CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at abortion in the United States. Facts January 22, 1973 – Roe v. Wade – The US Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, affirms the legality of a woman’s right to have an abortion under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. 2003 – President George W. Bush
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More than four decades after it happened, the identity of the man who sexually assaulted and killed a 17-year-old Beaumont girl was confirmed through DNA evidence, authorities alleged today. Lewis Randolph “Randy” Williamson, now deceased, is believed to be the person responsible for the rape and murder of Esther Gonzalez in the winter of 1979,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Philadelphia’s mass transit system has reached a tentative contract deal with its largest workers union. The agreement announced Wednesday averts a strike that could have seen thousands of employees walk off the job. The one-year deal between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Transport Workers Union Local 234 calls for union members to
Continue ReadingBy Zach Scott Click here for updates on this story NORTH NAPLES, Florida (WBBH) — A driving instructor and their student are in the hospital after a three-vehicle crash in North Naples on Tuesday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol responded to the scene on Bluebill Avenue at Vanderbilt Drive in North Naples around 10:20 a.m.
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Jay Leno is “black and blue” after falling down a 60-foot hill on his way out for dinner. The former “Tonight Show” host, who is 74, suffered significant bruising to the left side of his face during the accident at the weekend, he told reporters ahead of a show
Continue ReadingCNN By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Jay Leno is “black and blue” after falling down a 60-foot hill on his way out for dinner. The former “Tonight Show” host, who is 74, suffered significant bruising to the left side of his face during the accident at the weekend, he told reporters ahead of a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has tapped former acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker as U.S. ambassador to NATO, set to make him the nation’s representative to a bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has repeatedly relished criticizing. Whitaker has a legal and criminal justice background, rather than one focused on foreign policy and
Continue ReadingBy Kennedy Mason Click here for updates on this story SARASOTA, Florida (WBBH) — The owner of a home where eight undocumented immigrants were arrested is a Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office employee. Deputies were looking to arrest Jorge Pineda on a warrant for assaulting a Border Patrol agent. When deputies arrived, they said Pineda attacked
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As senators prepare to consider President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet, they may be doing so without a well-established staple of the confirmation process: an FBI background check. The Trump transition team has so far not signed the requisite agreements with the White House or the Justice Department to
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — A Dallas anesthesiologist has been sentenced to 190 years in prison for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid. It happened at the surgical center where Raynaldo Riviera Ortiz Jr. worked, leading to the death of a coworker and causing cardiac emergencies for multiple patients. Court documents
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A Democratic election official in Pennsylvania offered an impassioned apology Wednesday for claiming “precedent by a court doesn’t matter anymore in this country” to justify counting about 600 faulty ballots in defiance of state Supreme Court rulings. “The passion in my heart got the best of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A former University of Virginia student has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting three football players and wounding two other students in an attack on campus in 2022. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. entered his plea Wednesday in a court in Charlottesville. He pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder
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By Madison Elliott Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Questions linger for Clifton community members one week after the deadly Givaudan plant explosion. Hannah Nitzken, who lives just 300 feet from the explosion site, says neighbors didn’t experience just a physical impact from the blast, but there is an emotional
Continue ReadingBy Nick Sloan Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A man faces charges after allegedly attacking a bus driver and attempting to steal a Kansas City Area Transportation Authority bus on Nov. 18, 2024. Victor Caballero is accused of engaging in erratic behavior, assaulting the driver, and trying to
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The Coachella 2025 line-up was officially released on Wednesday, confirming reports that Travis Scott, Lady Gaga, Green Day, and Post Malone will headline. The presale will begin on Friday at 11:00 a.m. PT. You can register now for access at coachella.com. just dance 🕺🌵 register now for access to passes at https://t.co/EJt4E49wMb presale begins Friday,
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Metal lockers that once held the sweat-stained shirts and muddy cleats of some of the world’s greatest soccer players are up for auction. Sotheby’s is selling 24 lockers from the dressing room of storied club Real Madrid. Used by the team between 2002 and 2022, they were removed from the Santiago Bernabéu
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El hallazgo de un cuerpo sin vida se registró ayer a las 12:30 del mediodía en la Avenida 51 cerca de la calle Van Buren en la zona limítrofe de Indio y Coachella donde encontraron el cadáver de un hombre quien tenía huellas de violencia. Testigos comentaron que había casquillos de balas en el terreno
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Ayer a las 10:45 de la mañana la policía de Indio recibió una llamada que reportaba que un hombre herido de bala estaba cerca de la calle Valencia e Indio Blvd a donde llego la ambulancia a transportar a la víctima la hospital donde se encuentra grave, pero estable. Mientras tanto las autoridades investigan para
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Un aparatoso accidente automovilístico provocó caos vial ayer a las 8 de la mañana en los carriles rumbo al este del freeway 10 en Palm Springs donde chocaron un carro y una camioneta que terminó en una zanja y el otor auto quedó a cien pies de la carretera, al menos una persona resultó herida
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Ayer en la corte el juez sentenció a 10 años en prisión a un sujeto que fue encontrado culpable de cometer actos lascivos con una niña en abril del 2019 y después la niña le confesó a su mamá lo que había sucedido y la mujer confrontó a Elit Barroso Miranda y lo corrió de
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