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Voters, activists and embattled local officials road-test Georgia’s election restrictions in Tuesday’s elections

By Fredreka Schouten, When Patricia Dossie left her senior housing apartment west of downtown Atlanta to vote on Tuesday, she was certain of her destination: a recreation center about 6 miles away. “I’ve been voting there for years,” the 73-year-old said. But she and two of her neighbors found they were no longer on the voting list at that precinct. And because Georgia’s new election law bars most voters from casting ballots outside their home polling places, the elderly trio made yet another trek — this time, to the right polling place, at a small neighborhood library, to vote in

Supreme Court seems poised to expand Second Amendment rights and strike down NY handgun law

By Ariane de Vogue, The Supreme Court seemed ready to expand Second Amendment rights after hearing arguments for over two hours and expressing skepticism about a New York law that restricts individuals from carrying concealed handguns outside the home for self-defense. Chief Justice John Roberts at one point pressed New York’s solicitor general about the breadth of the law that requires an individual to show “proper cause” before obtaining such a license in locations typically open to the general public, even in rural areas. “How many muggings take place in a forest?” Roberts asked. And President Donald Trump’s three appointees, Justice Neil

Minneapolis rejects policing overhaul

By Gregory Krieg, Omar Jimenez and Peter Nickeas, Voters in the city rejected a ballot measure to overhaul policing drafted amid the national fury over George Floyd’s murder by a police officer but that went to voters as rising concerns about gun violence drained energy from the protest movement that had launched it. CNN on Tuesday projected that Minneapolis Question 2 had failed, effectively ending a push to give the city council oversight of a new Department of Public Safety and done away with a requirement to employ a minimum number of police officers tied to the city’s population. The status quo-affirming

Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized after fall at Howard University

By Christina Carrega, Joe Sutton and Susannah Cullinane, Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson was hospitalized after falling and hitting his head while attending a meeting at Howard University in Washington, DC, Monday, according to his Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Jackson was on campus for a meeting with Howard University Pres. Wayne A.I. Frederick and students to address the students’ concerns about living conditions in their residential halls when he was injured, a statement from the coalition said. “When Rev. Jackson entered a building on campus, he fell and hit his head. His staff took him to the Howard University Hospital

FDNY firefighters suspended after protesting vaccine mandate at New York state senator’s office, officials say

By Laura Studley, Artemis Moshtaghian and Susannah Cullinane, Six New York firefighters were suspended for four weeks without pay Friday following an incident between on-duty firefighters and an elected official’s staff, according to a statement from a New York City Fire Department (NYFD) spokesperson. The firefighters drove a fire engine to New York state Senator Zellnor Myrie’s office in Brooklyn in protest of the city’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, a spokesperson for the senator’s office told CNN Sunday. Members of the fire department, the New York Police Department and other city workers were required to show proof they’ve received at least one

NAACP urges athletes to avoid signing with Texas teams due to ‘attacks on voting rights and reproductive care’

By Ben Church, The NAACP sent an open letter to five players’ unions on Thursday, urging their athletes not to sign with teams in Texas. “Over the past few months, legislators in Texas have passed archaic policies, disguised as laws, that directly violate privacy rights and a woman’s freedom to choose, restrict access to free and fair elections for Black and Brown voters, and increase the risk of contracting coronavirus,” the two-page letter signed by NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson and NAACP Texas President Gary Bledsoe reads. The letter was addressed to the NFL Players Association, the Women’s National Basketball Players

CDC advisers to vote on giving Covid-19 vaccine to kids ages 5 to 11

By Jen Christensen, Millions of child-size doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine are being shipped from the company’s facilities to distribution centers across the country — ready to go out to pharmacies and pediatricians’ offices, the Biden administration said Monday. They’re just waiting for the OK from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, whose independent advisers will vote Tuesday on whether to recommend Covid-19 vaccines for 5- to 11-year-olds. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the independent group of experts who advise the CDC, meet to take this second-to-last regulatory step before the final decision goes to CDC Director Dr.

A White hospital executive says he was fired and replaced by 2 women as part of a diversity push. He sued and was just awarded $10 million

By Rebekah Riess, A White man has been awarded a $10 million payout in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed against his former employer, which he said fired him and replaced him with a White woman and a Black woman as part of a push for diversity, according to court documents. Plaintiff David Duvall was hired as senior vice president of marketing and communications by Novant Health Inc., a North Carolina-based not-for-profit health system with 15 medical centers and more than 1,800 physicians, on August 5, 2013, according to the complaint. He was fired “without prior warning” on July 30, 2018, and

Los Angeles County offers $1.25 million each to 2 families whose loved ones died in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash

By Stella Chan, Two families whose loved ones were killed when a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and others crashed on a California hillside have reached a tentative settlement over allegedly leaked photos of the scene. Lawyers representing Los Angeles County have offered $1.25 million each to the Altobelli and Mauser families. John Altobelli, 46, his wife Keri, 46, and their daughter, Alyssa, 14, were aboard the helicopter on January 26, 2020, along with Christina Mauser, 38. Their families filed separate federal lawsuits claiming a violation of their rights to control the death images of their loved ones after photos of

Supreme Court hears dispute over Texas law that blocks most abortions in the state

By Ariane de Vogue, A sharply divided Supreme Court will gather Monday to once again consider a Texas law that bars abortion at around six weeks of pregnancy, reigniting a debate concerning the most restrictive law in the country. Oral arguments come two months to the day after a 5-4 court allowed the law to go into effect, halting most abortions in the country’s second largest state, and flooding clinics in nearby states with patients from Texas. Amidst a nationwide firestorm, the Supreme Court agreed to fast-track two appeals brought by a coalition of abortion providers and the Biden administration, signaling that the justices

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