Trump hush money prosecutor open to trial delay of one month

Trump hush money prosecutor open to trial delay of one month

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a news conference at his office in New York City on Feb. 22, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Thursday told a judge that he does not oppose postponing the start of the criminal hush money trial of former President Donald Trump by … Read more

Bill shelved that sought changes to Iowa law outlining penalties for terminating a pregnancy

Bill shelved that sought changes to Iowa law outlining penalties for terminating a pregnancy

DES MOINES, Iowa — A bill that would have made changes to Iowa’s fetal homicide law has been shelved after a Senate Republican joined Democrats in voicing concerns about the potential impact on in vitro fertilization after an Alabama court found frozen embryos can be considered children. The Senate declined to consider the bill, which … Read more

Craig Wright Is Not Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto, Judge Declares

Craig Wright Is Not Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto, Judge Declares

The allegations of forgery are founded on a series of reports compiled by an expert in forensic document analysis nominated by COPA, who analyzed the various materials on which Wright’s claim depends. The reports identified hundreds of alleged instances of forgery and tampering of various flavors, and were largely corroborated by two experts nominated by … Read more

Vice President Harris will visit a Minnesota clinic that performs abortions

Vice President Harris will visit a Minnesota clinic that performs abortions

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday plans to tour a Minnesota clinic that performs abortions and provides other reproductive care as Democrats play up their opposition to the rollback of abortion rights in an effort to help reelect President Joe Biden in November. It will be the first time that a president or … Read more

Texas parental consent law for teen contraception doesn’t run afoul of federal program, court says

Texas parental consent law for teen contraception doesn’t run afoul of federal program, court says

NEW ORLEANS — Texas law requiring that minors have parental permission to get birth control does not run afoul of a federally funded pregnancy health program known as Title X, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. President Joe Biden’s administration had argued that Title X preempts the Texas parental consent requirement. But a panel of … Read more

Online influencer Andrew Tate detained in Romania, handed UK arrest warrant, his spokesperson says

Online influencer Andrew Tate detained in Romania, handed UK arrest warrant, his spokesperson says

BUCHAREST, Romania — Online influencer Andrew Tate was detained in Romania and handed an arrest warrant issued by British authorities, his spokesperson said Tuesday. Tate, 37, and his brother Tristan Tate were detained Monday evening for 24 hours on allegations of sexual aggression in a U.K. case dating back to 2012-2015, spokesperson Mateea Petrescu said. … Read more

Florida rivals ask courts to stop online sports gambling off tribal lands

Florida rivals ask courts to stop online sports gambling off tribal lands

ORLANDO, Fla. — The state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida will be raking in hundreds of millions of dollars from online sports betting this decade, thanks to a compact between the tribe and Gov. Ron DeSantis that gave the tribe exclusive rights to run sports wagers as well as casino gambling on … Read more

Iowa House OKs bill to criminalize death of an “unborn person” despite IVF concerns

Iowa House OKs bill to criminalize death of an “unborn person” despite IVF concerns

DES MOINES, Iowa — Republicans in Iowa’s House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday that would criminalize the death of an “unborn person” — over Democrats’ concerns about how it might apply to in vitro fertilization, after an Alabama court found frozen embryos can be considered children. Iowa’s law currently outlines penalties for termination or … Read more

Nationwide review finds patchwork, ‘broken’ systems for resolving open records disputes

Nationwide review finds patchwork, ‘broken’ systems for resolving open records disputes

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Dana Holladay-Hollifield has worked as a nurse in Alabama for years, but never was her pay as low as it was at Huntsville Hospital. She wondered what executives at the not-for-profit facility were making, so she filed a public records request to find out. The hospital is governed by a public board, … Read more

Alabama clinic resumes IVF treatments under new law shielding providers from liability

Alabama clinic resumes IVF treatments under new law shielding providers from liability

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — At least one clinic in Alabama has resumed in vitro fertilization treatments after the governor signed a bill into law shielding providers from potential legal liability raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. Alabama Fertility Specialists performed several embryo transfers Thursday, news outlets reported. Video from CBS News … Read more