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Michigan judge grants injunction against enforcement of state’s 1931 abortion ban
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A Michigan judge issued a preliminary injunction against the state's 1931 abortion ban Tuesday barring its enforcement should Roe v. Wade be struck down in federal court, according to documents filed in the Michigan...
Biden administration announces more than $250 million in new grants to redevelop contaminated sites across America
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The Biden administration announced Thursday that more than $ 254 million will be allocated to 265 communities to clean up and redevelop contaminated areas, known as brownfield sites, which contain hazardous substan...
Texas court grants stay of execution for death row inmate Melissa Lucio
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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday granted a stay of execution for Melissa Lucio, halting her execution scheduled for Wednesday and sending her case back to the trial court to review new evidence. Lucio, ...
HBCUs affected by recent bomb threats will be eligible for federal security grants
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The US Department of Education announced Wednesday that a number of historically Black colleges and universities that recently received bomb threats are now eligible for federal grants aimed at improving mental heal...
US Army grants its first religious waiver for coronavirus vaccine exemption
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New service data published on Friday showed the Army's updated COVID-19 vaccination statistics and exemption requests as of March 10, 2022, including 536 disapproved religion-based exemptions and 3,760 requests. COV...
Oregon Christmas killer could go free after just 14 years of 25 to life sentence if Gov. Brown grants clemency
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They ransacked his house, took his wallet, and shot him through the eye at point-blank with a .22 rifle. His now-adult children say they are appalled that Democratic Gov. Kate Brown is considering clemency for one o...
GAO struggles to identify how 20% of federal grants for 2020 voting were spent
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When Congress approved the CARES Act, a COVID-19 relief package, the EAC received $ 400 million in grants, $ 326 million of which has been accounted for so far. The Government Accountability Office, a watchdog agen...
5th Circuit Court grants a stay, allows Texas abortion bill to go into effect
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The decision Thursday could push the law closer to returning to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has already once allowed the restrictions to take effect without ruling on its constitutionality. The Texas law bans abort...
Joan Washington, Richard E. Grant’s wife and voice coach to the stars, dead
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Washington’s death was disclosed by her husband, actor Richard E. Grant. He posted a video on Twitter of the couple dancing together to a song by the Platters, along with the words: "ONLY YOU! Joan - Love of my Life...
Cuomo blasted for ‘thuggery’ as he grants first interview since resignation speech
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"I did the right thing for the state," Cuomo told New York magazine on Friday, three days after he made his resignation speech over a damning sexual harassment report from the state attorney general’s office. "I’m no...
More vaccine mandates likely once FDA grants full approvals, experts say
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FAUCI SAYS VIRUS HAS ‘PEAKED’ FOR THE VACCINATED: ‘WE HAVE TWO KINDS OF AMERICA’ The three vaccines on the market are currently being administered under an emergency use authorization but a full regulatory sign off c...
Judge grants Bob Baffert preliminary injunction lifting NYRA suspension
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Baffert fell under scrutiny following the Kentucky Derby this year, after Medina Spirit – his seventh horse to win the esteemed race – tested positive for betamethasone, a substance that is prohibited on race-day in ...
Canada grants NHL cross-border travel exemption for playoffs
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When in Canada, teams will be required to stay in a bubble and be tested daily for COVID-19, similar to the tight restrictions that allowed the NHL to stage and complete its playoffs in two hub cities last year. Team...
US grants Cuban baseball players visas days before tourney
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Players and executives with the Cuban team had expressed concern about delays in the visas for the tourney to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, which had led them to apply for them in Mexico, Panama and Guyana. U.S. sa...
Judge grants Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli permission for Mexico family vacation following prison releases
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In a court documented filed on Thursday obtained by Fox News, U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton signed off on the actress and her fashion designer husband's separate requests filed last week. In both requests, ...
Gov. DeSantis grants clemency to Florida business owners arrested for not enforcing masks
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… The fact is it's not even right to be wearing masks when you’re exercising. The World Health Organization advises against it. It’s not healthy for people to be doing that in the first place, so it was a bad restric...