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☆ Which states will have abortion rights on the ballot this November
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Annette Choi | Lauren Mascarenhas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Most of the proposed ballot measures aim to enshrine the right to an abortion in state constitutions. Abortion measures on the ballot in NovemberThree states, Florida, Maryland and New York, have already secured abortion measures on the 2024 ballot. States with potential abortion ballot measuresOrganizers in other states across the country are working to secure funding, gather signatures and jump through the legal hoops necessary to secure abortion measures on the 2024 ballot. Voters in at least two states could see dueling measures aimed at protecting and restricting abortion access on the 2024 ballot. States that have voted on abortion post-DobbsSeven states have already seen a vote on abortion access since Roe v. Wade was overturned, and reproductive health advocates have been heartened by the overwhelming support for abortion access among voters.

Persons: Court’s Dobbs, Roe, Wade, Dobbs Organizations: CNN Locations: Florida , Maryland, New York, Florida, Arizona , Nevada, Montana, Arkansas, South Dakota, Missouri, Nevada and Montana, Iowa, Pennsylvania, California

CNN —A full 12-person jury has been selected for Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial. On Tuesday, 7 jurors were selected, but two of those jurors were excused on Thursday morning when the trial resumed. By the end of the day on Thursday, 2 new jurors were chosen to replace them, in addition to the remaining 5 to make up the jury. They also selected Thursday the first of the pool of alternate jurors. Here’s what to know about the jurors who have been selected:

Persons: Donald Trump’s Organizations: CNN

CNN —The first criminal trial of a US ex-president kicks off Monday, April 15, with jury selection in New York, where former President Donald Trump faces charges from the Manhattan District attorney related to a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016. This is the first of four criminal cases expected to go to trial for Trump, also the presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee. CNN compiled a timeline of the key events leading up to the historic trial. Here’s how we got here:

Persons: Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels Organizations: CNN, Manhattan District, Trump Locations: New York

☆ Lou Conter, Last Survivor of the Battleship Arizona, Dies at 102
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Richard Goldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Lou Conter, the last known survivor of the battleship Arizona, which sank with the loss of 1,177 sailors and Marines in Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, plunging the United States into World War II, died on Monday at his home in Grass Valley, Calif. “The ship was consumed in a giant fireball,” he wrote in his memoir, “The Lou Conter Story: From U.S.S. Arizona Survivor to Unsung American Hero” (2021), a collaboration with Annette C. Hull and Warren R. Hull. Mr. Conter, who was knocked forward but uninjured, tended to survivors, many of them blinded and badly burned. Only 93 of those who were aboard the ship at the time lived; 242 other crew members were ashore.

Persons: Lou Conter, Louann Daley, Conter, ”, Annette C, Warren R Organizations: Associated Press, U.S.S . Arizona Survivor, Unsung, Hull Locations: Arizona, Pearl, United States, Grass Valley, Calif, Honolulu , Hawaii, U.S.S .

☆ Timeline of the Supreme Court’s mifepristone abortion pill ruling
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Annette Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The fate of the abortion pill lies with the Supreme Court. The drug is still fully available while the Supreme Court deliberates. Medication abortion accounts for nearly two-thirds of all US abortions, according to 2023 data from the Guttmacher Institute. At least 5.9 million women have used mifepristone since its FDA approval in 2000. Telehealth for medication abortion is also effective and safe, according to a recent study.

Persons: Roe, Wade, mifepristone Organizations: CNN, Food, Guttmacher Institute Locations: Texas

☆ Nikki Haley’s South Carolina loss is unique in US politics
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Annette Choi | Zachary Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Now she has lost the primary in her home state of South Carolina, where she was a two-term governor. Fellow Floridian Jeb Bush, a former governor, dropped out earlier, after a disappointing finish in nearby South Carolina. Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich also made an argument about influencing the agenda when he refused to drop out of the 2004 Democratic primary race. Could Haley win delegates without winning states? Heading into South Carolina, Trump had 63 delegates and Haley had 17.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, won’t, Sen, Marco Rubio, Trump, Jeb Bush, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Ron Paul, wasn’t, Mitt Romney, Paul’s, Dennis Kucinich, Kucinich, Haley, Haley isn’t, It’s, CNN Haley, ”, Jake Tapper, Tapper she’ll Organizations: CNN, Republican, Florida Republican, GOP, Florida ., Democratic, Former, Republicans, Trump, South Locations: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Texas, Ohio

☆ Map: Countries where same sex marriage is legal
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Annette Choi | Jhasua Razo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —Same-sex unions are now legal in 35 countries and parts of Mexico after Greece became the first Orthodox Christian country to establish marriage equality for all. While Mexico does not have a national law on same-sex marriage, more than half of its states regulate, allow, and recognize it. Here are the countries where same-sex marriage is legal:Since 2001, when the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage, there have been ramped-up efforts worldwide to pass similar legislation. Taiwan, for instance, became the first Asian country to make same-sex marriage a reality in 2019. Marriage equality is still, however, largely limited to countries in the Americas, Europe and Oceania.

Organizations: CNN Locations: Mexico, Greece, Netherlands, Taiwan, Americas, Europe, Oceania

☆ Tracking the major 14th Amendment efforts to remove Trump from the 2024 ballot
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Annette Choi | Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Both states stripped him from the Republican primary ballot, though those decisions were paused on appeal. Some begin in the state courts, while others are first handled by state election officials, like a secretary of state. CNN is tracking the major decisions on Trump’s eligibility. Most of the major challenges were initiated by well-funded advocacy groups with the backing of seasoned constitutional scholars. Here’s where the major anti-Trump ballot challenges stand across the United States.

Persons: Donald Trump, ”, Maine –, Trump Organizations: CNN, Republican, US, Trump Locations: Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Michigan , Oregon , Arizona, United States

☆ Anonymous tips work to prevent school shootings and suicides, new study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Josh Campbell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Anonymous reporting systems used by schoolchildren to report concerning behavior among their peers has resulted in the prevention of numerous instances of suicide, school violence and planned attacks, according to a study published Wednesday. The firearm-related tips received by the anonymous reporting system included potential school shootings, observing someone in possession of a weapon, bullying, and harassment or intimidation, according to the study. The Sandy Hook Promise’s Say Something Anonymous Reporting System serves more than 5 million students in sixth through 12th grade in 23 states, according to the study. Other areas use the StopIt anonymous reporting system or unique apps for students in a particular school district for students to report threats. While the topic of gun control can be politically polarizing in the US, improving mechanisms for anonymous reporting of threats by students has been met with bipartisan support.

Persons: Sandy, Sandy Hook, ”, Mary Ellen O’Toole, Robert Taylor, ” Taylor, Luke Meerman, Meerman, Rather, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Sen, Scott Wilk, ” Wilk, Holly Yan, Annette Choi Organizations: CNN, Anonymous, Chaiken Foundation, US Centers for Disease Control, University of Michigan, CDC, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Befrienders, Public, FBI, US Secret Service, “ Research, Wake County Public School System, Oxford High School, Republican, Democratic, CNN Health, Saugus High School Locations: Wake, North Carolina, Michigan, California, Saugus, Los Angeles

☆ Third Republican debate: Candidate speaking times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Annette Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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Filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin have given audiences thrilling and sometimes terrifying front-row seats to incredible feats of human ambition in their documentary work. But there would be at least one big difference in bringing “Nyad” to life: actors. Political Cartoons View All 1233 ImagesIn fiction, she found creative collaborators in their decorated core cast: Annette Bening, who plays Nyad, Jodie Foster as her friend and coach Bonnie Stoll, and Rhys Ifans as the ship's navigator. Vasarhelyi wasn’t without any experience working with actors, either, and in fact learned from the best. With their other films, the filmmakers had loved watching their subjects get to see audiences respond to them and their work.

Persons: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Alex Honnold’s, El Capitan, they’d, Diana Nyad, “, ”, Nyad, ” Vasarhelyi, Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Bonnie Stoll, Rhys Ifans, Chin, Vasarhelyi, Nyad ”, Mike Nichols, Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen, Natalie Portman, Tom Stoppard, Julia Cox, ” Chin, Foster, “ There's, Bening, Annette, Diana, Oscar, Claudio Miranda, Ang, Pi ”, Miranda, it’d, you’re, We’re Organizations: Key West, Netflix, Associated Press, Formula Locations: Northern Thailand, The, Cuba, Key, Covent Gardens

☆ Second Republican debate speaking times by candidate
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Annette Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —We tracked how long each candidate talked at the second Republican primary presidential debate. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy led with over 12 minutes of speaking time during the debate, which saw candidates scrambling for airtime and talking over each other as they jockeyed for opportunities to distinguish themselves. Doug Burgum of North Dakota had the least amount of time to get his message out, speaking just under eight minutes. Donald Trump didn’t participate in Wednesday night’s event, and the former president maintains a generous lead in the polls ahead of the other candidates. Read the latest CNN headlines from the second 2024 Republican presidential debate here.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Doug Burgum, Donald Trump didn’t Organizations: CNN, Republican, Gov Locations: North Dakota

☆ Australia: Mute Iranian asylum seeker detained for 10 years takes his case to High Court -- but even victory won't free him
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Emeralds was in court to seek a protection order against an immigration detention center supervisor who he accused of bullying. “Ned’s case is kind of like an exploration of all of the Kafkaesque aspects of Australia’s immigration detention and asylum regimes,” Verma said. Escape from IranThe man who adopted the name Ned Kelly Emeralds, in homage to the famous Australian bushranger, fled Iran in July 2013. Iranian asylum seeker Ned Kelly Emeralds has been mute for almost a decade and writes or texts to communicate. Gemma Baseley is among a group of supporters who regularly visit Ned Kelly Emeralds in detention.

Persons: Australia CNN —, cuffed, Ned Kelly Emeralds, he’s, Emeralds, ”, Sanmati Verma, Verma, “, ” Verma, Ned, he’d, Hilary Whiteman, mutism, ” Emeralds, “ Ned, Darryl Rangiah, Annette, Miguel Castillo, ” Annette Castillo, Annette Castillo, wouldn’t, Karen Andrews, didn’t, Andrews, ” Weeks, Perth Annette Castillo, doesn’t, Dawn Barrington, ” Barrington, Fran Hamilton, they’re, ” Hamilton, Gemma Baseley, Rev, –, Guy Coffey, Coffey, who’s Organizations: Australia CNN, Federal Court, Human Rights Law, Home Affairs, CNN, Australia’s Home Affairs, ”, Authority, IAA, Perth Immigration Detention, Perth, ” CNN, Federal, of, Emeralds, Immigration Detention, Labor, – Locations: Brisbane, Australia, Western Australia, Iran, Darwin, Christmas, Nauru, Perth, St, Paul’s, Paul's, ”

☆ How deep the missing Titanic submersible was diving in the ocean
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Amy O'Kruk | Annette Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

The search continues for a minivan-sized submersible, called the Titan, that was carrying five people who were traveling to view the wreckage of the Titanic in the North Atlantic. The vessel lost contact with its mother ship Sunday morning, about 1 hour and 45 minutes into the trip down to nearly 13,000 feet. The Titanic lies around 12,500 feet below sea level. For perspective, the world’s deepest scuba dive reached 1,090 feet in 2022, while the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, would only go down 2,717 feet into the ocean – still roughly 9,700 feet short of reaching the Titanic wreckage. See just how deep the Titanic tourist submersible was headed before it went missing.

Organizations: North Atlantic, US Coast Guard Locations: North, Burj

☆ JFK airport's new terminal will be powered by a microgrid and the largest rooftop solar array in New York City
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new terminal at New York's JFK will be partly powered by a microgrid, batteries, and fuel cells. John F. Kennedy International Airport's $9.5 billion New Terminal One will be partly powered by a microgrid with 11.34 megawatts of electricity from rooftop solar, gas fuel cells, and battery storage. A system that captures waste heat from the fuel cells will chill and warm water. The rooftop solar array — made up of more than 13,000 panels — will be the largest in New York City and at any US airport terminal, AlphaStruxure said. Installing fuel cells, instead of diesel generators, is estimated to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide, a toxic air pollutant, by 98%, Macias added.

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