Новости за 27.02.2024

An endangered whooping crane is confused about the amicus brief filed by Students for Life. Photo: Shutterstock In case you've been living under a rock, the Supreme Court is set to hear a high-stakes case on the abortion drug mifepristone in March. Ahead of arguments, an activist group claims the court should force the Food and Drug Administration to revoke the drug's 24-year-old approval because—I shit you not—the FDA didn't study the impact it could have on animals on the endangered species list. Читать дальше...

In 2022, Adams County Judge Robert Adrian's decision to reverse an 18-year-old man's rape conviction sparked widespread public outrage—all the more so as Adrian seemed to blame the victim's parents more than the accused young man, Drew Clinton, for the alleged sexual assault. Two years later, on Friday, Adrian was removed from the bench after a state oversight panel determined that he engaged in misconduct and attempted to circumvent the law when he reversed the then-18-year-old's rape conviction. Читать дальше...

The Sex and the City extended universe tends to have an unceremonious way of off-ing folks. Big experienced death by Peloton. When Willie Garrison, the actor who played Stanford Blatch, died in real life, the show just shoehorned in a storyline about how he’s now a Shinto Monk. And who can forget Lexi Featherston exclaiming “I’m so bored I could die!” before falling to her death in the 2004 SATC episode?  Well, Variety has confirmed that our “queer, nonbinary, Mexican Irish diva” Che Diaz will not... Читать дальше...

On Monday, a producer and videographer who worked with Sean "Diddy" Combs filed a 73-page lawsuit against the rapper, producer, and entrepreneur that accused him of racketeering, sexual assault, and harassment. Jones, it's alleged in the filing, was a victim of "groping," and forcible engagement in "sexual acts with sex workers," while he lived with and worked alongside Combs during the production of The Love Album: Off the Grid, released in 2023. “Throughout his time with Mr. Combs, Mr. Jones witnessed... Читать дальше...

In February, a 25-year-old woman in Texas was denied an emergency abortion even though she had an ectopic pregnancy that threatened her life, the Washington Post reports. College student Kelsie Norris-De La Cruz’s experience is the latest, harrowing example of the state abortion ban’s medical emergency exception failing to actually help people. Norris-De La Cruz told the Post she was excited to learn she was pregnant in January, but things took a turn for the worst the following month when she began to experience severe cramping and bleeding. Читать дальше...

Kate and Wills in Cambridge in June. Photo: Shutterstock A mystery is afoot in the hall of Windsor! Something is missing and it isn’t just Prince William’s hair! Ba-dum-ching! On Tuesday morning, Wills dropped out at the last minute from his godfather King Constantine of Greece’s memorial service over a “personal matter” according to Kensington Palace. But Wills missing a memorial service isn’t even the most “missing” a current royal family member is at the moment. Kate Middleton hasn’t been seen... Читать дальше...