NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Monday granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, along with employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to grant to workers on holidays and other workplaces. accommodations for abortions. Judge David Joseph granted the preliminary injunction … Read more
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Lawyers fighting for the release of documents involving a 2023 Nashville elementary school shooting pleaded with a judge Monday to finally issue a ruling settling the case, their request taking a tone more desperate amid the recent release of leaked documents about the shooter. . It was the latest hearing in … Read more
PHOENIX — Extreme temperatures are expected this week in the United States. Authorities have warned residents in the southwest to take precautions as a heat wave moves east, while heavy rain and flooding could inundate Gulf states and snow threatens parts of the Rocky Mountains and the Northwest. Extreme heat spread across Arizona, New Mexico … Read more
PHOENIX (AP) — Extreme heat spread across Arizona, New Mexico and parts of Texas, Colorado and Kansas as severe weather It swept across many parts of the United States on Sunday. There was unseasonably cold weather in the Pacific Northwest, snow was moving northward from the Rocky Mountains, and heavy rain was forecast from the … Read more
After days of intense flooding In Florida, that state and many others are bracing for an intense heat wave, while the Pacific Northwest will see unusually cold weather and there is a chance of late season snow in the Rocky Mountains in Begining of the next week. The chaotic weather map includes the possibility of … Read more
CHICAGO (AP) – ONE Lawsuit filed by 17 states Tough federal rules allow workers to take leave and other accommodation for abortions lacks standing, an Arkansas federal judge ruled Friday. Republican attorneys general from each state, led by Arkansas and Tennessee, sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in April, days after the agency published the … Read more
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Even as they prepare to vote on a formal ban on churches with female pastors, delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention The annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to exclude one of those churches from its ranks. The messengers, as the voting representatives are called, voted 6,759 to 563 to oust First Baptist … Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who trained his activists to resist brutal reactions from white authorities as the civil rights movement gained ground, has died, his family announced Monday. He was 95 years old. His family said Lawson died Sunday after a short illness in Los Angeles, … Read more