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PHOENIX (CN) — Arizona legislators can use the phrase “unborn human being” in place of “fetus” in a publicity pamphlet describing an abortion access ballot initiative, the state Supreme Court decided Wednesday. Five of the seven justices on Arizona’s Supreme Court disagreed with a lower...

Arizona Supreme Court: ‘Unborn human being’ is a neutral term for ‘fetus’

The Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — An informational pamphlet for Arizona voters, who will decide in the fall whether to guarantee a constitutional right to an abortion, can refer to an embryo or fetus as an “unborn human being,” the state’s highest court ruled Wednesday. The Arizona Supreme Court...

Ruling: Fetus can be referred to as ‘unborn human being’ in Arizona abortion measure voter pamphlet

The Hill

There were more abortions in the U.S. during the first three months of this year than the same period in 2023, according to a new report, continuing a trend of increasing abortions ever since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed dozens of states to enact bans and restrictions.  The national monthly number…

Abortions have increased since Roe was overturned, mostly from telehealth

Axios

The informational pamphlet that will be sent to Arizona voters this fall will call fetuses "unborn human beings" in the description of a citizen initiative that would restore Roe-era abortion protections. Why it matters: Abortion advocates say the language is biased and meant to confuse and scare voters. State of...

Arizona will call fetuses "unborn human beings" in abortion initiative description

The Guardian

VP nominee pushed baseless warning in 2022 that George Soros would pack planes of Black women to get abortions

JD Vance called for ‘federal response’ to block women from traveling for abortions

Snopes

Right-wing social media accounts shared images of women in revealing clothes, claiming they showed the vice president.

Fact Check: Photos Do Not Show Young Kamala Harris Working as an 'Escort'

Mediaite

CNN anchor Kasie Hunt was stunned by an exchange in which former President Donald Trump claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris resembled his wife former First Lady Melania Trump in her TIME Magazine cover illustration. Trump participated in a glitch-plagued X/Twitter event with Elon Musk Monday night during whieh he...

‘What?! Like WHAT?!’ CNN Anchor Stunned By Trump Saying Kamala Harris Looks Like Melania

Columbia University president Minouche Shafik resigned on Wednesday following months of criticism from students, donors and members of Congress over how she handled pro-Palestinian protests on campus, she announced in a letter addressed "to the Columbia community." Why it matters: Shafik is the third Ivy League president to step down...

Columbia University president resigns over response to Gaza protests

Tampa, FL

Brandon, FL

Law & Crime

A Florida man is behind bars for allegedly breaking into his mother’s home through the dog door to steal from her and stabbing her to death while two kids — including his own daughter — were in the house. John “Jake” Aylor, 37, is facing charges of...

Son breaks into mother’s house through dog door, stabs her to death because he was upset there was nothing to steal: Cops

House Speaker Mike Johnson has rejected the notion that the Republican platform on abortion means that the party is happy for Democratic states to give wide access to abortion. “I don't think that's what it means at all,” he said when asked about abortion access in blue states by Politico...

Speaker Mike Johnson admits he won’t be happy to allow Democratic states to keep abortion rights

Business Insider

The 8th Circuit ruled that Biden cannot carry out cheaper student-loan payments and debt relief through the SAVE plan, replacing its prior pause.

8 million student-loan borrowers on Biden's new repayment plan just got more bad news after a federal court officially blocked cheaper payments and debt cancellation

Colorado State

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A former Jacksonville police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Josue Garriga III, 34, faces a mandatory penalty of 10 years to life in federal prison and must register as a sex offender. A sentencing date has not been set.

Former cop pleads guilty to enticing 17-year-old girl

Nancy Pelosi said she was "shocked" after watching President Joe Biden's May debate with Donald Trump and recommended the president not do the event at all.
The post ‘I Was Shocked’: Nancy Pelosi Reveals She Had ‘Never Seen’ Biden Like He Looked Entering the Debate Stage first appeared on Mediaite.

‘I Was Shocked’: Nancy Pelosi Reveals She Had ‘Never Seen’ Biden Like He Looked Entering the Debate Stage

Chicago, IL

CHICAGO (AP) — The dead woman who was found entangled in a baggage conveyor belt at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport died by suicide, authorities said Friday. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office concluded following an autopsy that the 57-year-old woman died by asphyxiation from hanging. Firefighters...

Medical examiner determines dead woman found entangled in O’Hare baggage machinery died by suicide

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	Katie Couric, the former anchor of CBS Evening News, weighed in on the network’s recent overhaul of the nightly broadcast, calling it “more than a little disappointing” that Norah O’Donnell’s successors will be two male anchors.Joe Biden Tells 'CBS Sunday Morning' That He Thought Staying In 2024 Race Would Be "A Real Distraction" To Effort To Defeat Donald Trump




	The network recently announced that John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois would be anchoring CBS Evening News after O’Donnell’s steps down following the November election. 




	Couric wrote in an op ed in The New York Times, “Don’t get me wrong: I know, like...

Katie Couric Says That It Is “More Than A Little Disappointing” That CBS News Chose Two Males To Succeed Norah O’Donnell As Anchor

Former President Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and discussed the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, according to two U.S. sources who were briefed on the call. Why it matters: A crucial round of negotiations with senior U.S., Qatari, Egyptian and Israeli...

Scoop: Trump speaks to Netanyahu about the Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal, sources say

Minnesota State

Fox News

Kamala Harris VP pick and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is facing renewed scrutiny for a $250 million COVID-19 fraud scandal in Minnesota that critics say falls on his shoulders.

Tim Walz’s $250M state program to feed hungry kids fraudulently spent on luxury goods, overseas real estate

South Carolina State

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Denver, CO

No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

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Florida, Arizona women oppose states setting abortion policy

About 7 in 10 women in Florida and Arizona say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, according to a new KFF Women's Health...

Florida, Arizona women oppose states setting abortion policy

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