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☆ Judge temporarily exempts women with complicated pregnancies from Texas abortion ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Kanishka Singh | Thomson Reuters | Kanishka Singh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Reuters In Washington Dc | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File PhotoAug 4 (Reuters) - Women in Texas with complicated pregnancies are exempted from a state abortion ban under a temporary injunction issued on Friday, with the judge citing a lack of clarity on the ban's medical exemptions. Travis County District Court Judge Jessica Mangrum in her ruling sided with women and doctors who sued Texas over the abortion ban. The Texas Attorney General's Office said Saturday it had filed a notice of an accelerated appeal directly to the Texas Supreme Court. The office said the filing stays the ruling pending a decision by the Texas Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court last year stripped away national abortion rights.

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☆ Texas A&M Agrees to $1 Million Settlement With Journalism Professor
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Stephanie Saul | More About Stephanie Saul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Texas A&M University acknowledged on Thursday that top university officials, fearing criticism from conservatives, had made “significant mistakes” in their failed effort to hire a prominent Black professor to run the university’s journalism program. It said it had reached a $1 million settlement with the professor, Kathleen McElroy. Then, following complaints about her hiring from university regents, they changed the terms of her contract. What had started as an offer of a full faculty position with tenure was reduced to a one-year appointment with no tenure, the university’s report says. Dr. McElroy, who had run the journalism program at the University of Texas and was formerly an editor at The New York Times, announced in July that she would not take the job, less than a month after Texas A&M had held a public signing ceremony to welcome her, complete with balloons.

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☆ Nearly two years after Texas' six-week abortion ban, more babies are dying
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Isabelle Chapman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Texas’ abortion restrictions – some of the strictest in the country – may be fueling a sudden spike in infant mortality as women are forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term. The increase in deaths could partly be explained by the fact that more babies are being born in Texas. But multiple obstetrician-gynecologists who focus on high-risk pregnancies told CNN that Texas’ strict abortion laws likely contributed to the uptick in infant deaths. Plaintiffs Anna Zargarian, Lauren Miller, Lauren Hall, and Amanda Zurawski at the Texas State Capitol after filing a lawsuit on behalf of Texans harmed by the state's abortion ban on March 7 in Austin, Texas. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/APExperts say that abortion bans in states like Texas lead to increased risk for both babies and mothers.

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☆ Tesla stock is on track for the biggest 2-month surge since 2020 as the EV maker bags more charging deals
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Zahra Tayeb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tesla stock is on track for the biggest two-month rally since 2020 as the company secures more charging deals. The shares have surged almost 60% since end-April, buoyed by the EV maker' collaborations with GM, Ford, and Rivian. Tesla also bagged another win after Texas approved the company's charging plugs as the state's industry standard. Simultaneously, Texas said it would mandate Tesla's charging plugs as the standard for the state's electric vehicle charging companies, according to Reuters. In recent weeks, the carmaker announced partnerships with General Motors and Ford, allowing both companies to use Tesla's charging stations by 2024.

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The online profile being investigated also includes several pictures showing a black tactical vest with an RWDS patch. In addition, the profile includes a screenshot from Google Maps showing the time at which the mall where the shooting took place was likely to be busiest. Even so, one fact weighed heavily on the suburban community outside Dallas where the murders occurred: There were children among the victims. Although the police would not indicate how many children died, officials including President Biden acknowledged that there were more than one. As of Sunday afternoon, one patient had been transferred to a children’s hospital and was in fair condition.

☆ More People Arrested After Texas Mass Shooting and Manhunt
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Francisco Oropesa was captured after being on the run since Friday. Photo: Evan Garcia/ReutersTexas authorities said Wednesday that they arrested several people connected to the man accused of fatally shooting five people last week, who was captured after a dayslong manhunt that put a local community on edge. The suspect, 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa, was arrested on Tuesday night at a home in Conroe, Texas, about 22 miles from where he shot five of his neighbors, said the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Houston.

☆ White House plans support for drugstores, pharma in abortion pill battle
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Nandita Bose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"We are discussing ways to offer them legal support," one of the sources said of manufacturers and retail pharmacies. Major U.S. manufacturers of abortion pills include GenBioPro Inc and Danco Laboratories. Walgreens said in March it would not dispense abortion pills in the 20 states where it risked breaking the law. Discussions between the Biden administration and pill manufacturers and pharmacies over the issue have been ongoing for months, sources said, but Friday's decision brings fresh urgency. It is unclear whether the administration is considering following in California Governor Gavin Newsom's footsteps by withholding federal contracts from chains that suspend abortion pill sales.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: DraftKings, DoorDash, Deere, Roku and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The company reported a loss of 53 cents per share on revenue of $855 million. Deere & Company — Shares advanced 3% after Deere exceeded expectations on the top and bottom lines in its latest quarter. Roku jumped 11% Thursday after the company reported a smaller-than-expected loss in its latest quarter. The company reported a 57 cent per share loss on $480 million of revenue. It reported revenue of $1.01 billion, below the consensus estimate of $1.02 billion.

☆ Abortion foes to get National Archives tour, apology after filing suit over clothing ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Anti-abortion protestors demonstrate during the nationwide Women's March, held after Texas rolled out a near-total ban on abortion procedures and access to abortion-inducing medications, in Austin, Texas, U.S., October 2, 2021. The National Archives and the two plaintiffs agreed to the concessions as part of a proposed order filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. It also calls for the women's claims to be referred to a mediator for a possible settlement of the case. Nor does it resolve the pending suit against the archives, which house the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and many other historically significant American documents. Security guards at the museum likewise ordered them to remove or cover up messages opposing abortion on their clothing during visits.

☆ Texas executes former officer who hired hitmen to kill his wife
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A former suburban Houston police officer was executed Tuesday for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago amid a contentious divorce and custody battle. Prosecutors say Robert Fratta organized the murder-for-hire plot in which a middleman, Joseph Prystash, hired the shooter, Howard Guidry. The execution was carried out after Texas’ top criminal appeals court overturned the injunction and the state’s supreme court rejected an appeal. Mauzy’s order conflicted with last week’s edict from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that barred her from issuing any orders in the lawsuit that would halt any execution. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles last week unanimously declined to commute Fratta’s death sentence to a lesser penalty or to grant a 60-day reprieve.

Last year, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, the Human Rights Campaign, labeled 2021 the “worst year” for LGBTQ rights in modern U.S. history, citing a record number of anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in state legislatures across the country. “The LGBTQ+ community is really under siege right now,” said Ricardo Martinez, CEO of LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Texas. One bill that was successfully implemented, and gained national headlines for months, was Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, or what critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The word “grooming” has long been associated with mischaracterizing LGBTQ people, particularly gay men and transgender women, as child sex abusers. Those losses came after some conservative groups ramped up misleading or inflammatory campaign ads targeting transgender rights.

☆ Federal judge temporarily blocks Biden from ending Trump-era 'Remain in Mexico' policy
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is The Evening Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from ending a Trump-era policy designed to restrict immigration at the southern border. The Supreme Court said in a 5-4 ruling in June that the Biden administration had acted properly in seeking to end the policy, reversing a federal appeals court ruling that rejected a fresh attempt to end the policy in October 2021. The administration was previously forced to reinstate the policy after Texas and Missouri sued. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who filed suit to block the policy from being lifted, praised the judge's order on Twitter. Immigrant rights groups and opponents of "Remain in Mexico," which is separate from another Trump-era border policy known as Title 42, say it denies people the right to seek protection in the U.S. and forces them to face potentially dangerous circumstances as they await asylum.

☆ Homebuyers who fled to Florida to escape high taxes are now shocked at their massive tax bills
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Florida law caps property taxes at 3% a year for existing homebuyers. The tax bills have come as a shock for some, who may have to consider moving out of the state. Anyone who bought a Florida property in 2022 will be in the same situation next year. Corporate homebuyers are also getting hit with higher tax billsDeeply resourced, large-scale homebuyers are getting caught off guard, too. Some local governments in Texas have argued for increasing property taxes in order to finance things like hurricane relief, the Texas Tribune reported.

The congressional races were seen as tests of what has become conventional wisdom and a GOP mantra: that Latino voters are shifting to the Republican Party after President Donald Trump made inroads in the region in 2020. Vallejo won 55.3% of the vote to De La Cruz’s 42.7%, according to unofficial results from the Texas secretary of state. Gilbert Hinojosa, the Texas Democratic Party chairman, said Wednesday that Republicans' "red wave didn’t materialize." In the 34th District, Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez ended Republican Rep. Mayra Flores' short stint in Congress. Suzanne Gamboa / NBC NewsAs voter Benjamin Garza saw it, the Rio Grande Valley is a Democratic oasis in Republican Texas.

In the study, published Tuesday, researchers examined requests made by residents of the 30 states to the Austria-based nonprofit Aid Access, a physician-run service that mails abortion pills directly to people in the United States. Applicants provided at least one reason for needing the drugs, and many cited abortion restrictions that have swept the nation, the study said. Traveling to states that offer abortion services might not be possible due to the expense, difficulty in taking time off from work or finding child care. Over the course of the study, Aid Access received more than 42,000 requests for abortion pills from residents in the 30 states. "It suggests that another, I think, unintended consequence and kind of ironic consequence of abortion bans is that they actually seem to draw attention to and illuminate the idea of a self-managed abortion," Aiken said.

☆ US stocks close mixed as Nasdaq and S&P 500 snap 3-day win streaks on weak tech earnings
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Jason Ma | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

US stocks finished mixed as the Nasdaq snapped a three-day win streak amid weak tech earnings. But the Dow Jones Industrial Average extended its rally to a fourth consecutive session. Tech stocks will see more action this week as Meta reports late Wednesday and Apple is due to report after the close on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a gain to extend its rally to a fourth consecutive session, helped in part by strong earnings from Visa. Here's where US indexes stood at the 4:00 p.m. closing bell on Wednesday:Dow Jones Industrial Average: 31,839.84, up 0.01% (3.10 points)Nasdaq Composite: 10,970.99, down 2.04%Here's what else is happening today:In commodities, bonds and crypto:

☆ Robb Elementary educator says she is 'suffering mentally' after police wrongly claimed she left a school door open
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Mirna Alsharif | Mirna Alsharif Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Robb Elementary educator whom Texas law enforcement initially blamed for leaving an exterior door at the school open says she is "suffering mentally" after the shooting and its aftermath. “He said, ‘A teacher left the door propped open,’ and I looked at my daughter and I said, ‘That’s a lie,’” Marin told ABC News' John Quiñones. "I'm running to him to help him." When Marin realized he was armed, she kicked away a rock that was holding the door open to close it as she ran inside, not knowing it wouldn't lock behind her. "As I'm running back, I tell her, 'He's got a gun, he's shooting,'" she said.

☆ Judge rules that Texas AG who ran away from being served a subpoena won't have to testify in abortion lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Sarah Al-Arshani | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Texas AG Ken Paxton ran away from being served a subpoena for an abortion access lawsuit. On Tuesday, a judge ruled that Paxton did not have to show up for a hearing on that lawsuit, CNN reported. In a motion, the judge said Paxton feared for his safety since the process server was "unidentifiable." "Top executive officials should not be called to testify absent extraordinary circumstances," the motion from Judge Robert Pitman said, CNN reported. The subpoenas required Paxton to testify at a hearing on Tuesday on a lawsuit filed by abortion rights groups.

☆ Mitch McConnell calls Republican Govs. DeSantis and Abbott's ploy to fly migrants to Democratic enclaves like Martha's Vineyard 'a good idea'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Mitch McConnell on Tuesday agreed with moving migrants around the country to own the libs. "I personally thought it was a good idea," the Kentucky Republican said at the US Capitol. Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott are stirring up immigration fights before November. "I personally thought it was a good idea," the Kentucky Republican told reporters at the US Capitol on Tuesday when asked about the immigration-related stunts Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov.

☆ Uvalde Families Fight for Answers a Year After Texas School Shooting
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-24 | by ( Elizabeth Findell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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