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U.S. Supreme Court considers new limits on abortions in Mississippi case

2 years 9 months ago

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is weighing potentially sweeping changes to the right to an abortion, after two hours of arguments Wednesday morning on a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The court’s conservatives, who hold a 6-3 majority, appeared through their questions to be sympathetic to Mississippi’s arguments that its […]

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Laura Olson

Protesters rally at U.S. Supreme Court as justices hear landmark abortion case

2 years 9 months ago

WASHINGTON — Lucia Ruta remembers a time when abortions were illegal. A native of Washington, D.C., she says she received an abortion in a back alley when she was 16, in the 1960s.  “The doctor told me that if I made as so much a whimper, he was going to stop and kick me out,” […]

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Ariana Figueroa

Missouri Health Department Found Mask Mandates Work, But Didn’t Make Findings Public

2 years 9 months ago

This story was originally published by the Missouri Independent.

Mask mandates saved lives and prevented COVID-19 infections in Missouri’s biggest cities during the worst part of the delta variant wave, an analysis by the state Department of Health and Senior Services shows.

But the analysis, conducted at the request of Gov. Mike Parson’s office in early November, was never made public and was only obtained by The Missouri Independent and the Documenting COVID-19 project after a Sunshine Law request to the department.…
Rudi Keller

Your Guide to Print Bazaar + Holiday Fun on Cherokee This Weekend

2 years 9 months ago

The 14th annual Print Bazaar on Cherokee kicks off this Saturday December 4th! Head to the street between 11 AM and 6PM to shop from more than 100 local & regional artists — offering prints, paintings and photographs, screen printed clothing, greeting cards and one-of-a-kind-art.

The post Your Guide to Print Bazaar + Holiday Fun on Cherokee This Weekend appeared first on Cherokee Street.

Emily Thenhaus

Missouri health department found mask mandates work, but didn’t make findings public

2 years 9 months ago

Mask mandates saved lives and prevented COVID-19 infections in Missouri’s biggest cities during the worst part of the delta variant wave, an analysis by the state Department of Health and Senior Services shows. But the analysis, conducted at the request of Gov. Mike Parson’s office in early November, was never made public and was only […]

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Rudi Keller