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More than two dozen cities and states are suing Big Oil over climate change – they just got a boost from the US Supreme Court
(THE CONVERSATION) Honolulu has lost more than 5 miles of its famous beaches to sea level rise and storm surges. Sunny-day flooding during high tides makes many city roads impassable, and water mains for the public drinking water system are corroding from saltwater because of sea level rise.
The damage has left the city and coun ... (full story)
How comics can either depress turnout or activate voters in 2024
(THE CONVERSATION) Biden is old. Trump has weird hair. Biden mangles the English language. Trump barely seems to understand it.
There's no question that it is easy to make fun of the two top presidential candidates for 2024.
But as I explain in my new book, "Trump Was a Joke: How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Did ... (full story)
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Mpox is down, but US cities could be at risk for summertime outbreaks
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The mpox health emergency has ended, but U.S. health officials are aiming to prevent a repeat of last year's outbreaks.
Mpox infections exploded early in the summer of 2022 in the wake of Pride gatherings. More than 30,000 U.S. cases were reported last year, most of them spread during sexual contact betw ... (full story)
Indiana doctor reprimanded, fined for talking publicly about 10-year-old's abortion
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana board decided recently to reprimand an Indianapolis doctor after finding that she violated patient privacy laws by talking publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from neighboring Ohio.
The state Medical Licensing Board voted that Dr. Caitlin Bernard didn't abide by ... (full story)
Ohio Supreme Court suspends attorney for frivolous filings
A Franklin County attorney is suspended for 18 months, with one year stayed, for engaging in an impermissible conflict of interest, making false statements to a court, and “intentionally and habitually” filing frivolous motions, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently.
In a unanimous per curiam opinion, the Supreme ... (full story)