On Thursday, on the heels of an extremely restrictive abortion ban passed in Alabama and signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey, the Missouri Senate passed a bill that would ban an abortion at eight weeks of pregnancy or later. Much like the Alabama bill, the Missouri bill makes no …
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A former member of NXIVM testified on Monday that members of the alleged cult tried to buy power and influence by currying favor with politicians and making illegal campaign contributions to the Clintons. Mark Vicente, a documentary filmmaker and former high-ranking member of the group, testified at the trial of …
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Caster Semenya, the South African runner who plans to compete in the Tokyo Olympics next year, must take medication to reduce her testosterone levels in order to compete, a court has ruled. On Wednesday, the Lausanne, Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport, which is the highest court in international sports, …
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District attorneys in all five New York City boroughs are reportedly building out secret databases of cops with “credibility” issues, which if released could potentially have weighty implications for past convictions in the New York City area. According to a Gothamist/WNYC report, district attorney’s offices in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, …
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About halfway through Heidi Schreck’s 100-minute performance — a near-monologue framed around a constitutional speech competition she did when she was 15 — she wants to let you know that she knows that you’re not having a typical Broadway experience. “I wish we could have one of those spectacular set …
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A Department of Justice report released today contains harrowing details about human rights violations in Alabama state prisons, including multiple stabbings, knifepoint gang rapes, and a prisoner setting fire to someone else’s blanket while they were sleeping. In a letter to Alabama governor Kay Ivey, the DOJ writes that “there …
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Last Friday morning, Samantha Josephson, a 21-year-old college student at the University of South Carolina, ordered an Uber at 2:00 a.m. after spending the night out with her friends. She was last seen on surveillance footage getting into a black Chevy Impala in downtown Columbia, thinking it was her Uber. …
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