Anti-abortion protestors plan to be on the Porter County Courthouse lawn at noon Tuesday to bring attention to a U.S. Supreme Court case involving the drug mifepristone, which is the most common way to end a pregnancy. Pro-abortion rights protestors will be there next week. The court will hear oral arguments Tuesday on FAA v.… Continue reading SCOTUS case draws local oral arguments on abortion issue
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Federal juice-loan case with alleged mob links is dropped
After a chaotic mistrial earlier this month, a federal juice loan extortion case with ties to a larger probe of the Chicago Outfit ended Monday when prosecutors announced they were dropping all charges. Gene “Gino” Cassano, 55, and Gioacchino “Jack” Galione, 47, were indicted in 2021 on charges of conspiring to collect a debt by… Continue reading Federal juice-loan case with alleged mob links is dropped
Organized crime links seen in troubled federal case
The first objection in the recent extortion trial of Addison businessman Gene “Gino” Cassano came about five seconds into opening statements, when a prosecutor mentioned the term “juice loan.” Three days later, the proceedings abruptly ended in a mistrial after an FBI agent testified he was assigned to investigate “organized crime,” a term the judge… Continue reading Organized crime links seen in troubled federal case
Why Did Sophie Turner Sue Joe Jonas? Custody Case Explained
Photo: Kevin Mazur/VF23/WireImage for Vanity Fair On September 21, Sophie Turner fired a powerful shot in her split from Joe Jonas: She filed a petition in Manhattan federal court demanding that their two children return to England. Jonas, who filed for divorce from Turner in Florida a few weeks prior, had engaged in “wrongful detention”… Continue reading Why Did Sophie Turner Sue Joe Jonas? Custody Case Explained
What to Know About the Federal Law at the Heart of the Latest Supreme Court Abortion Case
One of the newest battlefields in the abortion debate is a decades-old federal law called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, known by doctors and health policymakers as EMTALA. The issue involves whether the law requires hospital emergency rooms to provide abortions in urgent circumstances, including when a woman’s health is threatened by continuing… Continue reading What to Know About the Federal Law at the Heart of the Latest Supreme Court Abortion Case
Chicago’s Black firefighters continue fight in civil rights case
When former Chicago firefighter Michael Taqee retired from his public service role, he wanted to be able to tell his grandchildren he worked his way up the leadership ranks of the Fire Department. But an admission practice that discriminated against Black firefighter applicants in the 1990s hurt Taqee in the promotion tests he took two… Continue reading Chicago’s Black firefighters continue fight in civil rights case
First Case of Lethal Bird Flu in Polar Bears Reported in Alaska
Why It Matters: The virus is a new threat for many wild mammals. The infected polar bear provides further evidence of how widespread this virus, a highly pathogenic form of H5N1, has become and how unprecedented its behavior has been. Since the virus emerged in 2020, it has spread to every continent except for Australia.… Continue reading First Case of Lethal Bird Flu in Polar Bears Reported in Alaska
More Women Who Are Not Pregnant Are Ordering Abortion Pills Just in Case
Why It Matters The practice, known as advance provision, is relatively new and has increased significantly since the Supreme Court’s decision in 2022 to overturn the national right to abortion. In the study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers evaluated data from Aid Access, a telehealth organization that has long provided abortion pills… Continue reading More Women Who Are Not Pregnant Are Ordering Abortion Pills Just in Case
Travis Scott Lost Phone Needed for Astroworld Case in Ocean
Travis Scott. Photo: Erika Goldring/WireImage Travis Scott can’t pick up the phone, baby — it’s at the bottom of the ocean. An attorney for Scott mentioned it in the ongoing civil litigation against the rapper over his 2021 Astroworld Festival, where ten people were killed and thousands more injured. Rolling Stone reports that attorneys for… Continue reading Travis Scott Lost Phone Needed for Astroworld Case in Ocean
Trespassing case against St. Adalbert churchgoer dismissed
A wooden rosary around her neck and a white tuft of hair combed neatly over her forehead, a 73-year-old devout Catholic sat on a hard wooden bench in a Cook County criminal courtroom Wednesday morning, holding her hands in her lap, ready to face charges. Wladyslawa Domaradzka, of Norwood Park, was facing a judge because… Continue reading Trespassing case against St. Adalbert churchgoer dismissed