Ryan Fecteau is one of almost 900 state lawmakers in the country who signed on to an amicus brief in support of abortion rights in the Dobbs vs. Women’s Health Organization court case.
Carol Semple
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Mexico buses, flies Haitians from remote area on U.S. border
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says about 8,600 migrants are still in the border city of Del Rio.
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U.S. officials defend expulsion of Haitians from Texas town
The homeland security chief defends his recent decision to grant Haitians temporary legal status due to political and civil strife in their homeland if they were in the United States on July 29, but not to the thousands flooding in and being sent back now.
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Body found in Maine more than 10 years ago is finally identified
Mysteries remain, including why the Massachusetts man was in Maine, and how he died.
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Cancer screenings in jeopardy after New Hampshire denies funding for women’s clinics
The Republican-majority Executive Council decided against extending contracts to Planned Parenthood and two other family planning services that also provide abortions, even though no public money funds abortions in the state.
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Supreme Court sets date to hear Mississippi’s bid to overturn women’s right to abortion
The state is asking the high court to overrule Roe v. Wade and the 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey that prevent states from banning abortion before viability, around 24 weeks of pregnancy.
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Swiped weed, livestock removal lead to selectmen’s recall vote in Lebanon
Farmer Eric Kelley accused 2 selectmen of taking $100,000 worth of medical marijuana plants while he was in jail. One official defending the action, saying it was a public safety issue.
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U.S. easing foreign travel restrictions, but vaccinations required
The changes will allow families and others who have been separated by the travel restrictions for 18 months to plan for long-awaited reunifications.
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New York millionaire Robert Durst guilty of best friend’s murder
Susan Berman was shot at point-blank range in the back of the head in December 2000 as she was prepared to tell police how she helped cover up the killing of Durst’s wife.
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More emissions reduction needed to avoid ‘catastrophic’ climate path, U.N. says
A report on all the national commitments submitted by signatories of the Paris climate accord until July 30 found that they would result in emissions rising nearly 16% by 2030, compared with 2010 levels.