Montana State

New Mexico State

CBS News

Washington — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Sunday that two years after the Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion guaranteed under Roe v. Wade, "there are more abortions happening because more women are at risk.""You create a draconian situation, you're going to increase risk at every single place," Lujan Grisham said Sunday on "Face the Nation." She said that in the new patchwork of access in states, many women struggle to find a provider, leading to less access to contraception and less overall information about public health. Transcript: New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on "Face the...

N.M. governor says abortion increased after Dobbs because "more women are at risk"

The Mirror US

The majority of Emily Westerfield's births have been surrogate babies for four different couples and the Ohio mom, 37, said she would carry another child in a 'heartbeat'

'I've had 10 babies in 13 years - I'm pregnant with number 11 and would have more in a heartbeat'

Texas State

Houston, TX

TheDailyBeast

All Jenna Copeland and her husband wanted was a baby. After 10 grueling years of miscarriages and failed IVF treatments, they thought they had found the solution: a surrogate in Alabama to carry their final stored embryo to term, in exchange for a substantial fee. The surrogate became pregnant in February, and the Copelands were preparing for their gender reveal party earlier this month when they received a devastating message: The escrow company they had contracted to pay their gestational surrogate—the woman carrying their now 20-week-old baby—was suddenly suspending operations. More than half of the $60,000 they saved to pay...

Texas Surrogate ‘Scammer’ Goes Missing: Parents, Babies in Limbo

Missouri State

New York Post

MSNBC host Joy Reid declared the state of Missouri a “slave state” for women on Wednesday.

Records expunged for St. Louis couple who waved guns at protesters — they want their guns back

Reid made the claim during a segment about the debate around contraception bills that has raged in the U.S. Senate as well as several states.

“Let me tell you how crazy it’s gotten in Missouri,” MSNBC analyst and former Missouri Democratic senator Claire McCaskill told Reid. “Abortions — all abortions are illegal. There’s no exception for rape or incest. Conception happens — life begins at conception, it’s a personhood state....

MSNBC host Joy Reid declares Missouri a ‘slave state’ where women are ‘the property’ of their husbands

Denver, CO

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David Heitz

The mother of a Denver homeless man told the City Council Monday that city-sponsored services have failed her son. Barbara Hallick Yeomans made her remarks during public comment period of the City Council meeting. She said her son grapples with substance abuse and mental illness and repeatedly has been harassed by police. She said her son also suffered verbal abuse by a guard in the Denver County Jail. Yeomans said she heard the guard harassing her son over the phone.

Mother says Denver homeless services have failed her son

CNN medical correspondent Meg Tirrell spoke with Marlena Stell, a mother in Houston who suffered a miscarriage. Due to the abortion laws in Texas she struggled to find affordable options for routine care.

‘Horrifically painful’: Texas woman says her miscarriage shouldn’t have happened at home

Georgia State

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Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

New York City, NY

The e-Texan

New York – As Trump anticipates his sentencing on July 11th in the New York hush money case, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon made a ruling this Monday. Despite rejecting Trump’s legal team's request to dismiss several charges in the classified documents case, she conceded on a minor point. She removed a portion of the charges that referenced an uncharged allegation, but upheld the other charges.

Legal expert says Trump should not be jailed after New York guilty verdict because he is ‘too old’

Florida State

A Florida mother had to carry her pregnancy to term at great risk to her physical and emotional health, even though doctors told her the baby would live only a few hours. In 2022, when she was around 24 weeks into her pregnancy, Deborah Dorbert, a Florida wife and mom, learned during a routine ultrasound that the baby that she and her husband were so eagerly awaiting had a rare medical disorder.

Florida’s abortion restrictions had devastating consequences for this mother

Arizona State

Tucson, AZ

WashingtonExaminer

Former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords, a Democrat, was undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment when she was shot in 2011.  In a new story published in People Magazine, Giffords and her husband, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), detailed their experience going through IVF treatment, which was abruptly cut short after Giffords was a victim of gun violence. […]

Gabby Giffords reveals she was undergoing IVF treatment when she was shot

Reading, PA

Mahanoy City, PA

The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel

MAHANOY CITY – Two members of a motorcycle club were convicted on federal charges, accused...
The post Convicted motorcycle club members orchestrated ‘brutal’ home-invasion in Mahanoy, feds say first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

Convicted motorcycle club members orchestrated ‘brutal’ home-invasion in Mahanoy, feds say

New Jersey State

NEW JERSEY - Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that Walmart has agreed to pay $1.64 million to settle allegations of unlawful unit pricing practices across its 64 New Jersey retail stores. The settlement, which includes a $1.61 million civil penalty, marks the largest ever obtained by the Division’s Office of Weights and Measures (OWM).

Walmart Pays $1.64M Settlement for Unlawful Pricing in NJ

Aurora, CO

The Aurora City Council will consider Monday allowing residents of the city to own up to four dogs, an increase from the current city limit of three dogs per household. “The love for dogs is an age-old sentiment that transcends cultures and societies,” reads the ordinance, sponsored by council member Francoise Bergan. “Dogs have not only become companions to the young and old, but also are considered members of a family unit.”

Aurora may allow four dogs per household, pit bull outcome still uncertain

Gloucester County, NJ

Franklinville, NJ

FRANKLINVILLE, N.J. -A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man admitted today that he defrauded the government of more than $200,000 in Social Security and Medicaid benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Man Guilty of $200K Social Security & Medicaid Fraud

WyoFile

Within hours of the sighting on Wednesday, Frank van Manen caught word that there was a grizzly sow with five cubs in tow spotted in Yellowstone National Park. Five cubs following mom is so unlikely that van Manen, who leads the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, pondered an explanation.

Five grizzly bear cubs make the largest litter in Yellowstone-area history

Clark County, WA

Timothy A Gruver

Dentist Ellis B. Jardine of Clark County has been suspended for allegedly practicing outside the scope of his licenses and subpar care, the Washington State Department of Health reported on Friday.

Dentist Suspended for Subpar Care & Unlicensed Practices

Essex County, NJ

Omar Khater, 33, orchestrated a scheme to steal identities and file false tax returns. Fairfield, NJ – Omar Khater, a tax preparer from Essex County, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the IRS of over $4.4 million. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced the sentencing today.

Essex County Tax Preparer Sentenced: $4.4M IRS Fraud

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Former teacher Jeffrey Clayton, convicted of lewd behavior with a student at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, walked briskly up to the Duval County Courthouse on Friday carrying a small backpack.

Former Douglas Anderson teacher sentenced to 10 years

Glamour

Romina (not her real name) was 14 when she found out she was pregnant. It was the fall of last year. She had a boyfriend. Serious enough that she and her mother had talked about her starting on birth control. But at the doctor’s appointment she attended to begin taking contraception, a test revealed she was pregnant.

Romina, 14: The Story of My Abortion

NewsBreak

Abortion ballot measure garners 117k signatures, exceeding goal

Supporters of a constitutional initiative to protect abortion access in Montana say they’ve collected more than enough signatures to put the measure on the ballot in...

Abortion ballot measure garners 117k signatures, exceeding goal

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