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- The anti-abortion playbook for restricting birth controlPhoto by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Contraception, like IVF, poses problems for those claiming personhood begins at conception. The national debate over IVF, unfolding after an Alabama court decision prompted multiple clinics in the state to halt operations, prompts a question: What might be next? Could other fertility treatments and even birth control be…
- Longtime ESPN NFL reporter Chris Mortensen dies at 72Longtime ESPN commentator Chris Mortensen has died at age 72, the cable sports channel announced Sunday.
- Supreme Court decision on case barring Trump from Colorado’s 2024 ballot could arrive as early as MondayThe U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in a case that will determine whether former President Trump can be kicked off Colorado’s state primary ballot for allegedly interfering in the 2020 election could arrive as early as Monday. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled in December that Trump is disqualified from being president again and ineligible for the…
- Congress releases six funding bills ahead of Friday shutdown deadline – The Washington PostCongress releases six funding bills ahead of Friday shutdown deadline The Washington Post US lawmakers present bill to fund government and avert shutdown The Guardian US Johnson sells GOP ‘victories’ in marketing his first bipartisan funding bills POLITICO Congressional leaders unveil bill to fund government, Johnson and Schumer both claim wins Fox News Congress unveils long-awaited funding bills ahead…
- The CDC has finally loosened Covid isolation guidelines. Here’s why that’s a good thing.Maria Stavreva/Getty Images Isolation policies haven’t stopped Covid’s worst outcomes. Other, better policies might. Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed its Covid-19 guidance in a big way: People infected with the virus, or with other respiratory viruses, no longer need to isolate for five days before going back to work or…
- This L.A. neighborhood’s ‘cool pavements’ help it beat the intense heatIn the mostly Latino neighborhood of Pacoima in Los Angeles, a “cool pavement” project with solar-reflective coating is helping disperse heat and could be a playbook for other predominantly working-class neighborhoods.
- Case over deletion of deceased North Dakota AG’s emails will not be prosecutedA special prosecutor has declined to press charges in connection with the deletion of late North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem’s state email account days after his death in 2022. The deleted emails are part of a nearly 2-year-old controversy involving a building cost overrun of over $1 million disclosed by Drew Wrigley, Stenehjem’s successor.…