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On Tuesday night, after the Alamogordo City Commission meeting, Mayor Pro-Tem Nadia Sikes confronted Piñon Post editor and founder John Block, claiming the October 20, 2021 article written about her radical record was not factually accurate. Once Block took his phone out to get the conversation on record, Sykes had...

An alleged matchmaking survey that circulated among Harvard students earlier this month soliciting students' personal information was seemingly a scam. By Zadoc I. N. Gee. An alleged matchmaking survey that circulated among Harvard students earlier this month soliciting students’ personal information — including racial and sexual preferences — was seemingly a scam.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland is believed to be the first city in the country to offer bereavement leave for pregnancy loss to city employees. City Commissioner Mingus Mapps touted the new policy in a Tuesday interview with KATU News. "Policies like this are exceptionally rare in the United States," said...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Senate voted Tuesday to repeal a law requiring that parents or guardians be notified when girls younger than 18 are seeking an abortion. Building on momentum among abortion-rights activists after September’s Texas “heartbeat” law banned most abortions, Democrats who control the General Assembly want...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — A proposed amendment to the Illinois Healthcare Right of Conscience Act (HCROCA) has state Republicans and thousands of Illinoisans up-in-arms. On Tuesday, the Illinois House Executive Committee voted 9-6 in favor of Senate Bill 1169 House Floor Amendment number two, which would clarify the HCROCA and...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — The Illinois Senate voted 32-22 to repeal the Parental Notification Act on Tuesday night despite pleas from clergy to keep the 1995 measure on the lawbooks. Five senators did not vote. “These laws exist to protect the rights of parents to fulfill the duty that God has entrusted to them, and […]

WASHINGTON — Gov. Greg Abbott and other defenders of a new Texas law that bans abortion after about six weeks — even in cases of rape and incest — have vowed to crack down on sexual assault to reduce the need for abortions. Abbott said last month, soon after the law known as SB 8 went into effect, that he would "eliminate all rapists."

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Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett will celebrate one year as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, with the nation's highest court braced to tackle cases of huge significance. Barrett formally became a member of the Court on October 27, 2020 following a highly controversial nomination process that...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Gray TV) -Senate Democrats narrowly approved a proposal Tuesday night to repeal the Parental Notification of Abortion Act. The current law requires doctors to contact an adult at least 48 hours before minors seek an abortion. Democrats hope to repeal it and give young girls the right to make that decision without going through dangerous situations.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — The Illinois Senate voted 32-22 to repeal the Parental Notification Act on Tuesday night despite pleas from clergy to keep the 1995 measure on the lawbooks. Five senators did not vote. “These laws exist to protect the rights of parents to fulfill the duty that God has entrusted to them, and […]

The city council in Mason voted 4-3 on the ordinance Tuesday. It's a community of about 30,000 northeast of Cincinnati.

Illinois moved closer on Tuesday to no longer requiring a parent or other adult family member to be notified before a minor child receives an abortion, as the state Senate approved overturning a 26-year-old law that took nearly two decades to go into effect. State Sen. Elgie Sims, D-Chicago, said...

Warning: The following story contains descriptions of domestic abuse. Seven days after Pushpa gave birth to her son, her husband became angry. Angrier than usual. He snatched their newborn out of her arms and began hitting her. One arm holding the baby and one fist aimed at her. Lying in...