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☆ ‘The Last Safe Abortion:’ Photos show a rarely seen side of abortion care work
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Santoro’s death was one of many — all too many — which activists and healthcare workers sought to avoid by legalizing abortions and abortion care in the United States. Carmen Winant’s new photobook, “The Last Safe Abortion,” also seeks to memorialize the labor, advocacy and community-building of abortion care providers and women’s health care workers in the near-50-year period that the right to an abortion was legally protected across the US. “The Last Safe Abortion,” seeks to memorialize the labor, advocacy and community-building of abortion care providers and women’s health care workers in the near-50-year period that the right to an abortion was legally protected across the US. Carmen Winant/SPBH EditionsThough particularly salient at this time, Winant’s book isn’t a direct response to the Roe repeal, she told CNN. Notably, none show strife or confrontations with protestors, in contrast to the visual narratives that often surround abortion care.

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☆ 2 St. Louis residents are suing the city's basic income program in an attempt to halt what they call 'unconstitutional' $500 monthly payments to low-income families
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Allie Kelly | Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewAs St. Louis continues its guaranteed basic income pilot, two residents are suing to cut the program's funding. The plaintiffs, Greg Tumlin and Fred Hale, are both St. Louis residents. Adam Layne, the St. Louis city treasurer, previously told BI that St. Louis residents have primarily used their $500 a month to pay bills. BI reached out to the city of St. Louis and St. Louis Guaranteed Income for comment, but the parties did not respond by the time of publication. States like South Dakota, Arizona, and Iowa, Republican politicians have also brought basic income bans to the state legislature.

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☆ Kevin, world’s tallest male dog, dies shortly after securing record
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The world’s tallest male dog, a Great Dane named Kevin, has died just days after his title was announced, Guinness World Records (GWR) said on Monday. His family, who live in West Des Moines, Iowa, have been left “devastated,” his owner Tracy Wolfe said in GWR press release. from Guinness World Records“I don’t think he’s aware he is as big as he is,” Tracy said earlier this month. Eventually, he was named the world’s tallest male dog, taking over the title from fellow Great Dane Zeus who also died aged three in September, after suffering from bone cancer. Great Danes have relatively short life expectancies compared to smaller dogs, living for an average of 8-10 years, and males are typically about 2.5 feet (0.76 meters) tall, according to the American Kennel Club.

Persons: Great Dane, Kevin, “, Tracy Wolfe, Roger Wolfe, Tracy, Alexander, ” Tracy, “ He’s, ”, Great Dane Zeus, Danes Organizations: CNN, Guinness World Records, GWR, Guinness, American Kennel Club Locations: West Des Moines , Iowa

☆ First debate of the cycle has a history tripping up former presidents
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Kevin Liptak | Jeff Zeleny | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In some ways, that puts both men on equal footing when they walk onto Thursday’s debate stage. National ArchivesRonald Reagan, who like Biden retreated to Camp David for debate preparations in 1984, did not appear to his aides entirely engaged in the exercises. Walking off the debate stage after a rambling final answer, Reagan confessed to aides that he’d flopped. “They’re making me do my homework.”Walking off the debate stage in Denver, Obama did not initially realize just how bad his confrontation with Romney had gone. “On Social Security, we’ve got a somewhat similar position,” Obama told Romney during one of the exchanges that caused Obama’s advisers to cringe.

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☆ Crews Race to Fortify Levees as Floods Swallow Midwestern Towns
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Mitch Smith | More About Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Midwestern towns were racing this week to strengthen their levee systems as rising rivers enveloped homes, drowned farmland and led to daring water rescues across three states. In Iowa, where hundreds of properties were destroyed, rivers were receding in some places but still rising in others. And in South Dakota, where one death was linked to the floods and some residents were advised to leave their homes, Gov. The Midwest has faced a range of weather extremes over the past several years, including record-breaking floods in 2019, persistent drought and relentless rainstorms this month. As climate change causes the planet to warm, such events will become more common, scientists say.

Persons: Kristi Noem, ” Jason Westcott Organizations: National Guard Locations: In Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Union County, S.D

☆ Wading Through Neck-High Waters in Iowa, a Husband Implored His Wife to Keep Going
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Ann Hinga Klein | Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Wanda and Randy Bliek awoke on Saturday to the sound of water lapping against the walls of their home in Rock Valley, Iowa. The couple rushed to their pickup truck and drove onto the street, but surging water pushed them against the curb. Unable to open the truck doors, they said, they escaped through the windows and climbed out into the neck-high current gushing down their street. For eight long blocks, they alternated between swimming and walking to safety while neighbors screamed for help from their roofs. At one point, Ms. Bliek, 65, told her husband she was not sure she could continue.

Persons: Wanda, Randy Bliek, Bliek Locations: Rock Valley , Iowa

☆ 5 ways a second Trump administration would be different from the first
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Phil Mattingly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Instead, they influenced the rapid buildup of a kind of shadow White House policymaking apparatus spearheaded by former Trump administration officials. The groups aren’t officially affiliated with Trump’s campaign and have at times gotten crosswise with Trump’s political advisers. Several of the outside groups designed to advance Trump’s policy goals are doubling as a clearinghouse for potential second-term job candidates. Their operations are led by former Trump White House aides who were instrumental in efforts to weed out officials who disagreed with Trump toward the end of his first term. The group he left quickly hired another former senior Trump White House personnel official to replace him.

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☆ ‘Catastrophic flooding’ in Upper Midwest prompts evacuations and rescues as record-breaking heat wave shifts to mid-Atlantic
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Here’s the latest:• Heat wave shifts to mid-Atlantic: As heat alerts persist for over 100 million people over the weekend, the extreme heat risk will spread from the Ohio Valley on Saturday to the Mid-Atlantic on Sunday. Highs across the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic have been 10 to 15 degrees above average. “An intense heat wave will continue across the Mid-Atlantic, where record high temperatures are likely,” the National Weather Service said Saturday. • Flooding prompts evacuations in Iowa: In Rock Valley, Iowa, all homes north of Highway 18 were evacuated amid high floodwaters Saturday. On Sunday, storms are possible across New England and southwestward though the Mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley and Tennessee Valley, according to the weather service.

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We've compiled everything you need to know about how to watch the Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky from home, including both cable and live streaming options. The league announced that last weekend's Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky game was the most-watched WNBA game on any network in 23 years, peaking at nearly 3 million viewers. How to watch Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky in the USThe Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky game will air on ESPN on Sunday at 4 p.m. If you don't have cable, you can explore a live TV streaming package that carries the channel. Check price at FuboHow to watch Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky from anywhereIf you'll be traveling outside of the US during the game, you'll have trouble accessing your usual apps and subscriptions.

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☆ Floods Force Rescues in Iowa and South Dakota
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Yan Zhuang | More About Yan Zhuang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

More than a million people in the Upper Midwest were under flood warnings early Sunday morning, after days of heavy rain caused major flooding, forced evacuations and led to rescues in Iowa and South Dakota. The flood warnings were in place for rivers in parts of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Some of the warnings were scheduled to end later on Sunday; others were in effect until further notice. In Iowa, several rivers have been peaking above levels reported during a 1993 flood that left 50 dead across the Midwest, according to that state’s governor, Kim Reynolds. In South Dakota, torrential rain has fallen across the central and eastern parts of the state for three days, and some areas have received up to 18 inches.

Persons: Kim Reynolds Locations: Upper Midwest, Iowa, South Dakota, Illinois , Iowa , Nebraska , Minnesota , Nebraska, Wisconsin

☆ Insider Today: Making junk food healthier
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Joi-Marie Mckenzie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Kylie Kelce and her husband, y'know, the former Philadelphia Eagles power player Jason Kelce, are outnumbered at home. Now, he's on a mission to develop new recipes for ultra-processed meals in the hopes they'll be healthier. Combine two steps with these 10 face moisturizers with SPF — and skip burned lips with a good SPF lip balm. More of this week's top reads:The Insider Today team: Joi-Marie McKenzie, editor in chief of life, in New York.

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☆ Donald Trump’s potential vice president picks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump has been busy in recent weeks. Doug Burgum speaks during a campaign event with former President Donald Trump, in Laconia, New Hampshire, in January. Vance, shakes hands with former President Donald Trump during a rally hosted by the former president at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio. He is also close with Donald Trump Jr.Vance, a former venture capitalist, veteran and author, is among the candidates who received vice-presidential vetting materials from the Trump campaign. Rep. Byron Donalds speaks before former President Donald Trump at the “People's Convention” of Turning Point Action on June 15, 2024, in Detroit.

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☆ Betting scandals have rocked sports this year. Here's why that could be a good thing.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

While the expansion of legal sports betting has made gambling more accessible, it's also helped spot infractions like these. The MLB also said it was tipped off about Marcano's betting activity by a legal sports-betting operator, ESPN reported. "When you are operating in the dark, you have no idea what is actually happening — if refs are partaking in illegal betting or players are partaking in betting," Slane said. Many US states where sports betting is legal require gambling companies to work with a licensed independent integrity-monitoring service, like IC360 or Sportradar, to identify suspicious betting activity. They could be college football players betting on the NFL, or NFL players betting on games their teams weren't playing in.

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☆ 2024 has become the year of gambling scandals in the sports world. That could be a good thing.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

While the expansion of legal sports betting has made gambling more accessible, it's also helped spot infractions like these. The MLB also said it was tipped off about Marcano's betting activity by a legal sports-betting operator, ESPN reported. There's little data available to show whether gambling violations like these occur more or less often in the age of legal gambling, in part because they weren't easily tracked before 2018. They could be college football players betting on the NFL, or NFL players betting on games their teams weren't playing in. As sports-betting continues to expand in more states and the industry evolves, there may be more gambling scandals to come.

☆ Caitlin Clark posts double-double in third straight win for the Indiana Fever
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Caitlin Clark’s double-double helped the Indiana Fever beat the Washington Mystics 88-81 on Wednesday in Indianapolis to win their third straight. Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell had a team-high 22 points each and both shot a supremely efficient 72.7% from the floor. It’s the first time since 2015 that the Fever have enjoyed a four-game home winning streak. “Whenever they went on a run, we always found a way to respond,” Clark told NBA TV of the team’s resilience. Clark and the Fever now go on a five-game road trip, which begins against the Atlanta Dream on Friday.

Persons: Caitlin Clark’s, it’s, Boston, Kelsey Mitchell, ” Clark, We’re, didn’t, ” Ariel Atkins, Clark Organizations: CNN, Indiana Fever, Washington Mystics, Iowa, NBA, Mystics, WNBA, Fever, Atlanta Locations: Indianapolis

☆ TV Weather Gets Political
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( David Gelles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Climate change is now squarely part of the American culture wars, and heat waves and flash foods have become fodder for partisan squabbling. Nowhere is this tension more acute than in the weather departments of local TV stations. As extreme weather becomes more commonplace and climate change raises temperatures around the globe, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the nation’s roughly 2,000 television meteorologists to stay above the fray. An award-winning TV weatherman, Gloninger moved to Iowa in 2021 to take the job of chief meteorologist at KCCI, the CBS affiliate in Des Moines. His new bosses were explicit: They wanted him to talk about climate change.

Persons: Chris Gloninger, Gloninger Organizations: CBS Locations: Iowa, KCCI, Des Moines

☆ Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese rematch poised to be most expensive WNBA game ever
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —This weekend’s rematch between basketball rivals Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese is breaking more records before it even begins. Ticket prices for Clark’s Indiana Fever and Reese’s Chicago Sky are the most expensive for a WNBA game ever, according to TickPick, with the average hovering at around $253 — 187% higher than the Sky’s average purchase price of $88. Currently, the cheapest seat just to see the game is around $250 with the most expensive ticket on sale going for more than $9,000. Last Sunday’s game between Fever and Sky was the most-watched WNBA game on any network in 23 years, according to CBS, averaging 2.25 million viewers and peaking at nearly 3 million. Clark is no stranger to boosting ratings: The NCAA women’s basketball tournament title game between the South Carolina Gamecocks and her Iowa Hawkeyes drew nearly 19 million viewers, shattering records to become the most-watched women’s college basketball game ever measured by Nielsen.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Clark, Reese Organizations: New, New York CNN, Indiana, Chicago Sky, WNBA, CBS, Fever, Sky, Chicago Bulls, CNN, NCAA, South Carolina Gamecocks, Iowa Hawkeyes, Nielsen Locations: New York

☆ The cliffhanger House primary that reveals everything about Trump’s GOP
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Trump is angry at Good, the chair of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus, because he initially endorsed Florida Gov. But he authored his own demise by getting crosswise with two key forces in the riotous Republican House majority — the ex-president and McCarthy, whose still potent financial machine is on a revenge tour. While he was estranged from Trump, Good campaigned as though he and the former president were on the same side. This is a time to rally behind President Trump,” Good said. We’re all behind President Trump.

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☆ Caitlin Clark Is a Rorschach Test for Sports Fans
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Lindsay Gibbs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

But nothing that Clark does — or that is done to Clark — is treated as normal. That was just the latest bulletin in a months-long news cycle trailing everything Clark does. ESPN's Stephen A. Smith said WNBA players should go easier on Clark in games if they want to keep up record viewership: "Protect the golden goose." Related storiesThese days, watching Caitlin Clark play basketball has become a Rorschach test for a deeply divided country. Four years ago, WNBA players actually helped flip a Senate seat in Georgia.

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☆ US announces major bust as efforts to crack down on Chinese money launderers working with drug cartels ratchet up
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

A US-based lawyer who has represented accused Chinese money launderers said the tempo of law enforcement operations against the alleged launderers has increased in recent weeks as federal agents close in on “bigger fish” among Chinese money launderers in the US. None of the federal law enforcement agencies involved in tracking Chinese money launderers agreed to be interviewed on the record. Grassley and Whitehouse have each introduced legislation they say is key to closing loopholes in US law that are actively exploited by the cartels’ money launderers. Elaborate networksRecent court documents illuminate how far-flung and elaborate US-based networks of alleged Chinese money launderers are. Mirror TransactionsExperts say the Chinese money launderers have mastered the art of so-called mirror transactions, which involve a series of deposits at multiple bank accounts to conceal the drug money.

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☆ Judge Blocks Iowa’s Attempt to Enforce Its Own Immigration Law
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Iowa from enforcing its own immigration law, which makes it a state crime to enter Iowa after being deported or denied entry into the United States. The ruling comes amid a national push by statehouse conservatives to assert authority over illegal immigration, which the Justice Department argues is solely the federal government’s responsibility. “As a matter of politics, the new legislation might be defensible,” Judge Stephen Locher wrote. “As a matter of constitutional law, it is not.”Iowa is among a few Republican-led states that have enacted a form of state-level immigration enforcement this year, infuriating Biden administration officials who have described the laws as unconstitutional overreach. Iowa officials vowed to appeal the judge’s order granting the preliminary injunction.

Persons: Stephen Locher, Biden Organizations: statehouse, Justice Department, Republican Locations: Iowa, United States, ” Iowa

☆ Opinion: Call it ‘Make America Chaste Again.’ And it’s a losing message for the GOP in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Opinion Karen Finney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

In a recent television interview, Trump said he was considering restricting access to birth control and leaving the decision to the states. Taking to social media, Trump falsely claimed that neither he nor the Republican Party supported imposing restrictions on or banning birth control. The plans call for again attacking birth control through executive action, including threatening access to IUDs and emergency contraception. In Arizona, GOP Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli absurdly suggested that women could simply hold “an aspirin between their knees” as birth control. In Iowa, legislation falsely conflated birth control with abortion to block the approval of over-the-counter birth control pills.

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☆ Why student loan forgiveness sparks anger: A philosopher, attorney general, sociologist and religious thought expert weigh in
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

D'Aungilique Jackson, of Fresno, California, holds a "Cancel Student Debt" sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., after the nation's high court struck down President Joe Biden's student debt relief program on Friday, June 30, 2023. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images'A common-sense fairness question'"There is a common-sense fairness question when it comes to erasing student debt," Griffin wrote in an email to CNBC. "Our priorities should be preventing and alleviating student debt, rather than insisting on a narrative of personal responsibility." So student loan forgiveness may affect more Democrats than Republicans directly." Some who oppose student loan forgiveness view education as a private commodity that benefits the person who purchases it."

Persons: D'Aungilique Jackson, Joe Biden's, Kent Nishimura, Griffin, Kate Padgett Walsh, they've, Padgett Walsh, Devin Singh, Singh, there's, Charlie Eaton, haven't, Eaton Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Washington , D.C, Los Angeles Times, Getty, CNBC, Biden, Valuable Education, Iowa State University, Dartmouth College, Democratic, University of California Locations: Fresno , California, Washington ,, Arkansas, Merced

☆ As Social Security faces looming fund depletion, there's fierce debate over whether a commission can help
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

"A vote for a commission is a vote to cut Social Security," the man shouted before he was escorted off the floor. How the last major reforms, in 1983, came togetherPresident Ronald Reagan signs the Social Security Act Amendment into law on April 20, 1983. The changes involved taxes on Social Security benefits, increases to payroll tax rates, a future increase to the retirement age and a near-term postponement of cost-of-living adjustments. Social Security Commission Chairman Alan Greenspan, left, shakes hands with Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, prior to a Social Security hearing on Feb. 15, 1983. Lawmakers divided on best path forwardToday, lawmakers are divided on the best path forward to address Social Security.

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☆ Patrick Gottsch, Champion of Rural TV Programming, Dies at 70
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Trip Gabriel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A tractor-pulling contest in Rockwell, Iowa. “The Big Joe Polka Show.” A veterinarian discussing how to keep flies off cows. Its programing may not be the stuff of must-see television in urban and suburban America. But RFD-TV, which also carries gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Future Farmers of America convention, occupies an enduring, if narrow, niche on the television spectrum. Mr. Gottsch, whose spinoff properties include the Cowboy Channel, the Cowgirl Channel and Rural Radio, Channel 147 on SiriusXM, died on May 18 in Fort Worth.

Persons: “, Joe, Hee, Patrick Gottsch, Gottsch Organizations: Future Farmers of, Cowboy Channel, Rural Radio Locations: Rockwell , Iowa, America, Future Farmers of America, SiriusXM, Fort Worth

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