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Month: January 2023

Missouri bill would ban critical race theory in schools and offer teacher training in ‘patriotism’

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Missouri lawmakers are considering new legislation aimed at prohibiting the teaching of so-called critical race theory in its public grade schools — even though the state’s largest teachers’ union says the concept is not presently a part of schools’ curricula — and requiring the state to develop a training program to

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TSA investigating how some no-fly list data was exposed on internet

By Sean Lyngaas and Pete Muntean, CNN The Transportation Security Administration said it was investigating a “potential cybersecurity incident” after a hacker claimed to access an older version of the agency’s no-fly list of known or suspected terrorists. “TSA is aware of a potential cybersecurity incident, and we are investigating in coordination with our federal

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Trump drops lawsuit attempting to block NY attorney general from accessing his trust records

By Kara Scannell, CNN Former President Donald Trump on Friday withdrew his lawsuit seeking to block the New York attorney general’s office from accessing materials from his private trust. In a one-page notice filed with Judge Donald Middlebrooks, Trump’s attorney, Timothy Weber, said he was voluntarily dismissing the lawsuit. No further reason was given. Last

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2 Ohio police officers are under investigation after video shows one punching a woman in the face outside a McDonald’s

By Sara Smart, Sharif Paget and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Two Ohio police officers are under investigation after a video surfaced on social media of an officer punching a Black woman several times in the face outside a McDonald’s, their police chief said. Officers were dispatched Monday to the fast-food restaurant in Butler Township for a

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Anti-abortion activists attend first March for Life ‘with fresh resolve’ post-Roe

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Anti-abortion advocates from across the country will gather in Washington, DC, on Friday for the annual March for Life — the first since the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ended the federal constitutional right to an abortion. This year’s march marks a turn in the fight against abortion rights, with opponents’ primary

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Activists preparing for ‘an absolutely crazy year’ in first full statehouse sessions since Supreme Court overturned Roe

By Jessica Schneider and Devan Cole, CNN Restricting abortion is at the top of the to-do list for many Republicans around the country as state legislatures gavel in for their first full session since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. “We’re definitely preparing for an absolutely crazy year,” said Ingrid Duran, the director of

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Supreme Court embarrassed by the opinion leak is embarrassed again

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst The Supreme Court’s stunning report Thursday on its failure to discover who leaked a draft decision reversing abortion rights last year laid bare shortfalls at the nation’s highest court, in its technology, protocols for confidentiality and overall institutional safeguards. Further, the lack of success in discovering who

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Alabama police identify remains of ‘Baby Jane Doe’ found in 2012 and charge her father with murder

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN Police in Opelika, Alabama, have arrested and charged the father of a young girl who investigators have affectionately known as “Baby Jane Doe” since her unidentified remains were found in 2012, authorities announced Thursday. Lamar Vickerstaff, Jr., 50, was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder in the death of his daughter,

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