Alabama race fuels ongoing abortion rights, IVF debate
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by Tom Palmer
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(NewsNation) — Alabama has become ground zero on the issue of abortion rights and in vitro fertilization (IVF) throughout the last few months. This week, a Democrat who made reproductive rights a centerpiece of her campaign in the deeply conservative state won a special election to the Alabama Legislature. It was a victory that Democrats say illustrates voter backlash to what they consider extreme reproductive restrictions imposed by Republicans. Alabama’s abortion ban took effect in 2023 and allows no exemptions for pregnancies resulting from rape and incest. Democrats in the Alabama Legislat ..read more
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Riley Strain case: Forensic experts say ‘more to be investigated’
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by Katie Smith
3h ago
(NewsNation) — A pair of forensic experts say there’s more to learn regarding the death of 22-year-old Missouri student Riley Strain, whose body was missing pants, a wallet and boots when it was discovered last week. Dr. Michelle Dupre, founder of the Forensic Consulting Network, and Joseph Scott Morgan, forensic analyst and host of the “Body Bags” podcast, joined “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” on Thursday to weigh in on the investigation. “I think maybe we’re a little premature in this right now,” Dupre said. “There’s more to be investigated ..read more
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Migrants becoming more aggressive at US border: Memo
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by Jeff Arnold, Ali Bradley
3h ago
(NewsNation) — Agents working at the U.S. southern border are fearful that migrants attempting to enter the country illegally are becoming increasingly aggressive toward law enforcement, which has prompted concerns violence between asylum-seekers and officers and others working at the border may continue to escalate. The Texas Department of Public Safety told U.S. Customs and Border Protection in a memo obtained by NewsNation that the migrant crisis now carries officer safety concerns after an incident last week when hundreds of migrants broke through razor wire fence and rushed past National ..read more
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Survivor saw Baltimore bridge collapse during escape
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by Jeff Arnold
3h ago
(NewsNation) — One of the two people who survived the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge this week “literally saw” the structure collapse as it plunged into the Patapsco River, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday. Officials announced that survivors include a Mexican national, who was part of a construction crew working on the bridge, and a Maryland state inspector who was overseeing work on the bridge when a cargo ship struck the bridge early Tuesday morning. Neither of the survivors have been publicly identified. Maryland's governor credited first responders, who "moved heroically" a ..read more
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Secret Facebook project spied on Snapchat user data, documents say
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by Andrew Dorn
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(NewsNation) — In 2016, Facebook carried out a secret project to spy on Snapchat user data and later used the same snooping method on YouTube and Amazon to gain a competitive advantage, according to newly unsealed court documents. The documents — which came from a class-action lawsuit between consumers and Facebook's parent company, Meta — allege that the internal operation, codenamed "Project Ghostbusters," came at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's request. "Whenever someone asks a question about Snapchat, the answer is usually that because their traffic is encrypted we have no analytics about them ..read more
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Did Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs leave the country?
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by Caitlyn Shelton
2d ago
(NewsNation) — Federal agents swarmed two properties belonging to Sean “Diddy” Combs on Monday. The properties in Los Angeles and Miami were searched by Homeland Security agents as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation. Multiple videos from NewsNation affiliate KTLA show authorities moving into the Los Angeles home and placing multiple people in handcuffs, sparking the question: Where was Combs at the time of the raids? Where was Diddy during the raid? While it’s still unclear exactly where he was during the searches, video from TMZ appears to show Diddy walking around at the M ..read more
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5 arrested for allegedly trafficking weapons to Mexican cartel
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by Urja Sinha
2d ago
(NewsNation) — Five people were arrested in Laredo, Texas, last week for allegedly trafficking military-grade firearms to a drug cartel in Mexico, according to the Department of Justice. According to court documents, Geraldo Rafael Perez Jr., 23, allegedly coordinated the acquisition of more than 100 firearms throughout Texas meant to be smuggled over the southern border and delivered to a drug trafficking cartel in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Perez allegedly used straw buyers, including co-defendants Francisco Alejandro Benavides, 23, and Mark Anthony Trevino Jr., 24, to procure the firearms from a ..read more
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Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to the abortion medication mifepristone
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by MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press
2d ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion case since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. In nearly 90 minutes of arguments, a consensus appeared to emerge that the abortion opponents who challenged the FDA's approval of the medication, mifepristone, and subsequent actions to ease access to it, lack the legal right or standing to sue. Such a decision would leave in place the current rules that allow patients to rec ..read more
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NBC News parts with Ronna McDaniel following internal backlash
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by Dominick Mastrangelo
2d ago
(The Hill) — Ronna McDaniel, the former chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), was ousted by NBC News as a paid contributor after vocal protests from the network’s staff over her hiring. NBCU News Group Chair Cesar Conde announced the decision to part with Daniels, who just made her inaugural network appearance Sunday, to staff in a Tuesday memo obtained by NewsNation affiliate The Hill.  "No organization, particularly a newsroom, can succeed unless it is cohesive and aligned," Conde wrote. "Over the last few days, it has become clear that this appointment undermines that goal ..read more
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Baltimore bridge collapses’ impact on the shipping industry 
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by Safia Samee Ali
2d ago
(NewsNation) — The collapse of a Baltimore bridge after being hit by a container ship Tuesday could cause several weeks of delays, reroutes and extra costs to the shipping industry, experts say.   The massive Sri Lanka bound container ship, called the Dali, lost power minutes after disembarking and rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, a key port on the east coast for the shipping industry.  Six people are still missing as authorities continue to investigate the crash.  ..read more
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