New York Lawmakers Move To Enshrine Abortion Rights In State Constitution

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It's difficult to remember all of the players in Trump's orbit who are paying the price for doing the former President's illegal bidding, but Jenna Ellis is the one who Rudy Giuliani Covid-farted on in her general direction. An agreement has been reached between Colorado legal officials and the Fart Lady, barring her from practicing law in the state for three years after she pleaded guilty to helping the twice-impeached former President try to overturn the 2020 election. Imagine giving everything up for that chud.

Nicole Brown Simpson’s sisters said they had “very complicated” feelings when they learned about O. J. Simpson’s death. The three sisters—Denise Brown, Dominique Brown, and Tanya Brown—sat down with ABC News’ Diane Sawyer, with Denise saying that when she heard about Simpson’s death, she felt “this sense of kind of relief in a way.” The sisters added, however, that they felt for their niece and nephew, Sydney and Justin, who are Simpson and Nicole’s children. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “It’s very complicated,” Dominique told ABC News.

A Texas Democratic lawmaker who broke with her party by supporting a ban on gender-affirming care for minors was ousted in a primary runoff that galvanized LGBTQ+ groups nationwide who then campaigned for her opponent in the race for the south Houston seat. Rep. Shawn Thierry’s defeat followed four terms in which the Houston lawmaker typically joined her fellow Democrats on major issues, including voting against aggressive immigration measures demanded by Republican Gov.

McDonald’s is fighting back against viral tweets and media reports that it says have exaggerated its price increases. In a post on the company’s website Wednesday, McDonald’s U. S. President Joe Erlinger said reports suggesting the price of the average Big Mac has doubled since 2019 were false. McDonald’s said the average U.

NEW YORK — Black passengers who were briefly ordered off an American Airlines plane in January sued the airline Wednesday, alleging that they were victims of racial discrimination. Three of the men filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York. They said they were told to leave a plane waiting to take off in Phoenix and noticed five other black men who also had been ordered off the flight. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The three, who did not know each other and had been sitting in different parts of the plane, said an airline employee told them they were removed because a flight attendant had complained about a passenger’s body odor.