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Homeless Texans left with few places to cool off during record heat
Read full article: Homeless Texans left with few places to cool off during record heatHeat-related emergency calls have spiked amid historic heat. Cooling centers are available in major cities but often close in the late afternoon — during the hottest parts of the day.
2022 midterms: What to watch in Maryland's primary elections
Read full article: 2022 midterms: What to watch in Maryland's primary electionsThe Republican race for Maryland governor in Tuesday’s primary election pits a candidate backed by outgoing Gov. Larry Hogan against a rival endorsed by Donald Trump.
Lawyer who aided Trump subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committee
Read full article: Lawyer who aided Trump subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committeeThe House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has issued a subpoena to a former Justice Department lawyer who positioned himself as an ally of Donald Trump and aided the Republican president’s efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election.
US drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down doses
Read full article: US drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down dosesDemand for the coronavirus vaccine has fallen off in some places around the United States to the point where some counties are turning down new shipments of doses.
Congress allocated $19 billion in federal stimulus money to Texas public education, but schools have yet to see an extra dime
Read full article: Congress allocated $19 billion in federal stimulus money to Texas public education, but schools have yet to see an extra dimeFor more than a year, the federal government has been pumping billions of dollars into school districts across the country to help them meet the demands of the pandemic. Most states have used that pot of stimulus funds as Congress intended: buying personal protective equipment for students and teachers, laptops for kids learning from home, improved ventilation systems for school buildings to prevent virus transmission and covering other costs.
Scalia ‘heir’ Barrett may be open to reversing Roe v. Wade
Read full article: Scalia ‘heir’ Barrett may be open to reversing Roe v. WadeShe has never said publicly she would overturn Roe, or other precedents expanding abortion rights. To buttress her legal analyses, she nearly always brought up Scalia, for whom she clerked in the late 1990s. Scalia, who like Barrett was a Catholic, said the Constitution leaves the question up to the states. “What Roe v. Wade said was that no state can prohibit it,” he said. Jamal Greene, a professor at New York’s Columbia Law School, said Barrett could stop short of shooting down Roe v. Wade and other abortion-rights precedents — and still end up gutting them.