A leading anti-abortion group has picked us-regions Republican Gov. Henry McMaster as its first gubernatorial endorsement in next year’s elections, part of a broader strategy to seed top state jobs with abortion opponents as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to give states more power over the issue. On Wednesday, …
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How, when to watch the Perseid meteor shower
The Perseids, considered the best air-and-space of the year, will peak on Wednesday night and into pre-dawn hours on Thursday. With the crescent air-and-space setting early, the skies above planet-earth” target=”_blank”>Earth< says are the peak viewing hours between midnight local time and dawn on Aug. 12. FIREBALL BLAZES ACROSS TEXAS …
Read More »High trust in doctors, nurses in US: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON – Most Americans have high trust in healthy-living, a new poll finds. Researchers say that trust could become important in the push to increase infectious-disease vaccinations, as long as unvaccinated people have care providers they know and are open to hearing new information about the vaccines. At least 7 …
Read More »Prince Andrew sued in federal court by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre: ‘I was trafficked to him’
prince-andrew” target=”_blank”>Prince Andrew< longtime accusers. On Monday, attorneys for Virginia Giuffre filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court, where the American financier was charged criminally with sex trafficking a month before he killed himself at age 66 in August 2019. At the time, Epstein was in an adjacent federal jail …
Read More »'Real Housewives' star Jen Shah replaces legal team in telemarketing fraud case
“the-real-housewives” target=”_blank”>The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City< has switched up her legal teams in her ongoing telemarketing fraud case. On Monday, Judge Sidney H. Stein of the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York approved the withdrawal of three attorneys who formerly represented Shah in …
Read More »Rising kids’ hospital admissions stirs alarm ahead of school year
Growing numbers of pediatric hospital admissions are stirring alarm as respiratory illnesses coincide and younger children remain ineligible to receive infectious-disease infectious-diseaseamid the start of the school year. Hospital admissions among kids have seen an approximate four-fold increase over the last month, federal data suggests. Children’s hospitals across the country …
Read More »Ben Crump panned for praising the removal of 'master bedroom' from Minnesota real estate listings
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is feeling the wrath of the companies ratio after he cheered the removal of “master bedroom” from us-regions real estatea> listings, claiming that “many” people associate the term with slavery.< Monday afternoon. “Good to see Minnesota phasing out the use of ‘master bedroom’ in real …
Read More »Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Before last year, a one-credit technology course for students pursuing master’s degrees in education” target=”_blank”>education< wasn’t seen as the program’s most relevant. Then infectious-disease hit, schools plunged into remote learning, and suddenly material from that course was being infused into others. “It’s become so relevant, and it’s …
Read More »Dixie Fire becomes largest single wildfire in California history
us-regions disasters has become the largest single wildfire in state history. The devastating blaze is now more than 482,000 acres and just 22% contained, with more than 5,100 personnel working to fight off the flames. FIRE-FRIENDLY WEATHER TO RETURN TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Many consider Dixie the biggest fire in state …
Read More »NC school's dress code requiring skirts receives mixed ruling from appeals court
A judiciary on Monday tossed out a lower-court ruling that banned a us-regions charter education” target=”_blank”>school< In 2019, a federal judge ruled that the dress code was unconstitutional because the charter school should be considered a state actor and that the rule violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th …
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