Woman arrested for allegedly providing illegal abortions in Houston, Texas AG says

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  Texas midwife arrested for allegedly providing abortions amid state’s near-total ban

  Maria Margarita Rojas charged with illegal performance of procedure, considered a second-degree felony in the state. A Texas midwife has been arrested over accusations that she performed abortions ...
  
  The Guardian - 4h
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  Texas midwife arrested and charged with performing illegal abortions

  A midwife in Texas has been arrested and charged with performing illegal abortions and practicing medicine without the appropriate license.
  
  NBC News - 1h
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  Texas Midwife Charged in Abortion Case

  The two arrests in greater Houston appear to be the first time health care providers have been charged with violating abortion bans in their state since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.
  
  The New York Times - 3h
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  Active-duty airman arrested for allegedly killing woman missing for months

  An active-duty airman was arrested for allegedly killing a 21-year-old woman on an air base in South Dakota, according to the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office
  
  ABC News - 8h
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  Woman arrested in US for allegedly holding stepson captive for 20 years

  Police say the man, who set a fire to escape, was held captive by his stepmother from age 11. He weighed 68 pounds when he was freed.
  
  BBC News - 4d
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  Talbot Green shooting: man arrested after woman dies in south Wales town

  Crime scenes set up in Green Park area with 40-year-old man taken into custody, say police. A man has been arrested after a 40-year-old woman who was shot dead in Talbot Green, about 15 miles west ...
  
  The Guardian - Mar. 10
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  Missouri AG orders Planned Parenthood to stop medication abortions they don’t offer

  Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued cease-and-desist orders against Planned Parenthood facilities in the state to bar them from offering medication abortions even though they do not ...
  
  The Hill - 4d

• Man who searched killing an "illegal immigrant" online arrested in murder of fiancé

  Ty Vaughn, 31, allegedly shot and killed his fiancé hours after searching "is it illegal to kill an illegal immigrant."
  
  CBS News - 5d
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  Texas AG says courts can’t force state agencies to update trans people’s IDs

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton declared Friday that state court orders to change the sex markers on Texas birth certificates, driver’s licenses and other state-issued IDs are no longer valid.
  
  NBC News - 3d

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  HHS appears to delete Surgeon General gun violence advisory webpage

  The HHS appears to have taken down a webpage from the Office of the Surgeon General that included an advisory on gun violence being a "public health crisis" in the U.S.
  
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  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he had ordered the attack early Tuesday, saying Israel would “act against Hamas with increasing military strength.”
  
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