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19-year-old nude dancer sues Florida over law restricting age at adult entertainment businesses
A 19-year-old nude dancer alleges a new Florida law raising the age limit on who is employed by adult entertainment businesses infringes on her constitutional rights.Florida -
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Kansas’ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws
The Kansas Supreme Court has reaffirmed its stance that the state constitution protects abortion accessAbortion -
ABC News - Health
Kansas Supreme Court strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws, bolstering the state's right to abortion access
Kansas Supreme Court strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws, bolstering the state's right to abortion accessAbortion -
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Kansas’ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws
The Kansas Supreme Court has reaffirmed its stance that the state constitution protects abortion accessAbortion -
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Kansas Supreme Court affirms abortion access
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Kansas Supreme Court affirms abortion access The Kansas Supreme Court struck down two laws Friday that limited access to abortion services, finding that these ...Abortion -
The Hill - Politics
Fed confident in 'restrictive' rate level while sounding notes of caution
Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s June meeting revealed confidence among central bankers that elevated interest rates were having the desired effect of cooling the economy toward a soft landing and 2-percent annual inflation. “The vast majority ...Federal Reserve -
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Is the U.S. president now above the law?
All you need to know about the Supreme Court’s ruling. -
The Hill - Politics
California budgets $12M for reparations laws: What to know
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed off on the planned spending as part of the state's new $297.9 billion budget last weekend.California -
The New York Times - World
Sierra Leone Bans Child Marriage With New Law
A new law in the West African country of Sierra Leone allows child brides to annul their marriages and be financially compensated. -
The Hill - Politics
People set to leave prison gaining access to Medicaid in five states
People transitioning out of prison in five states will be gaining access to Medicaid, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Tuesday. Adults and youth often find delays in getting access to Medicaid, so the department ... -
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Satisfactory leaves early access after five years on September 10
Satisfactory, Coffee Stain's factory sim game, is officially launching in 1.0 after five years in early access on September 10. -
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Organizers Say Abortion Access Is Headed to the Ballot in 3 More States
Arkansas is the third state this week where organizers said they had collected enough support for a petition to enshrine some abortion access in the State Constitution.Abortion -
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Hurricane Beryl takes aim at Texas
Hurricane Beryl is moving toward south Texas after tearing through parts of the Caribbean and Mexico. More than 140 million people are under heat alerts, with dozens of cities expected to break heat records. And another dangerous wildfire has ... -
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Coastal Texas braces for Beryl’s impact
Residents along the Texas Gulf Coast are bracing for Tropical Storm Beryl’s impact after its deadly path of destruction battered the Caribbean. NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson has the mass preparations underway and why Beryl’s landfall could lead to ...Texas -
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The supreme court’s presidential immunity ruling mocks the rule of law | Corey Brettschneider
Citizens must make this presidential election about rescuing our democracy from authoritarianism. The US supreme court found this week that former presidents have presumptive immunity from prosecution for “official acts”. This ruling doesn’t just ... -
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Lawsuit alleges that law school's hiring practices are biased against white men
A lawsuit filed against Northwestern University’s law school claims that its hiring practices prefer less-qualified women and applicants of color to white men. -
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Kansas Supreme Court rejects 2 anti-abortion laws
Kansas declared in 2019 that abortion access is a "fundamental" right under the state's constitution.Abortion -
The Hill - Politics
Kansas Supreme Court strikes down anti-abortion laws
The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday issued opinions overturning two laws limiting access to abortion, with the court finding again that the state constitution protects the right to personal autonomy, which includes a woman's decisions about her own ...Abortion -
The New York Times - World
Facing New ‘Greenwashing’ Law, an Oil Industry Website Goes Dark
Oil sands companies pushing a carbon capture project shut down their website after a law banning misleading environmental claims was passed. -
The Hill - Politics
Law schools left reeling after latest Supreme Court earthquakes
The Supreme Court isn't making it easy to be a law professor these days. After overturning the 40-year-old Chevron deference last week, the justices threw law curricula for another major loop on Monday with their earth-shaking ruling on ... -
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Driverless trucks could be on Texas roads later this year
Story at a glance (NewsNation) — Self-driving trucks sound like something out of a science fiction movie set far in the future but they could be on Texas highways before the end of this year. Uber Freight recently expanded its partnership with ... -
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When Texas could feel Beryl's impact
Tropical Storm Beryl is moving across Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula after coming ashore as a powerful Category 2 hurricane Friday morning. Strong winds and life-threatening storm surge have damaged buildings and toppled trees. Janet Shamlian reports ...Texas -
The Wall Street Journal - World
American students have been slow to return to China since Beijing ended its strict Covid restrictions in late 2022, deterred in part by a State Department travel warning.
American students have been slow to return to China since Beijing ended its strict Covid restrictions in late 2022, deterred in part by a State Department travel warning.China -
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'It screams SEC': Texas looks the part as Longhorns plant their flag
It's a new era in college sports. The rich are getting richer and more powerful than ever. Nowhere was that more clear than at a lavish celebration of Texas' SEC move. -
Yahoo Sports - Sports
Texas officially welcomed into the SEC and Utah names its coach in waiting
On today's episode, Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger and SI's Pat Forde recap the celebration at the University of Texas for their first official day in the SEC, Utah naming Morgan Scalley as their next coach, and a bizarre story surrounding Kyle ... -
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Iconic Texas painting saved from Goodwill sells for over $100,000
The same family owned the painting for a century, not realizing the artist was a Texas titan. -
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Hurricane Beryl strengthens to Category 3 as it heads toward Yucatan Peninsula
Hurricane Beryl has strengthened to a Category 3. -
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At least 2 swimmers bitten by shark off Texas' South Padre Island
Another two people encountered the same shark, but were not seriously hurt, officials said. -
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Four injured in Fourth of July shark attacks in Texas, Florida
A shark bit three people off a southern Texas beach in what the city's fire chief called an unprecedented incident on the Fourth of July, the same day another person was bitten by a shark in Florida, officials said.Florida -
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WATCH: 4 shark bite incidents in South Padre Island, Texas
Officials believe that the same shark was responsible for all the incidents, one of which sent the victim to the hospital. -
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Multiple people reported injured in shark attacks on Texas beach
Officials say four people reported shark bites off South Padre Island, Texas, on the Fourth of July. Three of them were taken to a hospital and the other was treated at the scene. The attacks are now among at least 15 in the waters off U.S. ... -
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North Texas now within the probable path of Hurricane Beryl
The powerful hurricane made landfall again Friday morning over Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. -
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Hurricane Beryl moves toward Texas after slamming Mexico
Hurricane Beryl is passing Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 2 storm and will likely weaken before touching down on the Texas Gulf Coast. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian reports from South Padre Island.Mexico -
The Hill - Politics
Texas directly in path of year's first major hurricane: 5 things to know
The outer bands of Hurricane Beryl — the earliest major hurricane on record — are on track to hit Texas Sunday morning. “This is a determined storm that is still strong,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) said Friday afternoon. “Now would be the ... -
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Texas Braces for Hurricane Beryl as Tropical Storm Enters Gulf
Some areas in Texas issued evacuation orders as Beryl, which had weakened to a tropical storm, was expected to intensify into a hurricane by Sunday. -
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Beryl expected to regain hurricane strength ahead of Texas landfall
Beryl, the earliest Category 5 hurricane recorded thanks to record-warm ocean waters, is expected to regain hurricane strength as it takes aim at Texas. The storm pummeled Mexico on Friday and left at least 11 dead across the Caribbean. It could ... -
The Guardian - World
Tropical Storm Beryl smashes through Caribbean and heads for Texas coast
Earliest category 5 hurricane on record is 495 miles south-east of Corpus Christi, with winds near 60mph. Tropical Storm Beryl, which has already smashed its way across the Caribbean as a hurricane before slamming into the Yucatán peninsula, is ... -
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West contends with blistering temperatures as Texas prepares for Beryl's arrival
Scorching temperatures, high winds and dry brush were fueling more than 100 wildfires that erupted in California in the past 24 hours. In South Texas, communities were scrambling to prepare for the arrival of Tropical Storm Beryl, which could gain ... -
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Texas Braces for Beryl, With Over a Million Under a Hurricane Warning
Beryl, which weakened to a tropical storm, is expected to intensify again and could make landfall on the Texas coast as a Category 1 hurricane as soon as Monday morning, forecasters say. -
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June's tumbling heat records portend another summer of extremes
Parts of Arizona, Nevada and Texas just endured their hottest June on record, where sweltering conditions shattered several long-standing marks.