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Month: May 2024

Iowa attorney general will resume emergency contraception funding for rape victims

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa attorney general’s office will resume emergency contraception funding for victims of sexual assault but end the rare practice of reimbursing victims for abortions. More than 350 claims for emergency contraception that were pending while Attorney General Brenna Bird’s office conducted a comprehensive review

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‘Eric’ pulls the right strings as Benedict Cumberbatch’s puppeteer seeks his missing son

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Weird, dark but compulsively watchable, “Eric” stars Benedict Cumberbatch and a hulking foul-mouthed puppet, not necessarily in that order. Set amid a dystopian vision of a dangerous, corrupt 1980s New York, it’s part mystery, part satire and part right-wing fever dream about crime-infested cities, powered by the parental

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Giants minor league shortstop Anthony Tandron gets 56-game drug suspension

NEW YORK (AP) — San Francisco Giants shortstop Anthony Tandron was suspended for 56 games Friday following a positive test under Major League Baseball’s new drug program for minor league players assigned outside the United States and Canada. Tandron tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance Boldenone. An 18-year-old signed for a $77,500 bonus in February

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Charlotte police plan investigation update on fatal shootings of 4 officers

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina’s largest city plan to update the public on the investigation into the fatal shootings of four law enforcement officers a month ago. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department scheduled a Friday evening media briefing about the April 29 shootings. They were the deadliest against law enforcement officers since 2016,

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Michigan’s U.S. Senate field set with candidates being certified for August primary ballot

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers voted on Friday to place top U.S. Senate candidates on the August primary ballot after some had faced challenges saying they hadn’t turned in enough valid signatures to qualify. One Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Nasser Beydoun, was disqualified Friday after it

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Russia declares a former presidential hopeful and others as ‘foreign agents’ as it presses crackdown

By The Associated Press The Russian authorities have declared that a former presidential hopeful, a prominent human rights advocate and several others are “foreign agents.” It’s the latest step in an unrelenting crackdown on dissent in Russia that has reached new heights since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine. The designation carries additional government scrutiny and

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ANÁLISIS | ¿Podría Donald Trump ir a la cárcel tras ser declarado culpable en el juicio penal?

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El juicio penal de pago de dinero por silencio contra Donald Trump llegó su fin. El expresidente fue declarado culpable de 34 delitos graves por falsificar registros comerciales, específicamente relacionados con 11 facturas, 12 vales y 11 cheques. En el juicio, los fiscales alegaron que los pagos no fueron un anticipo

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