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NBC NewsWis. school board members dismissed book about Japanese American incarceration as being ‘unbalanced,’ parents say
Parents are pushing back after a committee whose members sit on a Wisconsin school board did not move forward with approving a book about Japanese American
- Associated Press
Alabama cites abortion ruling in transgender medication case
Days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can prohibit abortion, Alabama has seized on the decision to argue that the state should also be able to ban gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youths. The case marks one of the first known instances in which a conservative state has tried to apply the abortion ruling to other realms, just as LGBTQ advocates and others were afraid would happen. Critics have expressed fear that the legal reasoning behind the high court ruling could lead to a rollback of decisions involving such matters as gay marriage, birth control and parental rights.
- Engadget
Cyberattack impacts unemployment benefits in several states
Some state-run jobseeking sites are also inaccessible after an attack on a vendor.
- Associated Press
N. Korea suggests balloons flown from South brought COVID-19
North Korea suggested Friday its COVID-19 outbreak began in people who had contact with balloons flown from South Korea — a highly questionable claim that appeared to be an attempt to hold its rival responsible amid increasing tensions over its nuclear program. Activists for years have flown balloons across the border to distribute hundreds of thousands of propaganda leaflets critical of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and North Korea has often expressed fury at the activists and at South Korea’s leadership for not stopping them.
- Yahoo Money
Housing: Priced-out homebuyers now face sky-high rents
Price-strapped homebuyers sidelined by bidding wars, surging mortgage rates, and mounting inflation are facing yet another housing hurdle: sky-high rent.
- Miami Herald
Miami, Broward school districts see gains in FSA results, but large numbers are not passing
Miami-Dade and Broward school district students performed better on this year’s annual statewide exams compared to last year’s, but only slightly more than half of the students earned a passing score of Level 3 or higher in English and math.
- Yahoo News
Democrats focus on abortion in new ads ahead of tough midterm races
Democratic candidates in the midterm elections in November have begun to focus their campaign advertising on abortion, hoping to bolster support after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
- Associated Press
Same-sex couples updating legal status after abortion ruling
Emails and phone calls from same-sex couples, worried about the legal status of their marriages and keeping their children, flooded attorney Sydney Duncan’s office within hours of the Supreme Court’s decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion. The ruling last week didn’t directly affect the 2015 decision that paved the way for same-sex marriage. “That has a lot of people scared and, I think, rightfully so,” said Duncan, who specializes in representing members of the LGBTQ community at the Magic City Legal Center in Birmingham.
- Washington Post
Trauma physicians have become depressingly prepared for mass shootings
Christopher Colwell still can't shake what he saw in the library of Columbine High School on April 20, 1999: the lifeless bodies of students who were left without time to defend themselves, crumpled under the desks they hoped would protect them. What comes back to the emergency physician most is what he was tasked with toward the end of his time at the scene when his job was to pronounce high-schoolers dead as he searched and hoped he might find someone who could still be saved.Subscribe to The
- Reuters
Analysis-After abortion, conservative U.S. justices take aim at other precedents
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority has shown in its blockbuster abortion ruling and other high-profile decisions in recent days that it is fearless when it comes to overturning - and even ignoring - historic precedents. And the conservative justices, with a 6-3 majority, may just be getting started, even as their current term came to a close on Thursday. Among the cases the court already has taken up for its next term, starting in October, are two that give its conservative bloc an opportunity to end college and university policies considering race in admissions to achieve more student diversity - an approach the court upheld in a 2003 precedent and reaffirmed in 2016.
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Report: Ravens LB Jaylon Ferguson's death ruled an accident from combined effects of fentanyl and cocaine
Jaylon Ferguson died at the age of 26.
- INSIDER
DOJ snaps back at Bannon asking to delay criminal contempt trial over January 6 hearings' publicity, says that he has 'barely been mentioned'
"The Defendant's motion gives the false impression ... that all of the Committee's hearings and media coverage is about him," DOJ lawyers said Friday.
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'Battleground' director explains how the left lost the abortion fight: 'There's a real reckoning happening right now'
Cynthia Lowen discusses her new documentary, which depicts how the anti-abortion movement gained the upper hand in the fight over Roe v. Wade.
- Associated Press
Clerks complete recount of Nevada Republican governor's race
County election officials wrapped up a two-day statewide recount of ballots in the Nevada GOP primary for governor Friday and the outcome did not appear to change in the state's two most populous counties, showing second-place finisher Joey Gilbert losing to Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo in a crowded field. The Nevada secretary of state's office confirmed Friday afternoon that all 17 counties had finished their recounts.
- Yahoo News
Key cases on the Supreme Court's docket next term
The U.S. Supreme Court issued the final opinions of its term on Thursday, capping a month of blockbuster decisions in cases involving key issues such as gun rights, religious liberty and abortion. The court’s next term could be just as pivotal.
- The Daily Beast
Secret Service Have Been Gossiping About Trump’s SUV Outburst for a Year: CNN
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKIDays after the Secret Service pushed back on the stunning testimony that former President Donald Trump violently freaked out during a Jan. 6 presidential SUV ride, CNN reported on Friday that accounts of Trump lunging at his Secret Service agents have spread around the agency for the past year.According to two Secret Service sources, stories similar to ex-Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s account—which she testified under oath was told to her by former Trump staffer and current S
- USA TODAY
California wildfire burns through 900 acres, 14 injured as hundreds of homes remain under threat
The blaze, named the Rices fire, is in Nevada County just 70 miles northeast of Sacramento, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
- The Guardian
Mark Meadows’ associate threatened ex-White House aide before her testimony
It was the second warning Cassidy Hutchinson had received before her deposition, cautioning her against cooperating with the panel
- The Wrap
Seth Meyers Mocks Laura Ingraham for Calling Cassidy Hutchinson Testimony TV ‘Audition Tape’ (Video)
'You voted for a literal reality show host!' Meyers said
- The New York Times
'So Stressed Out': Gas Prices Force Many to Rethink Driving, and Spending
KATY, Texas — Most Americans would gladly pay the $4.29 for a gallon of regular gas Buc-ee’s was charging this week on Interstate 10 between Houston and San Antonio, more than 50 cents below the national average. But with prices more than $1.50 a gallon higher than they were a year ago, even Texans are complaining, and changing their buying habits to make do. “It makes me so stressed out just thinking about buying gas,” Nancy Oncken, a retired kindergarten teacher, said as she filled up her stat