December 2019

How a Divided Left Is Losing the Battle on Abortion

Ilyse Hogue, president of the abortion rights organization NARAL Pro-Choice America, said that independent clinics “absolutely” needed to be better funded, but that ultimately protecting the clinics depended on bigger changes. “I don’t think they will be able to continue to operate at all if you don’t shift the culture and politics,” she said. “The

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London Bridge attack: PM says 74 convicted terrorists released early

In an interview with the BBC’s Andrew Marr, Boris Johnson was asked how many other convicted terrorists have been released early from prison in similar circumstances to London Bridge attacker Usman Khan. The 28-year-old convicted terrorist was shot dead by police on London Bridge on Friday after stabbing two people to death. He had been

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Warming toll: 1 degree hotter, trillions of tons of ice gone

The world has gotten hotter, lost trillions of tons of ice and suffered more weather disasters since climate negotiations started By BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer December 1, 2019, 10:05 AM 3 min read Since leaders first started talking about tackling the problem of climate change, the world has spewed more heat-trapping gases, gotten

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In ride-hail boom, livery cabs feel squeezed and forgotten

In low-income New York neighborhoods with no yellow cabs and sparse public transport, residents have long relied on livery cabs By CLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press November 30, 2019, 12:59 PM 1 min read In the outer boroughs and low-income neighborhoods of New York City, where yellow cabs rarely go and sometimes public transportation is sparse,

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