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https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3wgv5/missouri-voted-to-defund-public-libraries-book-bans The new budget sets funds for libraries to $0. Library groups say the move is retaliation for suing the state over its recent book ban law. By Claire Woodcock March 30, 2023, 11:37am ALLAN BAXTER /...

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/texas-abortion-law-doctors-nurses-care-supreme-court.html There’s a quiet new crisis brewing in Texas following the abortion ban. It could get much worse. BY SOPHIE NOVACK MARCH 21, 20235:45 AM Illustration by Slate. Photo by Getty Plus. For three...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/idaho-hospital-stop-delivering-babies-013517082.html Kelcie Moseley-Morris Sat, March 18, 2023 at 5:35 AM GMT+4·3 min read Bonner General Health, the only hospital in Sandpoint, announced Friday that it will no longer provide obstetrical services to the city of more...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-14/can-car-free-living-succeed-in-cities-built-around-the-automobile https://archive.is/TJoZP A rendering of The Plant, a converted industrial space envisioned as the anchor for a car-free development in Houston. Rendering courtesy of Concept...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/13/mental-health-data-brokers/ https://archive.is/85XQy Capitalizing on the pandemic explosion in telehealth and therapy apps that collect details of your mental health needs, data brokers are packaging that information for resale, a new study...

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/idaho-woman-shares-19-day-miscarriage-tiktok-states/story?id=96363578 Carmen Broesder, 35, said she visited the ER three times before receiving care. By Mary Kekatos Video by Jessie DiMartino January 21, 2023, 1:04 PM An Idaho woman who documented her 19-day...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/15/business/auburn-tiktok-ban-students.html[/U] The school’s prohibition brings a geopolitical fight front and center for TikTok’s biggest fans: young Americans. Students at Auburn University’s campus on Tuesday, the day before classes resumed for the spring...

https://www.cleveland.com/open/2023/01/with-stroke-of-his-pen-gov-mike-dewine-defines-natural-gas-as-green-energy.html Updated: Jan. 06, 2023, 6:30 p.m.| Published: Jan. 06, 2023, 5:20 p.m. FILE - A crew works on a drilling rig at a well site for shale based natural gas in Zelienople, Penn...

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-tiktok-ban-why-do-they-want-to-ban-2022-12?utm_source=reddit.com Paayal Zaveri Dec 29, 2022, 8:28 AM A display from the TikTok booth at the Hangzhou International Ecommerce Expo in October 2021. CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images There is again a...

https://www.sammobile.com/news/eu-passes-battery-regulations-smartphones-tablets-laptops/ BUSINESS By Sagar Naresh Last updated: December 20th, 2022 at 07:30 UTC+01:00 After making USB Type-C charging ports mandatory on all smartphones, tablets, and laptops, the European Union (EU) has now...

https://www.foxnews.com/us/parents-swept-controversy-after-school-satan-club-speak-out-at-wits-end Published December 9, 2022 2:00am EST Critics maintain After School Satan Clubs are 'wearing down the inhibitions' of impressionable children By Jon Brown | Fox News **allow cookies from...

https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-website-government-white-house-president-omb-2022-11 Trump's White House blocked government websites aimed at helping Americans vote, fighting human trafficking, easing homelessness, and stopping fraud, federal records show Dave Levinthal 9 hours...

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3731453-progressives-ranks-and-plans-expand-after-midterms/ BY HANNA TRUDO - 11/13/22 7:00 AM ET Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel, via AP Democratic candidate for Florida’s 10th Congressional District Maxwell Frost speaks as he celebrates with...

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/us-hospitals-are-so-overloaded-that-one-er-called-911-on-itself/ Patients are reporting crowded waiting rooms and hours-long wait times. BETH MOLE - Yesterday at undefined Enlarge / An isolation tent for an emergency department in Walnut Creek...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/10/24/universal-basic-income/ The extraordinary success and thorny politics of a bold policy idea Perspective by Megan Greenwell From left, former Stockton Calif., mayor Michael Tubbs; Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, center right; guaranteed-income...

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/alternatives-to-police-prisons "Punitive systems only create more cycles of trauma and violence.” BY TEEN VOGUE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHY BY NYIA SISSAC AUGUST 18, 2022 The backlash against criminal justice reform is in full swing. The progressive district attorney...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/30/car-is-king-accidents-pollution-road-vehicles-public-transport Tue 30 Aug 2022 03.00 EDT Last modified on Tue 30 Aug 2022 13.35 EDT John Vidal Accidents and pollution are making road vehicles untenable. With public transport and...

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