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US Supreme Court decision could derail abortion rights moves in Latin America
MIAMI — The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision reversing abortion rights is likely to energize efforts to curtail or ban the procedures throughout Latin America, where countries have been slowly moving toward allowing women greater reproductive rights, experts say. Deeply rooted religious beliefs in the region have long made it difficult for those advocating for abortion rights to prevail in changing the laws, though some nations allow abortions if a woman was raped or if her life is in danger, and a handful permit them at a woman’s request. But the recent U.S. high court ruling overturning Ro...
Miami Herald
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Paul Walter Hauser on 'Black Bird,' Ray Liotta and playing a psycho
DETROIT — Paul Walter Hauser auditioned for the role of a suspected serial killer in "Black Bird" over Zoom from his parents' basement in Saginaw. The "Cruella" star was home for the holidays in December 2020 when he received a call to audition for the part of Larry Hall, who is in jail for murder but whose sentencing is coming up for appeal. Taron Egerton ("Rocketman") plays a smooth talking convict who gets transferred to Hall's prison to try to elicit a confession out of him that will keep him locked away and will hopefully lead to the discovery of more of his victims' bodies. Hauser let ev...
The Detroit News
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Naomi Ishisaka: Even in liberal Washington state, the Catholic Church has too much influence on abortion access
With the end of Roe on so many of our minds, it might surprise those of us in liberal Seattle just how much abortion access in our state is under the control of the Catholic Church. As Leah Rutman, policy counsel at the ACLU of Washington, put it, "Having the right to abortion does not mean you have access to it." Washington is just one of a handful of states in which more than 40% of hospital beds are controlled by Catholic doctrine. This shift became more acute with the 2021 merger of Virginia Mason and CHI Franciscan, creating Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, which operates 11 hospitals an...
The Seattle Times
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Michael Shannon will direct ‘Eric LaRue,’ a film from Brett Neveu’s Chicago drama of what happens after a school shooting
CHICAGO — A 20-year-old Chicago drama about the aftermath of a school shooting, and its impact on the mother of the killer, goes before the cameras next month, marking the feature directorial debut of two-time Oscar nominee and Chicago theater veteran Michael Shannon. Set in fictional Eastlake, Illinois, “Eric LaRue” is being adapted for the screen by the playwright and screenwriter Brett Neveu, Shannon’s frequent collaborator on productions staged by A Red Orchid Theatre. Neveu’s drama premiered at A Red Orchid in 2002. In 2005, the play was selected for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “Postc...
Chicago Tribune
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Her family’s home has stood 180 years — even her million-dollar bid can’t save it
Just off of Highway 49 in Clover, South Carolina, nestled in the heart of the Lake Wylie community, sits the Bigger house. Situated on more than four acres of land, the home — often endearingly referred to as “The Blue House” — has managed to survive for almost 180 years. That is, until now. Joy Bigger Sanderson is the great-granddaughter of James Bigger III, the home’s original builder. Sanderson said she recently placed a bid of $1.2 million on the house which is being sold as commercial real estate. Sanderson withdrew her offer on account of her being unable to access funds from a trust lef...
The Charlotte Observer
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People who are homeless or on probation struggle to secure housing. An ex-Comcast manager turned landlord is helping
PHILADELPHIA — Angelo Goodwin shook hands with a tenant who had just moved into a Northeast Philadelphia apartment he owns and shut the door behind him. That’s when he heard shouting. His tenant, a veteran who had been living in his car and just started a job driving school buses, was celebrating: “Thank you, God! Thank you! Finally, another chance!” “It was just a moment of clarity,” Goodwin said. “It’s an amazing feeling.” About two dozen of Goodwin’s roughly 60 tenants across the city are households that were homeless or have a member who was formerly incarcerated, he estimated. The veteran...
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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On Gardening: Luminary Sunset Coral creates a new phlox fanatic
Luminary Sunset Coral has turned The Garden Guy into a full-blown phlox fanatic. The rousing color would probably remind you of some electrifying lipstick or fingernail polish, a rare color in the plant world. Our master bath has a huge window overlooking a square-shaped bed with an 8-foot-tall windmill palm in the center. It gives you a touch of the tropics as you soak in the tub. Most plant partnership gurus would never consider a summer phlox, caladiums and elephant ears as an ideal combo, but all I can say is, holy wow. I first reduced the number and size of existing clumps of Royal Hawaii...
Tribune News Service
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Commentary: After Highland Park, we yet again tell the bloody story of mass shootings
The Independence Day mass shooting repeated a narrative our country has trained us to memorize of blood, nightmares, remembering and forgetting. First, our phones alert us to breaking news of a shooting: some wounded, some dead. News channels broadcast images of parking lots, police tape, red and blue lights flashing, lines of the evacuated, the patrolling of officers with rifles and dogs. Soon, the described scenes are made real through hastily captured smartphone recordings: We listen to the gunshots and watch strangers sprinting wildly from death. Social media posts update the numbers of wo...
Chicago Tribune
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Voice therapy can help trans people sound like themselves and feel safer
(NOTE: This story contains references to suicide. If you or someone you know is thinking of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or text TALK to the Crisis Text Line at 741741.) PHILADELPHIA -- When Fenix Cobbledick speaks in an unfamiliar place for the first time, they often feel scared. They have spent countless hours and thousands of dollars on hormone therapy, laser facial hair removal, and growing out a feminine haircut to make their appearance more accurately reflect their identity. But even as they changed their body, Cobbledick, a 31-year-old nonbinary...
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Commentary: If Newsom wants California to resist the Supreme Court, why ‘double down’ on fossil fuels?
California’s governor wants to have it both ways. Gavin Newsom wants to be the face of West Coast Democratic resistance to federal minority rule, yet his policy practices — particularly on climate issues — are often devoid of the leadership and progressive action he pretends to represent. Consider the most recent juxtaposition. Last week, minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court gutted vital Environmental Protection Agency authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate power plants and increase clean energy production, Newsom’s office tweeted a video of the governor’s response from a fire-torn hill...
The Sacramento Bee
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