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US & Canada · PhoenixArizona can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been blocked for nearly 50 years, a judge ruled Friday, meaning clinics across the state will have to stop providing the procedures to avoid the filing of criminal charges against doctors and other medical workers.See the Story
Arizona judge says state can enforce near-total abortion ban
43% Center coverage: 78 sources
Crime · TallahasseeCareer prosecutors have recommended against charging Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in a long-running sex-trafficking investigation — telling Justice Department superiors that a conviction is unlikely in part because of credibility questions with the two central witnesses, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Prosecutors recommend no charges for Matt Gaetz in sex-trafficking probe, reports say
42% Left coverage: 48 sources
US & Canada · RichmondVirginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's proposed changes to the state's guidance on transgender student policies would roll back some accommodations. If adopted by school districts, the policies would require parental sign-off on the use of any name or pronoun other than what's in a student's official record. They also say participation in certain school programming and use of school facilities should be based on a students' biological sex.See the Story
Virginia students begin walkouts over Youngkin transgender policy
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Ron DeSantis · PennsylvaniaGOP heavyweight Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited to stump for State Sen. Doug Mastriano. It's part of a tour the governor is on to bump up some numbers for Republican candidates nationwide. The goal today was to fire up the Republican base in Pennsylvania and ignite the base that showed up for Trump.See the Story
Doug Mastriano says Ron DeSantis courted him for Pennsylvania rally
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PoliticsThis story was originally published by Slate‘s Future Tense partnershipand is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.On Monday, Danish officials broadcast a warning to ships navigating its nearby waters: There was a massive leak from Nord Stream 2, the Russian-owned pipeline built to transfer natural gas from the former Soviet Union to Germany through the Baltic Sea. That same day, the pipeline’s operators also announced a dro…See the Story
The Nord Stream pipeline sabotage is a climate catastrophe
67% Right coverage: 3 sources
Climate Change · Puerto RicoRapid intensification is the increase in the maximum sustained winds of a tropical cyclone of at least 30 knots (about 35 mph) in a 24 hour period. Hurricane Ian has experienced rapid intensification two times over since Sunday. Climate change is a factor in hurricane intensification because warmer ocean water fuels stronger storms.See the Story
How climate change is making storms like Hurricane Ian stronger more quickly
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NFLLast Sunday, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was forced to exit the game in the second quarter of Miami’s game with the Buffalo Bills after what looked to anyone watching like a serious blow to the head. Tagovailoa appeared to slam his helmet on the turf after being knocked down by a defensive player, got up, and then wobbled and fell again to his knees.But Tagovailoa did not stay out of the game for very long. According to the Dolphins head…See the Story
The NFL is what we thought it was
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PoliticsHave you been following what’s going on at Yale? I haven’t, because I’m 35 years old and didn’t go there. But James Ho, a Trump-appointed judge who sits on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, has, and he’s pissed. So pissed, in fact, that he has announced in a speech on Thursday that he will no longer hire any clerks from Yale Law School, and is encouraging other judges to do the same.According to National Review, which broke the story, Ho was u…See the Story
Mother Jones congratulates Judge James Ho on his decision to boycott Yale
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PoliticsEarlier this week, two West Texas men—one of whom was a former warden of a migrant detention center—were arrested and charged with manslaughter in the death of a Mexican national who had recently crossed over the border. An affidavit filed by a Texas Ranger alleged that Michael Sheppard, the now-former warden, and his brother Mark, came across a group of 13 Mexican migrants drinking from a reservoir on Tuesday, while driving their truck through …See the Story
Two Texas men are accused of killing a migrant. Their governor blames Joe Biden.
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PoliticsThis story was originally published by Hakai Magazine and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Wearing a navy-blue polo neck emblazoned with the Florida Aquarium logo, Keri O’Neil hugs a white cooler at Miami International Airport. “Coral babieeeeees,” she says, before letting out a short laugh. Relief. The container holds 10 plastic bottles teeming with thousands of tiny peach-colored specks. Shaped like cornflakes and n…See the Story
These scientists tried a coral-breeding moonshot—and it worked
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PoliticsSix-year-old Phyllis Webstand wore an orange shirt to her first day of school. It was shiny, she remembers, and laced up the front—more importantly, it was a gift from her granny.At the St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School in Williams Lake, British Columbia, it was taken from her, as were all the personal belongings she had known and loved. None were ever returned. That year, 1973, Webstand became one of hundreds of thousands of Indigenous ch…See the Story
Survivors are preserving the dark history of Native boarding schools
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