Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Florida becomes 1st state to try to mirror Texas fetal 'heartbeat' abortion law

USA-ABORTION/

A Florida Republican lawmaker has filed a bill that would ban abortions after six to eight weeks and allow members of the community to sue doctors for terminating pregnancies in what may be the first effort to mirror a similar new law in Texas.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/abortion-law-florida-texas-1.6186255?cmp=rss

Owen Wilson, Kim Kardashian West to host SNL's 47th season

France Cannes 2021 The French Dispatch Red Carpet

Owen Wilson, Kim Kardashian West, Rami Malek and Jason Sudeikis are lined up to host the first four episodes of Saturday Night Live this fall.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/first-hosts-snl-47-1.6185868?cmp=rss

U.K. Novichok poisoning inquest should be public inquiry, coroner says

Police officers on guard near home of Dawn Sturgess in July 2018

A coroner presiding over an inquest into the death of a British woman poisoned by the Soviet-developed nerve agent Novichok after a similar attack targeting a Russian ex-spy said Wednesday that she wants the probe to be turned into a public inquiry so she can examine Russia's possible involvement.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/uk-coroner-novichok-fatal-poisoning-requests-public-inqury-1.6185806?cmp=rss

Trump sues niece, NY Times over tax records behind bombshell 2018 story

Trump Taxes Lawsuit

Former U.S. president Donald Trump on Tuesday sued his estranged niece and the New York Times over a 2018 story about his family's wealth and tax practices that was partly based on confidential documents she provided to the newspaper's reporters.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-lawsuit-niece-nyt-1.6185391?cmp=rss

Rev. Jesse Jackson out of hospital after COVID-19 case and therapy for Parkinson's

Virus Outbreak Jesse Jackson

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was released from a Chicago facility Wednesday, a month after being hospitalized for a breakthrough COVID-19 infection that resolved relatively quickly, and following intensive physical therapy for Parkinson's disease.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jesse-jackson-covid-parkinsons-1.6185538?cmp=rss