Timeline of abortion actions taken in the state of Missouri
The state of Missouri has taken multiple actions over the last nearly 15 years through the state legislature to end abortions.
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Missourians could lose abortion access if court strikes down Roe v. Wade
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade could lead to the end of most abortions in Missouri because of a trigger law enacted in 2019.
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State of Missouri executes Carman Deck by lethal injection
The State of Missouri is set to execute a man convicted of a double murder in 1996.
Continue ReadingIn Ukraine’s Russian-speaking east, Putin’s war is tearing families apart
By Mick Krever and Olha Konovalova, CNN The warm spring air is coming to eastern Ukraine. The roads are lined with red tulips, and people are reopening their summer kitchens, small buildings outside traditional homes used to isolate the heat and smells of cooking in the hotter months. It was in her elderly mother’s wood-frame
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Tracking a cloudy Tuesday, rain and storms return tomorrow
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy with lows in the upper 40s to around 50. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy and warmer with highs in the lower to mid-60s. Rain returns by late afternoon and becomes more widespread by evening. EXTENDED: High pressure will reduce winds tonight, enough to bring our lows back down into the upper 40s. We’ll start off tomorrow with
Continue ReadingWhat we know about the investigation into the Supreme Court leak
By Devan Cole, Evan Perez, Ariane de Vogue and Whitney Wild, CNN When Chief Justice John Roberts announced Tuesday that the Supreme Court will investigate the release of a draft opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade, he kicked off what will likely be one of Washington’s most unusual leak investigations in recent years.
Continue ReadingTrump-backed J.D. Vance will win Ohio GOP Senate primary, CNN projects
By Maeve Reston, CNN J.D. Vance, the Trump-backed candidate in Ohio’s contentious GOP Senate primary, has won the nomination, CNN projected Tuesday. Even as most candidates in the race ran toward former President Donald Trump, the primary was the first Senate contest of the year to test the power of his endorsement. In the other
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Missouri congressional delegation reacts to leak of Roe v. Wade draft decision
The release of a reported draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could overturn the abortion rights guaranteed by Roe v. Wade drew immediate reaction from some of Missouri’s congressional delegation Monday night.
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US woman tracks down rightful owners of long-lost photo album in war-torn Ukrainian city
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN Images of the war in Ukraine have inspired people worldwide to search for ways to try to help. Some have opened their homes to refugees or pledged donations to emergency appeals. Others have sought to support Ukrainian businesses. Among them is New Yorker Chelsey Brown. As she trawled for ideas online,
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Elon Musk says he is ‘exactly aligned’ with Europe’s sweeping new rules for social media platforms
By Brian Fung, CNN Elon Musk appeared to endorse a key European law regulating social media on Monday when he appeared in a video with Thierry Breton, a top EU commissioner and digital regulator. In the video, Breton said he met with Musk to explain the finer points of the Digital Services Act, a forthcoming
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Conscious spending: The finance approach that’s both smart and fun
By Kristen Rogers, CNN When you think of money, do you feel like living in the moment and being responsible are mutually exclusive? Does guilt eat at you when you go out for lunch or a $7 oat milk latte? You don’t have to think or feel this way, thanks to a flexible personal finance
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US government says that Brittney Griner has been wrongfully detained in Russia
By Jennifer Hansler and Wayne Sterling, CNN The State Department has now classified WNBA star Brittney Griner as wrongfully detained in Russia and her case is being handled by the office of the US Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs (SPEHA) Roger Carstens, a State Department official confirmed to CNN Tuesday. The SPEHA office leads
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Scrapping Roe v. Wade would make the US an outlier in the West. Here’s how it compares on abortion rights
By Rob Picheta, CNN Tens of millions of women in America are on the verge of losing access to abortion, according to a draft of a document that appears to show the Supreme Court has decided to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision which legalized the procedure across the country. Such a move would represent
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Watch what it’s like aboard a Blue Origin flight from takeoff to landing
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Two passengers that flew on one of Blue Origin’s supersonic flights to the edge of space have shared footage of the 10-minute journey captured behind the scenes or inside the capsule during flight, giving a rare glimpse into the full experience. Cameron Bess — who rode alongside their father, venture
Continue ReadingNewer, fitter descendants of Omicron variant begin to drive their own coronavirus waves
By Brenda Goodman, CNN There’s no denying the numbers: Even with spotty reporting, Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising again in the United States. Cases are trending up in most states and have increased by more than 50% compared with the previous week in Washington, Mississippi, Georgia, Maine, Hawaii, South Dakota, Nevada and Montana. In
Continue ReadingBiden’s political and personal evolution on abortion on display after publication of draft Supreme Court opinion
By Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN When President Joe Biden received a telephone call from his chief of staff late Monday alerting him to a near-unprecedented leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion, he decided not to act right away. The court had yet to verify the authenticity of the document. Its disclosure reflected
Continue ReadingCollins calls draft Roe opinion ‘completely inconsistent’ with what Gorsuch and Kavanaugh said during hearings and meetings
By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN GOP Sen. Susan Collins said on Tuesday that a Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade published by Politico was “completely inconsistent” with what Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Brett Kavanaugh “said in their hearings and in our meetings in my office.” “If this leaked
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The first trailer for Olivia Wilde’s ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ is here
By Marianne Garvey The first trailer for “Don’t Worry Darling” features candy-colored scenes and plenty of Harry Styles. Directed by Olivia Wilde, the film is a psychological thriller about a utopian suburb called Victory, where some residents are hiding dark secrets. Styles plays Jack, who is married to Florence Pugh’s Alice, who begins to unravel
Continue ReadingAn earth-shattering moment for a Supreme Court already on the brink
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The US Supreme Court‘s legitimacy has been deeply pierced, and it may never recover its stature in the eyes of America. For Chief Justice John Roberts, whose concern for the institution’s reputation is manifest in nearly every opinion he writes and every public speech he
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Some abortion clinics are preparing for more out-of-state patients if Roe v. Wade is overturned
By Dakin Andone, CNN Abortion clinics in states likely to maintain access to the procedure are preparing for a potential influx of out-of-state patients following the report of a leaked draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “This is a devastating blow for millions of people who will find
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