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NYC’s ‘Eric Adams Show’ Heads For A Final Curtain, With Echoes Of Another New Yorker More Focused On Style Than Policy

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/04/2024 - 3:00am

As the Democratic primary for mayor in New York approached in the spring of 2021, most of my friends and colleagues were supporting one of three candidates.

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A Hospital Kept a Brain-Damaged Patient on Life Support to Boost Statistics. His Sister Is Now Suing for Malpractice.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/04/2024 - 2:00am

A Hospital Kept a Brain-Damaged Patient on Life Support to Boost Statistics. His Sister Is Now Suing for Malpractice.

by Caroline Chen

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Voters Without Kids Are In The Political Spotlight – But They’re Not All The Same

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/04/2024 - 1:00am

In the 2024 election cycle, voters without children are under the microscope.

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance has said that “childless cat ladies” and older adults without kids are “sociopaths” who “don’t have a direct stake in this country.”

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District Court Proceedings Begin On Nebraska Medical Cannabis Lawsuit

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 7:00am

April 17, 2015, activist Maggie Graham (center) collects signatures in Omaha, Neb., for a petition to place medical marijuana on the ballot. Supporters of medical marijuana are still fighting to get it put on the ballot this year.
(Nati Harnik / AP Photo)

LINCOLN — A Lancaster County District Court judge said Friday she intends to issue “narrowly” at the end of next week whether to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to invalidate Nebraska’s medical cannabis petitions.

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Were The Signatures Really Invalid?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 6:00am

The other day Nebraska’s Attorney General did his job. His job was to appease Pete Ricketts, Tom Osborn, Jim Pillen and some of the other leaders of this state in spreading doubt about the legitimacy of the signatures on the petitions to legalize Medical Marijuana in Nebraska.

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Health Plan Floated By JD Vance Could Weaken Protections For Pregnant People

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 5:00am

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Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 4:00am

George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services professor, and Chair of the Department of Health Policy Sara Rosenbaum on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011.
(Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Photo)

Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.

by Ziva Branstetter

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Nebraska State Sen. McDonnell Says His Position On Winner-Take-All Never Changed

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska State Sen. Mike McDonnell, a four-decade Democrat and longtime leader of the Omaha fire union, became a Republican in April after Democrats censured him for supporting a stricter abortion ban and health care limits on trans minors.

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Missouri Executes A Man For The 1998 Killing Of A Woman Despite Her Family’s Calls To Spare His Life

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 2:00am

Deacon Dave Billips, with the Office of Peace and Justice with the St. Louis Archdiocese, holds a sign as he stands with protesters holding space to halt the execution of Marcellus Williams on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, outside the Carnahan Courthouse in St. Louis.
(Laurie Skrivan / St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections of the victim’s family and the prosecutor, who wanted the death sentence commuted to life in prison.

Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted in the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle, who was stabbed during the burglary of her suburban St. Louis home.

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Man Arrested After Poking Rifle Onto Trump Golf Course Charged With Federal Gun Crimes

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 7:00am

The Trump International Golf Club is shown, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
(Lynne Sladky / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON — Ryan Wesley Routh appeared in federal court Monday on two firearm charges after being apprehended by local law enforcement Sunday in what the FBI is investigating as a possible assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

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Legal News

NYC’s ‘Eric Adams Show’ Heads For A Final Curtain, With Echoes Of Another New Yorker More Focused On Style Than Policy

A Hospital Kept a Brain-Damaged Patient on Life Support to Boost Statistics. His Sister Is Now Suing for Malpractice.

A Hospital Kept a Brain-Damaged Patient on Life Support to Boost Statistics. His Sister Is Now Suing for Malpractice.

Voters Without Kids Are In The Political Spotlight – But They’re Not All The Same

District Court Proceedings Begin On Nebraska Medical Cannabis Lawsuit

Were The Signatures Really Invalid?

Health Plan Floated By JD Vance Could Weaken Protections For Pregnant People

Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.

Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.

Nebraska State Sen. McDonnell Says His Position On Winner-Take-All Never Changed

Missouri Executes A Man For The 1998 Killing Of A Woman Despite Her Family’s Calls To Spare His Life

Man Arrested After Poking Rifle Onto Trump Golf Course Charged With Federal Gun Crimes

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