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Nebraska US mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter abortion pills
US mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter abortion pills
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/22/burgess-abortion-pill-nebraska-mother-daughter
Jessica Burgess pleaded guilty in July to providing an abortion after 20 weeks and tampering with human remains
Wait, Why Are American Taxes Still Like This?
Wait, Why Are American Taxes Still Like This?
https://getpocket.com/collections/wait-why-are-american-taxes-still-like-this?
Your tax prep (or procrastination) headache is rooted in the U.S.’s knotty system, not your own shortcomings. Our reading list breaks it down.
White homeowner accused of shooting Black teen who went to the wrong house in Kansas City will face 2 felony charges, officials announce
White homeowner accused of shooting Black teen who went to the wrong house in Kansas City will face 2 felony charges, officials announce | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/17/us/kansas-city-teen-shot-wrong-house/index.html
A White 85-year-old homeowner who allegedly shot and wounded Ralph Yarl, a Black teen, after the 16-year-old went to the wrong home to pick up his siblings will face two felony charges.
Bill To Ban Child Marriage In West Virginia Defeated By Republicans
Bill To Ban Child Marriage In West Virginia Defeated By Republicans
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-to-ban-child-marriage-in-west-virginia-defeated-by-republicans_n_6409fd91e4b09c5c6d6d569d
Currently, children can marry as young as 16 in West Virginia with parental consent. Anyone younger than that also must get a judge’s waiver.
Borrowers in 7 states may be taxed on their student loan cancellation
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/09/1121717824/biden-student-loans-debt-cancellation-taxpayer-impact
"Student loan forgiveness undermines one of our military’s greatest recruitment tools at a time of dangerously low enlistments." - Congressman Jim Banks
Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks)
https://nitter.it/RepJimBanks/status/1562820837140742144
Student loan forgiveness undermines one of our military’s greatest recruitment tools at a time of dangerously low enlistments.
In 2016, US dropped at least 26,171 bombs authorized by Obama. Meaning, every day in 2016, the US military blasted combatants or civilians overseas with 72 bombs; aka three bombs per hour, 24/7.
“If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible." Harry S. Truman, 1941.
A quote by Harry Truman
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/728071-if-we-see-that-germany-is-winning-we-ought-to
If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possib...
Miami considering plan to move homeless people to camp on island in Biscayne Bay
Miami considering plan to move homeless people to camp on island in Biscayne Bay
https://www.aol.com/news/miami-considering-plan-move-homeless-185208296.html
Miami is studying the possibility of taking people experiencing homelessness off the streets and moving them to a city-sponsored encampment on Virginia Key, an idea that has sparked opposition from some community advocates and could imperil federal funding for countywide homeless initiatives.
