Tag: battles
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Abortion rights advocates prepare for legal battles over newly passed ballot measures
Reproductive rights groups are preparing for legal battles in several of the states where voters approved constitutional amendments to protect or expand abortion access this month. After seven of the 10 pro-abortion rights measures on the November ballot across the country passed, the groups that backed them are now working to ensure they are implemented…
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After eating at McDonald’s, teen with E. coli battles kidney failure
The Summary A high school freshman in Colorado has been hospitalized with a rare and dangerous complication of E. coli poisoning. Kamberlyn Bowler, 15, said she ate McDonald’s Quarter Pounders in the days before she became ill. At least 75 people have been infected with E. coli in an outbreak that McDonald’s has said is…
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Ron DeSantis battles his onetime ally in a bid to stop marijuana legalization in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The last time Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was fighting former President Donald Trump, he had one of the most powerful operatives in Republican politics punching alongside him. But now, as Trump lines up against DeSantis in a battle over a high-profile ballot initiative to legalize marijuana in Florida, the governor’s old ally,…