NBC NEWS: A draft Supreme Court opinion indicates Roe v. Wade will be overturned, Politico reports in extraordinary leak

A draft Supreme Court opinion indicates Roe v. Wade will be overturned, Politico reports in extraordinary leak
The Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling in the pending case in late June or early July.

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VOX: The Supreme Court hands the Christian right a victory it actually deserved to win

The Supreme Court hands the Christian right a victory it actually deserved to win
Sometimes, the Court doesn’t need to rewrite the law to rule in favor of religious conservatives.

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NPR: A former Philadelphia police officer is charged with murder in a 12-year-old’s death

A former Philadelphia police officer is charged with murder in a 12-year-old’s death
Former officer Edsaul Mendoza is charged with first-degree murder and other charges.

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Should the US Provide Frozen Russian Assets to Ukraine?

Annie has some really great ideas that could impact the war and Russia’s actions far more than the sanctions so far. The relief this could give Ukraine for the high debt it is incurring to save itself is something well worth looking at. I find it a very interesting idea.

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Experts’ views of the Russians’ horrific war against Ukraine have changed over the weeks of battle–and the once-impossible scenario depicting the Ukrainians actually stopping the Russians has gained favor.

Now, with the Russians claiming they plan to push on to overtake Moldova, the threat of a widening war that the US has tried to avoid seems more likely. The urgency of a Ukrainian win has become even more evident.

But to hold on, the Ukrainians need far more support than they’re currently receiving.

In this video interview and the co-authored essay cited above, Laurence Tribe, a prominent legal scholar and Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law School, describes a way that President Biden can lawfully release for Ukrainian use frozen Russian government assets that the US holds–assets that may amount to…

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THE HILL: Five deadly weapons Russia is accused of using in Ukraine

Five deadly weapons Russia is accused of using in Ukraine
Russia has been accused of using everything from so-called vacuum bombs to chemical weapons as it fights to overtake Ukraine.

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: FBI Conducted Potentially Millions of Searches of Americans’ Data Last Year , Report Says

FBI Conducted Potentially Millions of Searches of Americans’ Data Last Year, Report Says
Searches in national-security investigations came without warrants, could stoke privacy concerns in Congress

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NBC NEWS: She told her Christian college she was raped. Then she was banned from campus.

She told her Christian college she was raped. Then she was banned from campus.
A new federal complaint says Visible Music College gave a student a choice: admit to breaking the school’s ban on premarital sex or be expelled.

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HUFFPOST: Pregnancy From Rape Is ‘An Opportunity’ For Women, Says Republican Trying To Ban Abortion

Pregnancy From Rape Is ‘An Opportunity’ For Women, Says Republican Trying To Ban Abortion
Ohio state Rep. Jean Schmidt (R) defended her abortion ban recently, arguing that “just because you have emotional scars doesn’t give you the right to take a life.”

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THE GUARDIAN: Russia deploys trained dolphins at Black Sea naval base, satellite images show

Russia deploys trained dolphins at Black Sea naval base, satellite images show
Two dolphin pens were moved to the Sevastopol harbor base in February, concluded the US Naval Institute’s review

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Minneapolis police ‘engage in a pattern or practice of race discrimination,’ Minnesota human rights department says

Minneapolis police ‘engage in a pattern or practice of race discrimination,’ Minnesota human rights department says
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