CNN — After a string of recent ballot-box victories for abortion rights groups, opponents of the procedure are redoubling their efforts – including, in some places, pushing to make it harder to use citizen-approved ballot measures to guarantee abortion access. An anti-abortion coalition in Ohio, for instance, recently unleashed a $5 million ad buy targeting … Read more
Polls suggest she is in a tight race with centre-right Petteri Orpo and right-wing populist Riikka Purra. Source link
An Australian father defended his young kids from some aggressive monkeys, eventually having to punch one of the critters as they lunged at his family and their belongings. “It was hectic. It was actually scary, could have scared him (Darwin) for life,” Riley Whitelum said after the incident. Whitelum and his partner, Elayna Carausu, video … Read more
A sea incursion targeting Sevastopol was accompanied by an air raid, Mikhail Razvozhaev said At least three naval drones were involved in an early morning attack on Russian warships stationed at the port of Sevastopol, local Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev has reported. The city hosts Russia’s Black Sea Fleet and is occasionally targeted by Ukrainian forces. … Read more
Charles Negy, a University of Central Florida (UCF) professor at the center of a years-long saga, is fighting back after he was fired for speaking out against the notion of systemic racism and White privilege. Negy was eventually given his job back when an arbitrator ruled he did nothing wrong, and he filed a lawsuit … Read more
A Chicago woman said a squatter with a long criminal history has taken over her dead mother’s home and has refused to leave since September. Darthula Young told CBS Chicago this week that she received a call from neighbors in September that there had been a shooting inside the Chatham neighborhood home that her mother … Read more
Nijel Pack scored 21 points — including the go-ahead jumper and a pair of free throws in the final minute — to rally No. 5 seeded Miami past Drake 63-56 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday night. The Hurricanes (26-7) scored the final 10 points barely getting past 12th-seeded Drake only a … Read more
The topic of fights in hockey has been widely debated, but now one professional league has decided to put an end to it. New Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Commissioner Mario Cecchini announced a ban on fighting, starting next season. The QMJHL is one of the three junior leagues in Canada. It remains to be … Read more