As the nation renews debate over gun control, the Supreme Court must decide whether to press ahead with a Second Amendment case it has accepted for the coming term, its first in a decade. Gun-control groups operate under a no-news-is-good-news ...
Tagged with: Brett Kavanaugh clarence thomas District of Columbia v. Heller New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York Supreme Court
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A year after shutting all its U.S. stores, Toys R Us is making a comeback. The international chain, which filed for bankruptcy in 2017, is opening two mall stores this holiday season and bringing back its website. But don’t expect ...
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Dr. Leana Wen, the former Baltimore city health commissioner, was forced out of her job as president of Planned Parenthood Tuesday in a dispute over the direction of the nation's largest women's reproductive rights organization amid growing political and legal challenges to abortion.
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A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled Thursday that a Trump administration family planning “gag rule” that could cut as much as $60 million in Title X funds from Planned Parenthood could go into effect immediately. The decision is ...
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On Nov. 9, 2016, the day after Donald Trump clinched the presidency, a student at Oberlin College entered a local bakery and convenience store, hoping to leave with a few bottles of wine. Instead, Jonathan Aladin, 19, ran from the ...
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Female inmates in Maryland are still paying for tampons, sometimes at high prices, despite a law requiring free access to feminine hygiene products in the state’s prison system. Republican Gov. Larry Hogan signed legislation last year to ensure a free ...
Tagged with: feminine hygiene products Maryland Correctional Institution for Women Public Safety and Correctional Services Secretary Robert Green Sen. Susan Lee
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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers want to increase the number of undocumented immigrants who are afforded the chance to receive in-state tuition breaks. The General Assembly approved legislation that expands the Maryland Dream Act, a 2012 law that grants an in-state ...
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Opponents of Gov. Larry Hogan’s plan to relieve traffic by building toll lanes on the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270 are pushing for more legislative scrutiny on what the governor has said would be the largest public-private partnership in the ...
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The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm a 37-year-old Washington lawyer whose nomination drew vociferous opposition from LGBTQ and some civil rights groups to a seat on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Allison Rushing, a partner at Williams and ...
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the Constitution’s prohibition on excessive fines applies to state and local governments, limiting their abilities to impose fines and seize property. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, on just her second day back ...
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