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Month: May 2024

Filibuster by Missouri Democrats stretches into a second day. What’s the fight about?

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers are on the second day of a filibuster against a Republican proposal to raise the bar for amending Missouri’s constitution. Senate Democrats passed the 24-hour mark Tuesday after speaking nonstop overnight against the measure. Currently, constitutional amendments need a simple majority vote to

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Gobierno de Perú sale a dar aclaraciones tras calificar el “transexualismo” como una enfermedad en una norma criticada por colectivos LGBTQ

Belén Liotti (CNN Español) — La comunidad LGBTQ en Perú reaccionó este lunes con críticas y el anuncio de probables “manifestaciones pacíficas” ante el decreto supremo difundido por el Ministerio de Salud, que califica el “transexualismo” y otras categorías de la identidad de género como “personas con problema de salud mental”, aun cuando el Ministerio

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The Rev. William Lawson, Texas civil rights leader who worked with Martin Luther King Jr, dies at 95

HOUSTON (AP) — The Rev. William “Bill” Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who helped desegregate Houston, Texas, and worked with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, has died. He was 95. Lawson’s longtime church, Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, announced on its website that Lawson died Tuesday. Lawson

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