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Illinois attorney general fighting to keep abortion pill

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:33 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is fighting to preserve access to the drug used in the most common method of abortion.Raoul joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general who filed a brief in defense of "mifepristone" with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday. Illinois city backs abortion pills ban, defying legal risks They urged the appellate court to reverse a lower court ruling to suspend the FDA's long-standing approval of the drug.The attorneys general said that it will harm millions of Americans, under-served groups in particular.The Supreme Court allowed access to mifepristone last month to continue while the appeals process plays out.

Man dies after being placed in chokehold by subway rider in NYC

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:33 GMT

MANHATTAN, N.Y. (WPIX) – A man who was acting erratically on a New York City subway train died after another rider put him in a chokehold, according to a witness and police.The incident happened on a northbound F train at the Broadway–Lafayette Street/Bleecker Street subway station in Manhattan on Monday around 2:30 p.m., NYPD officials said. A 30-year-old man, identified as Jordan Neely, boarded the subway train and started acting erratically, police explained."I don't have food, I don't have to drink, I'm fed up … I don't mind going to jail and getting life in prison … I’m ready to die," Neely allegedly said, according to journalist Juan Alberto Vazquez, who recorded video of the incident that was shared on Facebook.Neely was showing signs of mental illness, according to Vazquez. A 24-year-old subway rider, who is also a Marine, according to authorities, then went up to Neely and put him in a chokehold, video of the incident showed. Woman dead after plunge from Manhattan hotel r...

Woman who overcame homelessness wins $5M from California lottery scratcher

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:33 GMT

(KRON) -- One of California's newest millionaires was homeless just six years ago. Lucia Forseth recently bought a 2023 Scratchers ticket at a Walmart in the Northern California city of Pittsburg while getting an oil change when she scratched the top prize, lottery officials announced Wednesday."I only bought one ticket,” Forseth told the California Lottery. “I closed my eyes and picked that one, and it won! I first thought I’d won a free ticket, but I checked, and it said I won $5 million!” Five $1 million lottery wins in Illinois remain unclaimed Back in 2017, Forseth said she was homeless. This year, she plans to get married and complete her associate degree. She also told the Lottery she hopes to buy a house and invest the rest of her winnings."You never think you have a chance to win it. It is just random. Being homeless just six years ago, I never thought it would happen to someone like me,” Forseth said.According to the California Lottery, $5 million is the top prize availa...

Illinois city backs abortion pills ban, defying legal risks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:33 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois city on Tuesday banned the mailing or shipping of abortion pills, defying the state's Democratic attorney general and the American Civil Liberties Union, who have repeatedly warned that the move violates Illinois law's protection of abortion as a fundamental right.The ordinance passed the City Council in Danville, near Illinois' eastern border with Indiana, by one vote, a tiebreaker cast by Mayor Rickey Williams.This is not the first time since Roe v. Wade was overturned that local abortion restrictions have been adopted. Five local governments in Democrat-controlled New Mexico passed them, but the state’s supreme court in March blocked enforcement for now. And last year, a town in Ohio decided to rewrite its restrictions rather than defend them in court. US Supreme Court won’t take up Indiana’s abortion burial law It's not clear how Danville officials intend to enforce the ordinance. Illinois law has long shielded abortion rights. In 2019...

Police name woman shot, killed by husband in north Austin

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:33 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police released the name Wednesday of a woman shot and killed by her husband in their north Austin apartment earlier this week. Joyce Pingul Clarke, 55, died Monday evening from the shooting that happened at the apartment at 10015 Lake Creek Parkway. Police said her husband, 56-year-old Gary Clarke, shot and killed her before he took his own life. APD investigating homicide in northwest Austin after 2 found dead in apartment Police responded to the couple's apartment a little after 5:30 p.m. Monday after a neighbor reported hearing an argument and then gunshots. Officers went into their apartment and found Joyce inside with gunshot wounds. They said they later found Gary in a back bedroom with a gunshot wound. Both died at the scene. Police are asking anyone with information about this murder-suicide to contact them at (512) 974-TIPS. People can also submit tips anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Programs by visiting the group's website or by call...

Victim, suspect identified in April 27 suspected murder/suicide investigation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:33 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department released an update surrounding an April 27 homicide investigation.APD said officers responded at approximately 12:12 p.m. to the 1200 block of Kenyon Drive in reference to a welfare check.Police said the caller had not heard from 47-year-old Shannon Norton and requested officers to check on her. According to a release, the caller also stated that Norton lived with her boyfriend, 52-year-old James Flom. PAST COVERAGE: APD says south Austin double homicide was ‘domestic violence incident’ At the residence, APD said officers entered the home and found Norton and Flom each with a gunshot wound.“Investigators determined that Flom shot and killed Norton and then shot and killed himself,” APD said. MAP: Where have Austin’s homicides occurred in 2023? Austin Police said this case was being investigated as Austin's 26th homicide of 2023.

City of Dallas issues statement after ransomware attack compromises city servers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:33 GMT

DALLAS (KXAN) -- On Wednesday, the City of Dallas confirmed in a statement that a number of its servers were compromised with ransomware.The city's security monitoring tools notified the agency's Security Operations Center (SOC) that a "likely ransomware attack had been launched within our environment," the statement said.Furthermore, the city also confirmed "a number of servers" were compromised with ransomware, which impacted several functional areas, including the Dallas Police Department website.The city team and its vendors were actively working to isolate the ransomware to prevent its spread, to remove the ransomware from infected servers and to restore any services that were impacted, the statement said.The Dallas mayor and city council were notified of the incident, as per the city's Incident Response Plan (IRP), according to the city. The city was still working to assess the complete impact of the incident and also said the impact on the delivery of city services to its res...

Congress Mobile Home Park Tenants sue developer over intimidation, coercion

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:33 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Former residents of the Congress Mobile Home Park filed a lawsuit Wednesday against California developer Reza Paydar, claiming that he violated the Deceptive Trade Practice Act (DTPA). Specifically, the plaintiffs claim that they were not given the legal amount of time to move out of their former homes.KXAN reached out to Paydar for comment, and will update the article when received. Assisting the plaintiffs are lawyers from Texas RioGrande Legal Aid and Austin Community Law Center and organizers with Building and Strengthening Tenant Action (BASTA)."The developer we are suing today forced our clients out of their homes much faster than the law allowed, just to speed up their project and their profits," said Austin Community Law Center in a press release. "The developer's ongoing, callus indifference to the harm they inflicted is obscene. Our clients should not have been forced to abandon their homes and community on short notice. Their strength in standing up ...

Poll shows Ted Cruz approval rating increases as Colin Allred announces Senate challenge

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:33 GMT

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — New polling out Wednesday shows U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's approval rating among Texas voters increased from a net negative to a net positive, as the incumbent senator gets his first major Democratic challenger for his seat in 2024. Pollsters from the Texas Politics Project asked 1,254 registered voters about the job the Cruz is doing. Up from a February poll, 45% said who approve of his job performance and 41% disapprove. It comes as U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, announced Wednesday he will be challenging the junior senator for reelection. The third-term congressman and former NFL linebacker made his announcement in a three-minute video posted to his social media accounts. In the launch video, Allred talks about his upbringing of being raised by a single mom and his record in Congress, while accusing Cruz of not working in the best interest of Texans."We deserve a senator whose team is Texas and Ted Cruz only cares about himself, you know that," Allred sa...

After pandemic spike, Minnesota traffic fatalities may be trending down again

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:33 GMT

Following an almost two-decade-long decrease in traffic fatalities, Minnesota saw a spike in deaths on its roadways following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.While it’s still too early to tell for sure, those deaths may be on the downturn, according to Mark Wagner, assistant state traffic safety engineer with the Minnesota Department of Transportation.Wagner, who spoke at a Toward Zero Deaths workshop Wednesday in Rochester, said those deaths are concerning and that his team, along with MnDOT, are working to make roads safer.“It’s really sad to see the loss of life and the life-changing injuries that increased during the pandemic,” he said. “But at the same time, looking back 20 years when Toward Zero Deaths started, that was a hard time, too, and we found a way to make it work.”Minnesota has seen a 33% decrease in traffic-related deaths since Toward Zero Deaths began in 2003 as a state traffic safety program that works to lessen roadwa...