Jun 16 Jayland Walker’s family sues officers and city, alleging excessive force By Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press/Report For America Months after a grand jury declined to indict the unnamed officers in the death of Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, his family is seeking at least $45 million in damages from the officers, the city of Akron and city officials, according to… Continue reading
Jun 16 Abortion providers in North Carolina file federal lawsuit challenging restrictions By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press Friday's lawsuit comes one month after the Republican supermajority in the state's General Assembly fast-tracked the law through both chambers and overrode a veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. Continue reading
Jun 16 Federal judge blocks most of Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors By Tom Davies, Associated Press The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana sought the temporary injunction in its legal challenge of the Republican-backed law, which was enacted this spring amid a national push by GOP-led legislatures to curb LGBTQ+ rights. Continue reading
Jun 16 Trump’s legal cases, explained By Nicole Ellis, Casey Kuhn The two indictments that Trump is currently facing are just the beginning of what will “probably be the biggest stress test that the American justice system has faced in the nation's history,” Politico legal editor James Romoser said. Continue reading
Jun 16 ‘The country is entirely unprepared.’ As more unhoused people age, where will they die? By Hannah Grabenstein Sufficient end-of-life care in the United States is a growing problem, especially for unhoused adults. Continue reading
Jun 16 Donald Triplett, the 1st person diagnosed with autism, dies at 89 By Associated Press He was the subject of a book titled "In a Different Key," a PBS documentary film, BBC news magazine installment and countless medical journal articles. Continue reading
Jun 16 The challenges organizers of Pride are facing in 2023 By Tim McPhillips June in the U.S. is pride month, commemorating the Stonewall Uprising in June of 1969, which sparked the gay liberation movement in America. Across big cities and small towns, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and allies alike, celebrate progress and… Continue reading
Jun 16 Abortion remains legal in Iowa after state high court declines to reinstate law largely banning the procedure By Hannah Fingerhut, Scott McFetridge, Associated Press Currently, abortions are allowed in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy. Continue reading
Jun 16 Mass shooter found guilty of murdering 11 people at Tree of Life synagogue in 2018 By Peter Smith, Associated Press Robert Bowers’ lawyers conceded at the trial’s outset that he attacked and killed worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. Continue reading
Jun 16 Republican support for Trump has increased even as he faces dozens of felony charges By Laura Santhanam During the same week that Trump pleaded not guilty to felony charges tied to his possession of classified documents, a majority of Americans say the twice-impeached and twice-indicted former president should drop out of the 2024 race for the White… Continue reading