it to happen. Cox, a 31-year-old Dallas woman and mom of two and one on the way (for now) learned that her baby in the womb developed a rare
NewsBustersJan 25 2024
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Falcons pick new coach, and it isn’t Bill Belichick
The Atlanta Falcons interviewed 14 candidates to become their head coach, including veterans Bill Belichick and Mike Vrabel. On Thursday night, the Falcons announced they were going with Raheem Morris, who has a 21-38 record as an NFL head coach. Morris has led Atlanta previously. He served as the Los Angeles Rams’ defensive coordinator for the previous three seasons. But his job before that
AL.comJan 23 2024
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Rhode Island Ethics Commission dismisses complaint against Gov. McKee filed by state GOP
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Ethics Commission has dismissed a complaint filed by the state Republican party against Democratic Gov. Dan McKee alleging he violated state campaign finance laws after a lobbyist picked up a tab for lunch. An investigative report submitted to the commission found McKee “acted reasonably and in good faith relative to payment for the January 2023 lunch
Waco Tribune-HeraldDec 07 2023
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Austin judge allows Texas woman to legally terminate her high-risk pregnancy
A Travis County judge ruled on Thursday that a Texas woman can legally terminate her high-risk pregnancy. This is a significant development in the debate over medical exceptions to the state’s strict abortion laws. “I am going to grant the Temporary Restraining Order for Ms. Cox and Mr. Cox and Dr. Karsan,” said Travis County Judge Maya Guerra Gamble. “The idea that Ms. Cox wants so
CBS Austin KEYEDec 07 2023
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Texas Threatens Doctors After Judge Says Woman Can Get Emergency Abortion
Last week, Kate Cox, 20 weeks pregnant and a mother of two, received the worst news a person can get: her baby had a fatal condition known as Trisomy 18. The baby will not survive to birth, but under Texas law, there are only two options available to Cox: a vaginal delivery, or a C-section. Either option would risk her life or her ability to have children in the future. Because of two prior C-
RollingStone.comJan 23 2024
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Ethics Commission rules on alleged violations by McKee, officials in infamous Philly trip
PROVIDENCE – A months-long Ethics Commission investigation into Gov. Dan McKee's messy interactions with a state contractor during a fundraising lunch at the Capitol Grille came to an end Tuesday with a dismissal, while a probe of the infamous Philadelphia trip by two top-ranked members of his administration continues. What did the Ethics Commission decide? The ommission voted 6-0 to dismiss
The Providence Journal