The battle rages on even in California, a State that quickly stepped up to protect women's rights to manage their health care. As California, at a statewide level, was willing to protect women's rights, it fell to the cities and counties to find ways to interfere. — Read the rest
The introduction of the “coronavirus pass”, a digital certificate that enabled people who had been vaccinated or recovered from Covid to go to museums and events, did not infringe on fundamental rights, judges in The Hague said on Wednesday. Three opponents of the “test for entry” system went to court at the end of 2022, arguing that the use of the pass was a way to force people to get vaccinated and demanded compensation. The system was introduced in September 2021 and phased
The Most Rev. James Thomas Ruggieri is scheduled to be ordained and installed as the 13th Bishop of Portland on May 7.
The meeting is happening at 10 a.m. on the campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.
A coalition of nearly 20 Republican senators on Thursday introduced a measure blaming university leadership across the country for an explosion of anti-Semitic violence on campus that has endangered Jewish students and put the nation on edge.
Republican Rep. Chris Smith says that abortion is “a weapon of mass destruction.” Abby Johnson claims that abortion is driven by “the same demonic spirit that we read about in the Old Testament”: “It’s the same spirit of Molech and Baal.” William Wolfe declares that when it comes to the future of the Southern Baptist […]
Voters in states across the political spectrum have backed abortion rights since the fall of Roe. But Florida’s November referendum will be tougher.
The attack on St. Patrick's Church was the 252nd on a Catholic church in the United States since 2022.
The District Court in The Hague ruled that implementing the coronavirus access passes during the pandemic was “drastic” but not a violation of fundamental rights. This was written as part of the court’s verdict in a case brought by opponents to the entry pass system. The plaintiffs were not awarded compensation.
A new EU law means Apple will have to extend its iPhone warranty, and offer all users the same kind of repair or replace service it currently sells as AppleCare. The EU wants to make it easier to repair damaged smartphones Since 2020, the EU has been debating right to repair legislation, and it has been steadily progressing through the system. Now the EU has formally adopted the rules, after a vote saw 584 in favor, 3 against, and 14 abstentions. "Consumers' right to repair products...
Arizona state House Speaker Ben Toma (R) is facing a reckoning as he tries to navigate the fallout from Arizona's Supreme Court decision enforcing an 1864 abortion ban. Since the decision last week, Toma has twice helped block House Democrats’ efforts to repeal the ban on procedural grounds. Toma is facing pressure from
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A retired Roman Catholic bishop who was famous for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico was located and taken to a hospital after apparently being briefly kidnapped, the Mexican Council of Bishops said Monday. The church leadership in Mexico said in a statement earlier that Msgr. Salvador Rangel, a []