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Supreme Court extends access to abortion pill to Friday

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:16:45 GMT

By MARK SHERMAN (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Friday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug mifepristone to take effect.The court is dealing with a new abortion controversy less than a year after its conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright.At stake now is whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone ordered by a lower court to take effect while a legal challenge to the medication’s Food and Drug Administration approval continues.The justices had at first given themselves a Wednesday evening deadline in a fast-moving case from Texas in which abortion opponents are seeking to roll back FDA approval of mifepristone, which is used in the most common method of abortion in the United States. But on Wednesday afternoon, Justice Samuel Alito issued a one-sent...

Boston police officer shoots, kills dog after a cop was attacked and bitten: Police

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:16:45 GMT

A Boston police officer shot and killed a dog after a fellow cop was attacked and bitten while arresting a suspect on Wednesday afternoon in Mattapan, according to police.Police officers at the time were at 28 Michigan Ave., arresting a suspect who had multiple arrest warrants.“After placing the suspect in custody, one of our officers was attacked by two dogs inside the house and bitten,” Boston Police said in a statement. “A second officer discharged their weapon striking both dogs.”One of the dogs died, and the other dog was injured.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | Police find six loaded weapons at Dorchester gunshot scene Crime & Public Safety | 10 years after the Boston Marathon bombing, how has public safety changed: ‘People are very vigilant’ Crime & Public Safety | Boy shot in leg while walking in his living room in Mattapan Crime & Public Safety | Boston Mara...

Mormon temple off I-5 set to close for renovations

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:16:45 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Everyone knows the eye-catching, castle-like structure off the Interstate 5.The temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormon church, located right off the freeway in La Jolla is an iconic sight in San Diego that's hard to miss.While most people can't go inside unless they're a member of the faith, pretty soon the building will be closed for all, as the church undergoes "extensive renovations."The temple's temporary closure will begin sometime in July 2023, according to a press release from the church, and likely go through the end of the year -- although the exact date of completion has not been announced.The church encourages members of the Latter-Day Saints to attend other temples in the area during the closure. The closest one to San Diego is in Newport Beach. More information about other Mormon churches can be found here. What is that castle-like building off I-5? The roughly 72,000-square foot temple was consecrated in 1993...

Comedian Nate Bargatze to perform in San Diego

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:16:45 GMT

SAN DIEGO — Stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze has added 28 shows for his The Be Funny Tour, including a stop in San Diego.Bargatze, who is known for his clean and relatable brand of comedy, will perform at the San Diego Civic Theatre on Sept. 8, a news release said. Jo Koy to stop in San Diego on world tour The new 2023 show dates come on the heels of the comedian's sold-out headline show Saturday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.Tickets for the 28 new dates, including the San Diego show, go on sale April 21 at 10 a.m. Presale tickets will be available at 10 a.m. on April 20 with the code 'GREATEST', the news release said. Laugh it up with comedian Ali Wong in San Diego You can purchase tickets and get information on additional tour dates and locations here.Bargatze, who was nominated for Best Comedy Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards, has released two stand-up specials on Netflix and performed on the first episode of The Standups.

3 charged with murder in Sweet 16 party shooting in Alabama

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:16:45 GMT

DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Two teenagers and a 20-year-old man have been arrested and charged with reckless murder in connection with a shooting that killed four young people at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party in rural Alabama, investigators announced Wednesday.Tallapoosa County District Attorney Mike Segrest said two teens — Tyreese “Ty Reik” McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16, both of Tuskegee — would be tried as adults. That’s automatically required in Alabama for anyone 16 or older charged with murder. Investigators said Wednesday that Wilson LaMar Hill Jr., 20, of Auburn also was arrested on the same charge. Sgt. Jeremy J. Burkett of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency announced the latest arrest but declined earlier to discuss specifics of how the shooting unfolded or a possible motive.“We can’t get into a motive right now, because that would be part of an ongoing investigation,” Burkett said at a news conference earlier Wednesday. “We can’t share that.”State law define...

Bolshoi pulls Nureyev ballet citing ban on LGBT ‘propaganda’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:16:45 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Bolshoi Theater has removed a ballet dedicated to dancer Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire, citing a new Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBT rights, its director said Wednesday.Bolshoi director Vladimir Urin said the ballet “Nureyev” had been dropped “in connection with the newly signed law, which unambiguously deals with issues related to propaganda of non-traditional values,” the Interfax news agency reported.The law signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in December bans advertising, media and online resources, books, films and theater productions deemed to contain “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations,” expanding a 2013 ban on such ”propaganda” aimed at minors. The ban on any “demonstration of non-traditional relations” contained in the new law apparently prompted the Bolshoi to pull the ballet because it touches on Nureyev’s homosexuality.Rights groups have harshly criticized the law ...

Florida expands ‘Don’t Say Gay,’ House passes 3 LGBTQ bills

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:16:45 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis added more wins to his agenda targeting the LGBTQ+ community as a state board approved an expansion of what critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” law Wednesday, and the House passed bills on gender-transition treatments, bathroom use and keeping children out of drag shows.The Board of Education approved a ban on classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades, expanding the law that bans those lesson up to grade 3 at the request of DeSantis as he gears up for an expected presidential run.The rule change would ban lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity from grades 4-12, unless required by existing state standards or as part of reproductive health instruction that students can choose not to take. That’s the time when students are becoming aware of their sexuality.The proposal will take effect after a procedural notice period that lasts about a month, according to an education departmen...

Cost of carbon emissions nearly five times higher than previously thought: analysis

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:16:45 GMT

OTTAWA — The economic cost of greenhouse gas emissions is nearly five times higher than previously thought, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Wednesday.The minister told attendees at a climate change conference in Ottawa that the government used updated scientific knowledge and economic models to revise the way it evaluates how much climate change is costing Canadians.The new numbers have been in development for months but come after a recent report from the parliamentary budget officer on the economic costs of the carbon price. That report did not specifically equate the cost of the price on carbon to the costs of climate change itself.“The updates to the social cost of carbon simply show that every tonne of greenhouse gas is costing the economy more,” Guilbeault said at the Net Zero Leadership Summit.The social cost of carbon estimates the financial impact that every tonne of emissions has on everything from food production and human health to disaster repair...

Industry minister asks telecoms for update on service agreement in Toronto subway

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:16:45 GMT

Canada’s industry minister is calling on the country’s major telecom companies to come to an agreement over wireless service in Toronto’s subway system.In a letter on Twitter, François-Philippe Champagne said he has taken note of Rogers Communications Inc.’s recent announcement that it’s acquiring the company which owns the wireless network in the Toronto Transit Commission subway system.The letter addressed to executives of Bell Canada, Telus Communications Inc., Quebecor Inc. and Rogers said arrangements are still not in place to ensure service is available to customers who are with a service other than Rogers.Champagne said he wants the telecom companies to rectify the situation with urgency to reach agreements.He requested that the companies respond to his letter within 30 days detailing their respective statuses on the issue, as well as outlining a joint plan to offer mobile service to all customers. BAI Communications Inc. won the contract to buil...

House committee hears testimony on DC health data breach

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:16:45 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top administrator with Washington’s health insurance exchange apologized to House members on Wednesday for the data breach that resulted in the disclosure of personal information for thousands of users, including members of Congress.The leak was the result of human error, Mila Kofman, executive director of the District of Columbia Health Benefit Exchange Authority, told a joint session of two House Oversight subcommittees.She said a server was incorrectly configured in mid-2018 when they installed the internal communications program Slack. That faulty configuration allowed an unauthorized individual to access the server and steal two reports containing personal information of “56,415 current and past customers including members of Congress, their families, and staff.”Some of that information was later offered up for sale in an online forum. The issue first came to public attention when members of the House of Representatives and the Senate were informed tha...