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US Census Bureau using aerial tech to help with 2020 count

US Census Bureau using aerial tech to help with 2020 count

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau is using new high-tech tools to help get an accurate population count next year as its faces challenges tallying people of color who live in remote places and can be wary of the federal government. The agency is using aerial images of […]

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Judge to weigh whether Utah can build case for abortion ban

Judge to weigh whether Utah can build case for abortion ban

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah state attorneys will ask a judge on Thursday to let them marshal evidence to defend a new abortion ban, a step that could prepare the case for a future appeals court amid optimism from anti-abortion advocates nationwide about new conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices. […]

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US Supreme Court denies review of Arizona child welfare case

US Supreme Court denies review of Arizona child welfare case

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied review of an Arizona case challenging a law that gives preference to American Indians in adoptions of Native children. The order this week leaves in place a lower court ruling that dismissed a complaint from a Phoenix-based, right-leaning think tank. […]

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Abortion rights activist rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2019. - Demonstrations were planned across the US on Tuesday in defense of abortion rights, which activists see as increasingly under attack. The "Day of Action" rallies come after the state of Alabama passed the country's most restrictive abortion ban, prohibiting the procedure in all cases, even rape and incest, unless the mother's life is at risk. Alabama is among about 14 states which have adopted laws banning or drastically restricting access to abortion, according to activists. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)        (Photo credit should read ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Across US, activists protest new wave of abortion bans

At the U.S. Supreme Court, statehouses and other sites across the nation, abortion rights supporters held rallies Tuesday in opposition to the wave of sweeping abortion bans being enacted this year in Midwestern and Southern states. Organizers — including Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice America and the American Civil Liberties Union […]

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Utah agrees to delay implementation of 18-week abortion ban

Utah agrees to delay implementation of 18-week abortion ban

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah state officials have agreed to delay the implementation of a law banning most abortions after 18 weeks of gestation to allow a legal challenge to play out in the courts. Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes made the announcement Thursday shortly before a court hearing […]

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Lawsuit challenges Utah ban on abortions after 18 weeks

Lawsuit challenges Utah ban on abortions after 18 weeks

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Abortion rights groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of a new Utah law banning most abortions after 18 weeks of gestation, following through on a vow made when lawmakers considered the measure during this year’s legislative session. The law violates the U.S. Supreme […]

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Kansas death penalty case has implications for mentally ill

Kansas death penalty case has implications for mentally ill

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The day after Thanksgiving in 2009, James Kahler went to the home of his estranged wife’s grandmother, where he shot the two women, along with his two teenage daughters. No one — not even Kahler’s attorneys — disputes that he killed the four relatives. Instead, his […]

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Utah GOP chair won’t run again amid party division

Utah GOP chair won’t run again amid party division

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Republican Party chairman says he won’t run for another term amid party infighting over a law changing how political candidates are nominated. Chairman Rob Anderson said Wednesday he can’t unify the party during heated debate over the 2014 law. His decision comes after […]

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Supreme Court won’t preside over challenge to state egg laws

Supreme Court won’t preside over challenge to state egg laws

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to get involved in a legal dispute involving 15 states that want to strike down laws in California and Massachusetts requiring larger living areas for some farm animals. The attorney general’s office in Missouri, which spearheaded one of the […]

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High court denies review of Grand Canyon-area mining ban

High court denies review of Grand Canyon-area mining ban

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied review of a case centered on mining around the Grand Canyon. The Obama administration put about 1 million acres near the national park off-limits to new mining claims in 2012. It was meant to slow a flurry of claims over […]

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