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Month: December 2023

Republican prosecutor will appeal judge’s ruling invalidating Wisconsin’s 174-year-old abortion ban

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican prosecutor says he plans to appeal a judge’s ruling invalidating Wisconsin’s 174-year-old abortion ban. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last year overturning Roe v. Wade reactivated an 1849 state law that conservatives argue bans abortion. But Dane County Circuit Judge Diane Schlipper ruled in

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University of Hawaii students hold Die-In protest for Palestinians

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     HONOLULU (KITV) — Just three days after the Hawaii Democratic Party unanimously adopted a Gaza Ceasefire Resolution, local pro-Palestine protesters occupied University of Hawaii Campus Center today in a Die-In demonstration outside of Starbucks Hawaii. The protesters are boycotting Starbucks. Around 50-70 people attended the

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NTSB chair warns ‘culture of silence’ around mental health is affecting safety

By Ross Levitt, Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The head of the National Transportation Safety Board warned that aviation workers who need to “think twice” before reporting their mental health issues to the federal government have created “a culture of silence that is affecting safety.” “No one, no one, should have to think twice

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Guyana’s president says his country is preparing to defend itself from Venezuela over disputed area

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Guyana’s president has told The Associated Press that his country is taking every necessary step to protect itself from Venezuela, which has ordered its state-owned companies to explore and exploit oil and minerals in Guyana’s vast Essequibo region that it considers its own. President

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Oklahoma man at the center of a tribal sovereignty ruling reaches plea agreement with prosecutors

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Court documents show that the Oklahoma man at the center of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on tribal sovereignty has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. The documents filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Muskogee show that 75-year-old Jimcy McGirt pleaded guilty to

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US files war crime charges against Russians accused of torturing an American in the Ukraine invasion

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Russian men accused of torturing an American during the invasion of Ukraine have been charged with war crimes in a first-of-its-kind case, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday. It is the first prosecution against members of the Russian armed forces in connection with

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US health officials call for surge in funding and support for hospitals in wake of cyberattacks that diverted ambulances

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — After a spate of cyberattacks that diverted ambulances from US hospitals, the Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled plans to ramp up federal funding for ill-protected rural hospitals and impose stricter fines for lax security at health care providers. The new HHS plan, shared exclusively with CNN on Wednesday, is a recognition

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