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TV ratings signal growth in college women’s basketballWhile Clark is enticing viewers, women’s college basketball is experiencing growth that can’t only be explained by “Clarkonomics”– as basketball analyst Debbie Antonelli called it – alone. The surge in women’s college basketball is also due to more investment in media coverage of women’s sports, said Lewis. NIL empowers players — and their sportsCollege women’s basketball players are among the biggest players in the market for Name, Image and Likeness sponsorships. College women’s basketball players are among the biggest players in the market for Name, Image and Likeness sponsorships. One factor driving the speculation that Clark might stay in college was that WNBA doesn’t have the same platform as women’s college basketball.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Clark, It’s, Steph Curry, Michael Mulvihill, Clark –, –, Jon Lewis, Lewis, Curry, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, they’re, ”, Pete Maravich’s, Davidson, “ Clarkonomics, Debbie Antonelli, Melissa Isaacson, Iowa’s Clark, LSU’s Angel Reese, let’s, ’ ” Lewis, “, Reese, Cameron Brink, Paige Bueckers, Reed Sheppard, Rob Dillingham, Cody Williams –, Dillingham, Sam Weber, That’s, hasn’t, Isaacson, Diana Taurasi’s, Candace Parker’s, eyeing Clark, — Organizations: CNN, Iowa Hawkeyes, NBA, CBS, ESPN, Fox Sports, Sports Media Watch, UConn, Tennessee, Northwestern, NCAA, College women’s, Bueckers, WNBA, ABC, Indiana Fever Locations: Iowa, Tennessee, TickPick, Opendorse

“It isn't just sort of creepy,” said Washington state Rep. Vandana Slatter, the sponsor of a law her state adopted last year to rein in unauthorized use of health information. X-Mode was also found to have sold location data to the U.S. military. In Virginia, legislation that would prohibit the issuance of search warrants, subpoenas or court orders for electronic or digital menstrual health data recently cleared both chambers of the Democratic-controlled General Assembly. “The next step to enforcing an abortion ban could be accessing menstrual health data, which is why I’m trying to protect that data,” Favola said in a committee hearing. “The software supply chain is extremely polluted with location tracking of individuals,” he said.

Persons: Roe, ”, Vandana Slatter, “, Albert Fox Cahn, Sen, Ron Wyden, Wyden, He’s, It's, Washington's, Andrea Frey, Democratic Sen, Barbara Favola, Glenn Youngkin, ” Favola, Favola, “ It’s, Republican Sen, Mark Peake, Youngkin's, Sean O'Brien, he's, ___ Mulvihill, Frank Bajak, Sarah Rankin Organizations: Democratic, Supreme, Wade, Oregon Democrat, Intelligence, The Veritas Society, Wisconsin, Federal Trade Commission, Securities Exchange Commission, FTC, ., Democrat, Republicans, Connecticut, Assembly, Virginia Gov, Republican, Yale Privacy, Associated Press Locations: U.S, Washington, Oregon, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Nevada, York, California, Maryland, ” Illinois, Hawaii , Illinois, Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts , Missouri, South Carolina, Vermont, In Virginia, Cherry Hill , New Jersey, Boston, Richmond , Virginia

They eat a lot.”Many states have rejected federal funds on principle or for technical reasons. Twenty-two states have turned down the mostly federally funded expansion of Medicaid eligibility to provide health insurance to more lower-income adults. Photos You Should See View All 33 ImagesThe Summer EBT program, a response to increased child hunger when school is out, involves much less money. Bill Lee's office said the initiative is a pandemic-era benefit and that other food programs already exist. But Crystal FitzSimons, director of school programs at Food Research and Action Center, cited research that families buy more nutritional food when their grocery subsidies increase.

Persons: Otibehia Allen, ” Allen, “, aren't, Thomas Vazquez, Bill Lee's, Megan Degenfelder, ”, Defenfelder, Allen's, Tate Reeves, Reeves, you’re, Jim Pillen, Lisa Davis, Kim Reynolds, Crystal FitzSimons, It's, ___ Mattise, Sean Murphy, James Pollard, Pollard Organizations: U.S . Department of Agriculture, Texas Health, Human Services Commission, Texas, Republican Gov, Food Research, Action Center, Associated Press, “, Republican, Washington D.C, Democratic, Action, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: Clarksdale , Mississippi, States, Vermont, Texas, Tennessee, Wyoming, Louisiana, In Mississippi, Nebraska, Alabama, Alaska , Florida, Georgia , Idaho , Iowa, Louisiana , Mississippi , Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota , Texas , Vermont, Nashville , Tennessee, Cherry Hill , New Jersey, Oklahoma City, Columbia , South Carolina

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s medical board on Thursday approved some guidance abortion providers would need to follow if the state’s ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy is upheld by the Iowa Supreme Court. The restrictive abortion law is currently on hold as the court considers Gov. That would be a stark change for women in Iowa, where abortion is legal up to 20 weeks of pregnancy. Most Republican-led states have drastically limited abortion access since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and handed authority on abortion law to the states. Fourteen states now have bans with limited exceptions and two states, Georgia and South Carolina, ban abortion after cardiac activity is detected.

Persons: —, Kim Reynolds, ”, Roe, Wade, Geoff Mulvihill Organizations: DES, Iowa Supreme, Republican, Texas Supreme, Supreme, Associated Press Locations: DES MOINES, Iowa, Texas, U.S, Georgia, South Carolina, Cherry Hill , New Jersey

The problem underscores a widely held consensus that Virginia’s mental health care system is in urgent need of reform, due to what Gov. Improving mental health care became a priority in the U.S. like never before as the pandemic brought new levels of isolation, fear and grief, in addition to pre-existing crises such as rising drug overdose deaths and the struggles burdening teen girls. Survey data from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that in 2022, about half of adults with any mental illness did not receive treatment. Elsewhere in the U.S., states' policy concerns and approaches to improving mental health care have varied. Mental health was listed as a budget priority in most states in an analysis by the National Association of State Budget Officers.

Persons: — John Clair, Clair, ”, Glenn Youngkin’s, Virginia’s, we’ve, Brian Hepburn, —, John Littel, ” Littel, Youngkin, they're, it’s, Katherine McGuire, candor, he's, “, ____ Geoff Mulvihill Organizations: Clair's, Marion Police Department crisscross, Marion, Army, Gov, Republican, Mental Health Services Administration, National Association of State Mental Health, National Association of State, American Psychological Association, “, Assembly Locations: RICHMOND, Va, Virginia, U.S, Cherry Hill , New Jersey

Republican Kris Kobach’s action was his latest move to restrict transgender rights, following his successful efforts last year to temporarily block Democratic Gov. It’s also part of a trend of GOP attorneys general asserting their authority in culture war issues without a specific state law. Kobach maintains that failing to disclose when a child is socially transitioning or identifying as non-binary at school violates a parents' rights. But Kobach didn't cite Kansas law in his letters to the state school boards association, the Topeka school district and the Kansas City, Shawnee Mission and Olathe school districts in the Kansas City area. But they also look outward, and Kobach's letters weren't the first to issue warnings not grounded in a specific state law.

Persons: they're, Kris Kobach’s, Laura Kelly’s, It’s, Kobach, general's, “, ”, Jordan Smith, Smith, Sen, Renee Erickson, Erickson, ” Kobach, Ken Paxton, it's, Tom Alonzo, Michelle Hubbard, ” Hubbard, ___ Mulvihill Organizations: Democratic, Kansas City, Kansas Association of School Boards, Movement Advancement, Wichita, Shawnee Mission, Seattle Children’s Hospital Locations: TOPEKA, Kan, Kansas, Topeka, Kansas City, Shawnee, Olathe, Wichita, “, Texas, Washington, Georgia, Kansas City , Kansas, Cherry Hill , New Jersey

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state attorney general announced a $149.5 million settlement Wednesday with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role fueling the opioid addiction crisis. If approved, the deal would send over $20 million more to respond to the opioid crisis than if the state had signed onto a national settlement in 2021 involving Johnson & Johnson, the attorney general’s office said. Washington state’s Democratic attorney general sued Johnson & Johnson in 2020, alleging that it helped drive the pharmaceutical industry’s expansion of prescription opioids. “The Company’s actions relating to the marketing and promotion of important prescription opioid medications were appropriate and responsible,” according to the statement. The attorney general’s office noted that the company was one of the largest suppliers of the raw narcotic materials needed to produce opioid drugs.

Persons: drugmaker Johnson, Johnson, Bob Ferguson, Democratic Sen, June Robinson, Geoff Mulvihill Organizations: Washington State Department of Health, Johnson, Democratic Locations: The Washington, U.S, Washington, Cherry Hill , New Jersey

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Dec. 4 over whether the agreement, part of the resolution of Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy, violates federal law. She initially opposed the deal with Purdue Pharma but has come around. The Purdue Pharma settlement would be among the largest. But in the decade before that, they were paid more than $10 billion, about half of which family members said went to pay taxes. The department and Purdue Pharma forged a plea bargain in a criminal and civil case.

Persons: Sackler, Ellen Isaacs ’, Ryan Wroblewski, ”, Mike Quinn, ” Lynn Wencus, Jeff, ” Wencus, It's, General Merrick Garland, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Purdue Pharma’s, ” ___ Mulvihill Organizations: WASHINGTON, Purdue Pharma, Purdue, Sackler, Bankruptcy, Justice Department, Republican, Democrat, Congress, Boy Scouts of, Boy Scout, Catholic, “ Locations: Florida, Wrentham , Massachusetts, Stamford , Connecticut, ”, Boy Scouts of America, Cherry Hill , New Jersey

Possession of under a gram of heroin, for example, is only subject to a ticket and a maximum fine of $100. Some lawmakers have suggested focusing on criminalizing public drug use rather than possession. Backers of Oregon’s approach say decriminalization isn’t necessarily to blame, as many other states with stricter drug laws have also reported increases in fentanyl deaths. Despite public perception, the law has made some progress by directing $265 million dollars of cannabis tax revenue toward standing up the state’s new addiction treatment infrastructure. Horvick, the pollster, said public support for expanding treatment remains high despite pushback against the law.

Persons: — Oregon's, ”, John Horvick, Sen, Kate Lieber, Tina Kotek, Kotek, Jason Edmiston, Alex Kreit, Lily Morgan, Heather Jefferis, ” Lieber, “, Geoff Mulvihill, ___ Claire Rush Organizations: DHM Research, Democratic, Democratic Gov, Republican, Survey, Northern Kentucky University, Addiction Law, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Health, Networks, Oregon Council, Behavioral Health, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: PORTLAND, Oregon, Portland, Hermiston, California, Washington, U.S, Portugal, Philadelphia

This time, liberal and moderate candidates took control in high-profile races in conservative Iowa, and the swing states of Pennsylvania and Virginia. Pennsylvania saw a number of Democratic victories in school boards, particularly in districts that have recently seen GOP-led school boards adopt policies targeting transgender students, as well as reading materials and curriculum on LGBTQ+ history. Turn PA Blue, a partisan political organization, said Democrats gained control of at least seven school boards and gained ground in a half-dozen others in Pennsylvania, a swing state. In the Central Bucks School District north of Philadelphia, Democrats flipped three seats, ousting the incumbent school board president, and retained two others, giving the party majority control. School board politics have also become contentious in Virginia since 2021, when Republican Gov.

Persons: “, ” Randi Weingarten, Michael Geer, ”, ’, Bonnie Chang, Glenn Youngkin, Toni Morrison, Stephen Chbosky, Kirk Twigg, Mike Pence, Kim Reynolds, Brittania Morey, ___ Mulvihill, Matthew Barakat, John Hanna, Heather Hollingsworth Organizations: —, The American Federation of Teachers, Liberty, Associated Press, Conservative, PA Family Institute, Pennsylvania, Democratic, GOP, Central Bucks School District, Philadelphia Inquirer, Republicans, Turn Bucks, School, Republican Gov, Linn, Mar Community School District, Gov Locations: HARRISBURG, Pa, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Virginia, York County, Philadelphia, Bucks County, Central Bucks, Spotsylvania County, Washington, D.C, Loudoun County, Cedar Rapids, Cherry Hill , New Jersey, Falls Church , Virginia, Topeka , Kansas, Mission , Kansas

Under North Dakota’s law, health care providers can be charged with a felony for performing gender affirmation surgeries on minors, punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment and/or a $20,000 fine. Opponents said such surgeries are not performed on minors in North Dakota, and that the ban on gender-affirming care would harm transgender youth, who are at increased risk for depression, suicide and self-harm. The law exempts minors who were already receiving gender-affirming care, and allows for the treatment of “a minor born with a medically verifiable genetic disorder of sex development." At least 22 states have adopted bans on some or all gender-affirming care for minors since 2021. Meanwhile, at least 13 Democrat-controlled states have new laws or executive orders seeking to protect access to gender-affirming care for minors.

Persons: he'll, ”, Brittany Stewart, Judge Jackson Lofgren, Doug Burgum, Stewart, “, ” Stewart, Joe Quinn, Quinn, Geoff Mulvihill Organizations: N.D, U.S, North, Republican, Republican Gov, Democrat, Associated Press Locations: BISMARCK, North Dakota, Dakota, Alabama , Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Montana, Tennessee, Alabama , Kentucky, Cherry Hill , New Jersey

Nielsen and Fox said Thursday the World Series averaged 9.11 million viewers, less than the 9.79 million average from the 2020 series, when the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay Rays in six games. Wednesday night's game averaged 11.48 million on Fox, a jump of 3 million compared to Tuesday night's audience. The total audience across Fox, Fox Deportes and Fox streaming platforms was 11.64 million. Monday night's Game 3 set the record for the least-watched World Series game on record at 8.13 million. “Whenever there's a chance for somebody to clinch, the numbers are usually high.”The World Series also continues to outperform every entertainment program.

Persons: Fox, “, Mike Mulvihill, you’ve, Bob Thompson, ”, there's, Mulvihill, it’ll, ___ Organizations: Texas Rangers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Nielsen, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, Fox, Fox Deportes, Baseball, Rangers, Fox Sports Networks, Detroit Lions, Las Vegas Raiders, TBS, ESPN Locations: U.S

Ballot summaries are used on Missouri ballots to help voters understand sometimes lengthy and complex constitutional amendments and policy changes. “We stand by our language and believe it fairly and accurately reflects the scope and magnitude of each petition,” Ashcroft said in a statement. A measure to ensure abortion access is on the November ballot in Ohio after withstanding legal challenges from opponents. Voters in every state with an abortion-related ballot measure since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, effectively making abortion access a state-by-state question, have favored the side supported by abortion rights supporters. ——-Associated Press writer Heather Hollingsworth in Mission, Kansas and Geoff Mulvihill in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, contributed to this report.

Persons: ”, State Jay Ashcroft, ” Ashcroft, Andrew Bailey’s, Emily Wales, “, Roe, Wade, Heather Hollingsworth, Geoff Mulvihill Organizations: COLUMBIA, —, Republican, Western, Appeals, State, “, Voters, Supreme, Associated Press, NORC, for Public Affairs Research Locations: Mo, Missouri, Plains, ” Missouri, Ohio, Maryland, New York, Arizona , Florida , Nevada, South Dakota, Iowa , Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Colorado, U.S, Mission , Kansas, Cherry Hill , New Jersey

At least 22 states have now enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. “His depression, his anxiety had pretty much dissipated because he was receiving the gender-affirming care,” Thurow said. In North Dakota, the law allows treatment to continue for minors who were receiving care before the law took effect in April. Providers there have simply stopped gender-affirming care, said Brittany Stewart, a lawyer at Gender Justice, which is suing over the ban in the state. But there's one key difference: gender-affirming care is ongoing.

Persons: ”, Becky Hormuth, Louis Children’s, Hormuth, “, James Thurow, Louis, ” Thurow, “ He’s, Sen, Mike Moon, Justin Brown, Dale Wright, Brittany Stewart, they’ve, ” Stewart, Jasmine Beach, it's, she's, “ It’s, Devon Dolney, ___ Mulvihill, Jack Dura Organizations: LOUIS, —, Republican, Washington University Gender, St, Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University, University of Missouri Health Care, Gender Justice, Campaign, Southern Equality, Tate, Associated Press Locations: Missouri, North Dakota, U.S, North Carolina, Utah, St, Ferrara, Fargo , North Dakota, Minnesota, Chicago, Cherry Hill , New Jersey, Bismarck , North Dakota

(AP) — Abortion advocates asked a judge on Monday to rewrite what they call misleading descriptions of several constitutional amendments on abortion rights that voters could see on Missouri’s 2024 ballot. Missouri is among several states, including Ohio, where abortion opponents are fighting efforts to ensure or restore access to the procedure following the fall of Roe v. Wade last year. In Missouri, summaries of proposed constitutional amendments are provided on ballots to help voters understand what the measures would do. Ballot measures on abortion could also be put before voters in 2024 in states including Arizona, Maryland, New York and South Dakota. In all of them, including generally conservative Kansas and Kentucky, the abortion rights side prevailed.

Persons: Roe, Wade, State Jay Ashcroft, Tony Rothert, Jason Krol Lewis, Lewis, Rothert, Andrew Bailey, Scott, Fitzpatrick, Bailey, —, Geoff Mulvihill Organizations: JEFFERSON CITY, —, State, Supreme, Republican, Missouri Supreme, Associated Press Locations: Mo, Missouri, Ohio, U.S, Arizona , Maryland , New York, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kentucky, Cherry Hill , New Jersey

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican Supreme Court ruling that invalidated all federal criminal penalties for abortion continued a regional trend of widening access to the procedure, but left in place a patchwork of varying state restrictions. Political Cartoons on World Leaders View All 226 ImagesPolitical Cartoons View All 1146 ImagesSome 20 Mexican states, however, still criminalize abortion. Those laws were not affected by the Supreme Court ruling, but abortion rights advocates will likely ask state judges to follow its logic. Abortion-rights activists will have to continue seeking legalization state by state, though Wednesday's decision should make that easier. Some American women were already seeking help from Mexican abortion rights activists to obtain pills used to end pregnancies.

Persons: Sen, Olga Sánchez Cordero, Irma Barrientos, We’re, ” Barrientos, “, we’re, Fernanda Díaz de, de León, Díaz de León, León, Roe, Wade, Marina Reyna, ”, Geoff Mulvihill Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Court, Group, National Institute for Women, Twitter, Civil Association for, U.S, Supreme, Observers, Guerrero, Women, Associated Locations: MEXICO, “, United States, Mexico, Aguascalientes, America, Mexico City, Argentina, Colombia, Guerrero, Cherry Hill , New Jersey

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights in a sweeping decision that extended Latin American’s trend of widening abortion access. Some 20 Mexican states, however, still criminalize abortion. After 40 years, the Supreme Court reversed its abortion decision, and we’re not going to stop until Mexico guarantees the right to life from the moment of conception." Some American women were already seeking help from Mexican abortion rights activists to obtain pills used to end pregnancies. Her state decriminalized abortion last year, but there are 22 open investigations against women accused of ending their pregnancies.

Persons: —, “, Sen, Olga Sánchez Cordero, Irma Barrientos, We’re, ” Barrientos, we’re, Fernanda Díaz de, de León, Díaz de León, León, Roe, Wade, Marina Reyna, ”, Geoff Mulvihill Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Group, National Institute for Women, Twitter, Civil Association for, U.S, Supreme, Observers, Guerrero, Women, Associated Locations: MEXICO, “, United States, Mexico, Aguascalientes, America, Mexico City, Argentina, Colombia, Guerrero, Cherry Hill , New Jersey

☆ Major brands are mostly ignoring Elon Musk's new X logo: 'How many people really know what "Follow us on X" means?'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Twitter became X last month, but major brands have been slow to adopt the new logo. It's been almost a month since Twitter rebranded to X, but most major brands haven't scrubbed the blue bird logo from their marketing yet. Other giant corporations like General Motors, American Express, Amazon, Comcast, and L'Oreal have continued to carry the old Twitter logo on their websites. X released a new brand toolkit with logo templates and other marketing assets for marketers to use earlier this month. Musk changed the company name of Twitter to X Corp. earlier this year and replaced Twitter's branding on July 24 .

Persons: Twitter, It's, Procter, Gamble —, Matt Boffey, Boffey, Marissa Mulvihill, Musk Organizations: Twitter, General Motors, American Express, Comcast, L'Oreal, IBM, X Corp, PayPal, Brand Finance, Design, Partners Locations: Amazon

A decade-old scandal at a Massachusetts crime lab — which led authorities to dismiss tens of thousands of drug convictions — may involve wrongdoing by more people than was previously known, according to a recent court order. At least one person was referred to the state attorney general’s office in 2015 for potential prosecution, Judge John T. Lu wrote last week. The ruling stokes lingering doubts about statements by the state inspector general’s office over the past eight years that Dookhan was the “sole bad actor” at the Hinton lab. Bizuayehu Tesfaye / APDookhan’s misconduct at the Hinton lab was exposed in 2012, after she had worked there for nearly a decade. A spokesman for the inspector general’s office declined to comment, citing ongoing litigation.

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