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‘Roe' Under Threat, California Leans in as Abortion Refuge
California Democrats have accelerated their plan to make the nation’s most populous state a sanctuary for women seeking abortions, propelled by the release this week of an early draft of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that has ignited a surge of activism among the state’s vast network of providers and advocacy groups.
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California to Pay Victims of Forced, Coerced Sterilizations
California has set aside millions of dollars to pay reparations to victims of coerced sterilization who were deemed unfit to have children decades.
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California Paid $400 Million in Fraudulent Jobless Benefits to Inmates
California sent about $400 million in fraudulent unemployment benefit payments to state prisoners, a state official said Tuesday, nearly triple the amount disclosed last week and a number that could grow as a criminal investigation continues.
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Calif. Approved Unemployment Aid in Name of Scott Peterson, Other Killers
A California prosecutor says someone has filed an unemployment claim in the name of convicted murderer Scott Peterson.
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California Rejects Unique Intersex Surgery Ban for Some Kids
California lawmakers have rejected what would have been a first-of-its-kind ban on medically unnecessary treatment for infants born with ambiguous or conflicting genitalia. The measure would have banned all procedures on intersex children 6 and under unless the Medical Board of California deemed them medically necessary. State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco who wrote the measure, called…
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Catholic Diocese Apologizes After Students in ‘MAGA' Hats Mock Native American
A diocese in Kentucky apologized Saturday after videos emerged showing students from a Catholic boys’ high school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial after a rally in Washington. Videos circulating online show a youth staring at and standing extremely close to Nathan Phillips, a 64-year-old Native American man singing and playing a drum. Other students, some wearing Covington Catholic...
