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Civil rights groups say push to dismantle Education Department will undo hard-won gains
WASHINGTON (AP) — The rights of Americans to self-determine how to educate their children — a hotly contested matter that stretches back to at least the Civil War — have long been intertwined with the principle of equally and equitably educating children across racial lines.
When President Donald Trump last wee ... (full story)
Anti-abortion groups aim to end Planned Parenthood funding and suggest Musk's DOGE to get it done
WASHINGTON (AP) — Major anti-abortion groups gathered in the nation's capital recently to begin a lobbying effort with Congress and President Donald Trump's administration aimed at eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood, with some calling on Elon Musk to make the organization one of his cost-cutting targets.
The anti-a ... (full story)
Spiritual adviser to man executed by firing squad: 'We're more than the worst thing we've done.'
(RNS) — When 67-year-old Brad Sigmon was put to death on March 7 in South Carolina for the murder of his then-girlfriend's parents, it was the first time in 15 years that an execution in the United States had been carried out by a firing squad.
United Methodist minister Hillary Taylor, Sigmon's spiritual adviser since 2020 ... (full story)
5th District appellate panel upholds fentanyl conviction
A Fifth District Court of Appeals panel recently affirmed a trial court’s conviction of a Newark man on a fentanyl-related drug charge despite the offender’s argument that the lower court should not have allowed him to argue on his own behalf.
The 3-0 appellate panel was not persuaded by 59-year-old Billy Lee’s ... (full story)
High Court takes up phone, internet subsidy for rural areas
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas, in a new test of federal regulatory power.
The justices are reviewing an appellate ruling that struck ... (full story)