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Misinformation about abortion targets Spanish speakers, galvanizing Latino voters

4:49pm October 12, 2022

by Maria Godoy

Shortly after the leaked draft opinion on abortion, there was a surge of posts about abortion targeting Spanish speakers. This misinformation is designed to galvanize anti-abortion Latino voters.

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The FDA authorizes omicron boosters for kids as young as 5 years old

4:49pm October 12, 2022

by Rob Stein

The Food and Drug Administration authorized the new bivalent omicron boosters for kids as young as 5 years old. The shots could roll out almost immediately.

Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook Families

4:49pm October 12, 2022

by Frankie Graziano

Infowars host Alex Jones and Free Speech Systems have been ordered to pay nearly a billion dollars to the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.

Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes is slated to speak at Penn State University later this month — an event that has sparked protest plans and a petition. He's seen here in 2019.

Penn State is about to host the Proud Boys founder, and its students are protesting

3:20pm October 12, 2022

by Bill Chappell

As it made its case to bring Gavin McInnes to campus, a student group compared him to "many great comedians that have come before," who challenge the way people see the world.

Former Louisville Metro Police officer Katie R. Crews, show in riot gear, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal charge of using excessive force during curfew enforcement the night of David McAtee's death.

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An ex-Louisville cop pleads guilty to using excessive force in Breonna Taylor protests

2:52pm October 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

A former police officer blamed for instigating a conflict that led to the fatal shooting of a Black barbecue restaurant owner during the Breonna Taylor protests has pleaded guilty in federal court.

Mike Johansen stands by the door of the camping trailer where the couple is living while they wait for construction on their new home to be finished.

With mortgage rates near 7%, the housing party is over. Now it's hangover time

1:13pm October 12, 2022

by Chris Arnold

Higher rates are dashing the dreams of some would-be homebuyers while others stretch to buy but spend close to $1,000 a month more in monthly payments for a typical house.

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Comedians Clayton English, center, and Eric Andre, right, speak with their attorney, Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, on Tuesday outside the federal courthouse in Atlanta.

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Comedians Eric André and Clayton English allege racial profiling at Atlanta's airport

1:06pm October 12, 2022

by Ashley Ahn

The say officers stopping passengers on the bridges from the gate to the plane, questioning them, and searching their bags is unconstitutional. The suit stems from separate incidents in 2020 and 2021.

Former Los Angeles Angels employee Eric Kay walks out of federal court on Feb. 15, in Fort Worth, Texas. Kay was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison on Tuesday for providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his overdose death.

A former Los Angeles Angels employee gets 22 years in Tyler Skaggs' overdose death

12:30pm October 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

Eric Kay was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his overdose death in 2019.

Students at Bear River High School in Grass Valley, Calif., gather to see their school schedules during the first morning of school in August.

ACT test scores drop to their lowest in 30 years in a pandemic slide

11:10am October 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

The class of 2022's average ACT composite score was 19.8 out of 36, marking the first time since 1991 that the average score was below 20.

This map from the nonprofit March of Dimes shows maternity care deserts across the U.S. in 2020.

Millions of Americans are losing access to maternal care. Here's what can be done

9:43am October 12, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

A report from the nonprofit March of Dimes finds that 36% of counties in the U.S. are "maternity care deserts," meaning they have no obstetric hospitals or birth centers and no obstetric providers.