By Sandy Fitzgerald From Newsmax California is continuing to ban state-funded travel to places with laws perceived to discriminate against gay or transgender people, adding Oklahoma as the ban’s ninth state, Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced in a press release on Friday.The restrictions on Oklahoma were added after the state adopted a new law in […]
Here’s where you’re most likely to live longest across the US
May 11, 2017 by Leave a Comment
By Kevin Loria From Business Insider A child born in 2014 in Oglala Lakota County in South Dakota, home to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, has a life expectancy of almost 67, according to data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). But a child born that year in Santa Clara, California, could […]
15 charged in South Dakota ‘chop shop’ for eagles
May 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment
From WN U.S. authorities in South Dakota have broken up what they called a “chop shop” for eagles that was unfolding at an organization that performs Native American dance programs in Rapid City, Fox News reported. Fifteen people have been indicted for illegally trafficking eagles and other migratory birds after a two-year undercover operation potentially […]
North Carolina abortion ultrasound rule violates first amendment, court says
December 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Mike Sacks, From The National Law Journal A federal appeals court Monday struck down a key provision of North Carolina’s abortion regulations as a violation of doctors’ First Amendment right to free speech. “Abortion may well be a special case because of the undeniable gravity of all that is involved, but it cannot be […]
