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Colorado activists say abortion ballot measure has secured needed signatures: A Colorado reproductive rights campaign announced Friday it has surpassed the ...
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Colorado activists say abortion ballot measure has secured needed ...
Quick Glance: Arizona GOP outlines alternative abortion strategy
  • Republican state legislators in Arizona are considering alternative ballot measures in response to a court ruling upholding a strict abortion ban.

  • The GOP's strategy document plans to provide voters with alternatives to the Arizona for Abortion Access ballot measure.

  • Republicans aim to constitutionalize existing laws to discuss abortion policy.

  • The document outlines various scenarios, including 'Phase 1' and 'Phase 2' options for lawmakers.
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WATCH LIVE: Biden delivers remarks on abortion rights during campaign event in Tampa, FL
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WATCH LIVE: Biden delivers remarks on abortion rights during campaign ...
Quick Glance: Biden criticizes Florida's abortion ban and holds Trump accountable
  • President Biden condemns the upcoming 6-week abortion ban in Florida.

  • He blames Trump for appointing justices who overturned Roe v. Wade.

  • Biden's campaign focuses on abortion rights to mobilize voters.

  • Efforts to leverage Florida's abortion laws for political gain are highlighted.
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Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction overturned by N.Y. appeals court: New York's highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction ...
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Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction overturned by N.Y. appeals court
Quick Glance: New York Overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 Rape Conviction
  • New York's highest court overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction, citing prejudicial rulings by the judge in the landmark #MeToo trial.

  • The State Court of Appeals ruling reopens a painful chapter in America's reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures, ordering a new trial where his accusers might have to relive their traumas.

  • Weinstein, 72, has been serving a 23-year sentence in a New York prison following his conviction, but will remain imprisoned due to another rape conviction in Los Angeles in 2022.

  • This decision marks another setback for #MeToo, following the US Supreme Court's refusal to hear an appeal in the Bill Cosby case, where his sexual assault conviction was overturned by a Pennsylvania court.
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Trump trial not a referendum on his presidency, prosecutor tells prospective jurors
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Trump trial not a referendum on his presidency, prosecutor tells ...
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'What Jennifer Did': Where is Lenford Crawford today?: Lenford Crawford was found guilty of attempted murder alongside Jennifer Pan, who conspired to have her ...
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'What Jennifer Did': Where is Lenford Crawford today?
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Trudeau says foreign states tried "to interfere," but elections "were decided by Canadians"
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Trump said it’s up to the states to decide abortion. Here’s everything else he didn’t say.
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Quick Glance: Arizona Republicans Block Efforts to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban
  • Democratic bills to repeal a 160-year-old abortion ban were blocked in the Legislature.

  • Arizona's highest court decision upholding a 1864 abortion ban caused chaos and confusion.

  • Democrats aimed to repeal the ban to protect women's health, facing hurdles in the Republican-controlled legislature.

  • The uncertainty loomed over whether Republican leaders would allow immediate action on repealing the ban, despite pressure from Democrats and some Republicans.
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Moldova Sets Date for Crucial Presidential Election, EU Vote: Moldova is set to hold a presidential election and a referendum on joining the European Union on ...
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Moldova Sets Date for Crucial Presidential Election, EU Vote
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Calm down, the sky isn’t going to fall with the capital gains tax hike: For businesses, and for individuals beyond a certain threshold, 67 per cent of capital ...
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Calm down, the sky isn’t going to fall with the capital gains tax hike
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Ecuadorians head to polls for referendum as Noboa seeks backing for war on crime: More than 13 million Ecuadorians head to the polls Sunday for a referendum ...
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Ecuadorians head to polls for referendum as Noboa seeks backing for war on ...
Quick Glance: Ecuadorean President Noboa seeks support for security measures in upcoming vote
  • Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa is aiming for voter support for a range of security measures in a national referendum on Sunday to address the increasing violence that has garnered international attention.

  • Noboa is urging voters to support joint police-military patrols, the extradition of wanted criminals, longer sentences for terrorism and murder, and other crimes to combat the rising violence attributed to drug gangs.

  • Opinion polls suggest that voters are likely to support Noboa, 36, in the 11-question referendum, despite potential dampening of support due to recent power outages. Passing five of the measures would lead to constitutional modifications.

  • Over the past decade, cocaine-smuggling gangs have spread across every corner of Latin America, transforming once peaceful nations like Ecuador into new battlefields, as indicated by security officials and diplomats.
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Trump’s abortion stance could put Florida Republicans in a bind: The state GOP's strict abortion bans could be repealed if voters approve a ballot ...
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Trump’s abortion stance could put Florida Republicans in a bind
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Florida voters will decide on abortion rights this fall. Here's what some are saying
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Florida voters will decide on abortion rights this fall. Here's what some ...
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Where is Jennifer Pan's father Huei Hann Pan today?: Jennifer Pan is currently serving a life sentence for the attempted murder of her father, Huei Hann Pan ...
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Where is Jennifer Pan's father Huei Hann Pan today?
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Anti-abortion groups eye challenge if Florida voters approves ballot measure: The fight over abortion likely won't end in November.
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Anti-abortion groups eye challenge if Florida voters approves ballot ...
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Colorado groups say they've collected enough signatures to place an abortion rights measure on the ballot
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Colorado groups say they've collected enough signatures to place an ...
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Inside Gavin Newsom's brush with failure: The governor’s anti-homelessness measure struggled to activate the voters who delivered him a series of landslide ...
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Inside Gavin Newsom's brush with failure
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‘Have you signed yet?’: Arizona activists battle to overturn near-total abortion ban
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‘Have you signed yet?’: Arizona activists battle to overturn near-total ...
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California criminal justice battle intensifies with reformers’ counteroffensive: Groups that have fought to downgrade drug and property sentences are defending ...
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California criminal justice battle intensifies with reformers’ ...
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EU, US diverge over outcome of north Kosovo electoral referendum: The European Commission and United States have offered diverging views on the outcome of ...
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EU, US diverge over outcome of north Kosovo electoral referendum
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Thailand Plans for First Post-Coup Senate Election, Referendum: Thailand will start the process to elect new senators next month, in an exercise that will make ...
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Thailand Plans for First Post-Coup Senate Election, Referendum
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Zurich: Young Greens want to prevent UBS office tower: The Young Party wants to hold a referendum to prevent the high-rise building planned by UBS at Altstetten ...
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Zurich: Young Greens want to prevent UBS office tower
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Missouri House votes to defund Planned Parenthood, sends measure to governor: The action potentially paves the way to fund state government next fiscal year.
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Missouri House votes to defund Planned Parenthood, sends measure to ...
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Houston City Council members clash over Prop A rules: Houston City Council delayed new rules around a historic voter-approved measure aimed at empowering council ...
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Houston City Council members clash over Prop A rules
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Selangor govt may fall if its candidate loses in KKB - PAS leader: Such a defeat can be a referendum to trigger change, Kamal says.
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Selangor govt may fall if its candidate loses in KKB - PAS leader
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KKB by-election will be a referendum of Madani govt, says Muhyiddin: BUKIT FRASER: The coming Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election on May 11 will serve as a referendum ...
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KKB by-election will be a referendum of Madani govt, says Muhyiddin
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Ecuador votes in referendum to toughen fight against gangs behind surging violence
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Ecuador votes in referendum to toughen fight against gangs behind surging ...
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Ecuador leftists will back security reforms but oppose government, former president says
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Ecuador leftists will back security reforms but oppose government ...
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Utah’s largest school district could split in two. Here’s how.: A proposal to split Utah’s largest school district into two smaller districts could head to ...
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Utah’s largest school district could split in two. Here’s how.
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Homeless encampments are on Arizona ballot in November election: Arizona voters will decide on a ballot measure in November that could mean tax refunds for ...
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Homeless encampments are on Arizona ballot in November election
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Backers of proposed California anti-transgender ballot measure lose lawsuit over wording
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Backers of proposed California anti-transgender ballot measure lose ...
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Quebecers support control of immigration, but not a referendum on it: poll: The Léger survey also addressed questions of identity that have been front and centre ...
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Quebecers support control of immigration, but not a referendum on it: poll
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Left resistance to EU migration pact: Switzerland is threatened with another Schengen vote - Zofinger Tagblatt
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Left resistance to EU migration pact: Switzerland is threatened with ...
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Abortion ban supercharges Arizona politics, challenging GOP: As abortion politics and policy clash in Arizona and threaten to sway the swing state ...
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Abortion ban supercharges Arizona politics, challenging GOP
Quick Glance: Arizona Republicans foil another effort to repeal 1864 abortion ban
  • Arizona House Republicans once again thwarted an attempt on Wednesday to repeal the state's nearly complete abortion ban from 1864, leaving Democrats without a vote on their repeal bill for the second consecutive week.

  • Despite facing pressure from influential conservatives, such as former President Trump and Senate hopeful Kari Lake, urging GOP leaders to lift the ban, the Republicans blocked the repeal.

  • State House Democrats made a procedural maneuver to attempt to suspend House rules and bring the repeal bill to the floor for discussion. However, this action was rejected by the GOP majority, with only one Republican, Representative Matt Gress, crossing party lines to support bringing up the repeal bill.

  • A similar endeavor to repeal the ban was obstructed by Republicans last week. Following persistent criticism of the law by Democrats both within and outside the state throughout the week, prominent figures like Trump and Lake recognized the political risks and advocated for a change in direction within the Legislature.
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Thousand Lithuanians lose passports each year due to restrictive citizenship law: In the last five years, more than 5,000 Lithuanians have lost their citizenship ...
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Thousand Lithuanians lose passports each year due to restrictive ...
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Tenant advocates in this Bay Area city are close to putting rent control on the ballot
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Tenant advocates in this Bay Area city are close to putting rent control ...
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'We had a democratic process' for Māori ward, Gisborne Mayor says: Gisborne councillors have voiced frustration the central government will make them redo their ...
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'We had a democratic process' for Māori ward, Gisborne Mayor says
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Ecuador president’s war on crime gets a boost with early referendum results and gang member’s arrest
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Ecuador president’s war on crime gets a boost with early referendum ...
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Graubünden parliament approves civil defense construction for 19 million francs: On Monday, the Graubünden Grand Council approved the construction of a new civil ...
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Graubünden parliament approves civil defense construction for 19 million ...
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Canadian children are stuck in squalid detention camp in Syria, lawyer says: Lawyer pursuing a Federal Court review after Ottawa denied their mothers permission ...
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Canadian children are stuck in squalid detention camp in Syria ...
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Ecuador set to vote to approve raft of security measures in Sunday referendum: The questions include asking voters to approve allowing the military to patrol ...
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Ecuador set to vote to approve raft of security measures in Sunday ...
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California court to weigh in on fight over transgender ballot measure proposal language
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California court to weigh in on fight over transgender ballot measure ...
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Ecuador's Noboa Shuts Down Nation on Electricity Crisis, Blaming Drought: Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa ordered businesses and government offices to shut ...
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Ecuador's Noboa Shuts Down Nation on Electricity Crisis ...
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Exiled opposition official asks Hun Manet to help clear 2022 charges: Former lawmaker Kong Saphea wants to return from Canada to visit his elderly parents.
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Exiled opposition official asks Hun Manet to help clear 2022 charges
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Ecuadorans begin voting in anti-crime referendum amid spike in deadly violence
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Ecuadorans begin voting in anti-crime referendum amid spike in deadly ...
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Ecuador set to vote to approve raft of security measures in Sunday referendum: Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa looks set to win a referendum on Sunday that asks ...
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Ecuador set to vote to approve raft of security measures in Sunday ...
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150th anniversary of the Federal Constitution: "Switzerland is becoming a special case"
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150th anniversary of the Federal Constitution:
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If Quebec can separate, can Montreal be partitioned? No so fast, experts say: Some anglophones want to split Montreal (or part of it) from Quebec ...
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If Quebec can separate, can Montreal be partitioned? No so fast ...
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'What Jennifer Did': Where is Jennifer Pan's brother Felix Pan today?: Jennifer Pan was found guilty of conspiring to murder her parents. Her younger brother ...
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'What Jennifer Did': Where is Jennifer Pan's brother Felix Pan today?
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California judge sides with AG Rob Bonta over proposed trans youth ballot measure’s title
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California judge sides with AG Rob Bonta over proposed trans youth ballot ...
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Signatures turned in for ballot measure to reverse Prop. 47, crack down on theft: “We cannot be afraid to challenge the status quo" when it isn't ...
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Signatures turned in for ballot measure to reverse Prop. 47 ...
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Indigenous healing lodges face chronic underfunding across Canada, critics say: The Waseskun Healing Centre in Saint-Alphonse-Rodrigues, Quebec is among 10 ...
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Indigenous healing lodges face chronic underfunding across Canada ...
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Robert Libman: With anti-Canada rant, PSPP embarks on path of division: Forget cool and collected — if his tirade is anything to go by, Quebecers might just have ...
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Robert Libman: With anti-Canada rant, PSPP embarks on path of division
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Ecuadorans to vote in anti-crime referendum as death toll from violence mounts: Millions of Ecuadorans will cast ballots in a referendum on Sunday to decide ...
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Ecuadorans to vote in anti-crime referendum as death toll from violence ...
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Second Ecuadoran mayor killed ahead of anti-crime vote: The mayor of a mining town in Ecuador was shot dead, the second such killing in days ahead of a weekend ...
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Second Ecuadoran mayor killed ahead of anti-crime vote
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Government to consider tougher sentences for knife crime: Minister for Justice Helen McEntee will bring a memo to Cabinet in relation to tougher sentences on ...
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Government to consider tougher sentences for knife crime
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Quebec labour code doesn’t infringe rights of casino managers, Supreme Court rules
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Quebec labour code doesn’t infringe rights of casino managers ...