U.S. abortion rights activists vow to challenge landmark Alabama ban
U.S. abortion-rights activists vowed on Wednesday to challenge an Alabama bill that would ban abortions, even in cases of rape and incest, the latest attempt by conservatives to reverse a 1973 Supreme Court ruling establishing a woman’s right to it.
ACLU, Planned Parenthood file lawsuit challenging Ohio anti-abortion law
The American Civil Liberties Union, its Ohio branch and Planned Parenthood on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging an Ohio law that they say could ban abortion as early as six weeks into a woman’s pregnancy.
Biden expands lead over rivals for 2020 U.S. presidential nomination despite lack of support from millennials: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has expanded his lead over a wide field of candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination by 5 percentage points since he entered the race in late April, according to a monthly Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Houston Ship Channel traffic could reopen Wednesday as barges’ removal begins
Salvage crews began removing two gasoline barges damaged in a weekend collision with a deep-draft vessel, setting the stage for two-way traffic to reopen in the Houston Ship Channel on Wednesday, officials said.
Georgetown student sues school over U.S. college admissions bribery scandal
A Georgetown University undergraduate whose father pleaded guilty to a bribery-related charge in the U.S. college admissions scandal sued the school on Wednesday to block it from expelling him or revoking his academic credits.
Republican Alabama governor mulling nation’s strictest abortion law
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday was mulling whether to sign the United States’ strictest abortion law, part of a multistate effort to get the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider women’s constitutional right to abortion.
Georgetown student enmeshed in U.S. college admissions scandal sues school
A Georgetown University undergraduate whose father pleaded guilty to involvement in the U.S. college admissions scandal sued the school on Wednesday to block it from imposing punishment, including by taking away his academic credits.
U.S. plans to send transportation staff to U.S.-Mexico border
The Trump administration plans to redirect Transportation Security Administration staff to the U.S. southern border to assist with immigration duties and migrant flows, the TSA said on Wednesday.
U.S. plans to send transportation security staff to U.S.-Mexico border: CNN
The Trump administration plans to redirect hundreds of Transportation Security Administration staff, including air marshals, to the U.S. southern border to assist with immigration duties and migrant flows, CNN reported on Wednesday.
For some trauma doctors, clash with NRA proves therapeutic
A recent clash with the National Rifle Association (NRA) has shown some doctors who treat gunshot victims a way to heal their own trauma: through activism against gun violence.
