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TL/DR - The Arizona Supreme Court is set to reconcile conflicting state laws on abortion: Title 36, which prohibits abortions after a 15-week gestational period except in medical emergencies, and Section 13-3603, a near-total ban on abortions dating back to 1864 that makes exceptions only to save the mother's life. The legal conflict arose after…

TL/DR - Xana Dajanae Dove, a former Gastonia police officer, faces 32 felonies including buying guns for people and using her position to commit crimes. She's accused of running searches for warrants and checking license plates on police equipment and providing that information to others, helping sell marijuana and fentanyl, and purchasing guns…

TL/DR - Hunter Biden has publicly responded to House Republicans' request for closed-door testimony as part of an impeachment inquiry targeting his father, President Joe Biden. Hunter has expressed willingness to answer questions from House Republicans, but only in a public forum. GOP leaders criticized his refusal to testify in private shortly…

TL/DR - A study by Rutgers researcher, published in Disability and Health Journal, reveals that people with cognitive disabilities express less satisfaction with their health care compared to the general population. The researchers analyzed a national sample of over 22,000 adults including those with and without cognitive disabilities, and found…