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Federal judge blocks Colorado from enforcing medication abortion “reversal” ban against Catholic clinic

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:16:04 GMT

Colorado can’t prohibit a Catholic health clinic from using a controversial medication abortion “reversal” treatment, a federal judge ruled over the weekend in a lawsuit that seeks to block the first-of-its-kind state law on religious freedom grounds.U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Domenico late Saturday granted Bella Health and Wellness — an independent medical clinic with locations in Englewood and Denver — a narrow preliminary injunction against the state’s ban on a treatment that proponents say can reverse medication abortions.The ruling blocks Colorado from enforcing the prohibition against Bella Health and anyone working “in concert” with the Catholic clinic while its lawsuit proceeds.“The law at issue here runs afoul of… First Amendment principles,” Domenico wrote in his 45-page decision. “Because it does, the State must come forward with a compelling interest of the highest order to maintain the law. It...

One dead, one in custody after Sunday afternoon shooting in Aurora

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:16:04 GMT

Aurora officers detained a 19-year-old for questioning after a Sunday afternoon shooting killed a man.Officers responded to reports of a shooting on the 24600 block of East Applewood Drive around 12:45 p.m. on Sunday, the Aurora Police Department said in a statement on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter.Paramedics transported the 38-year-old male victim to the hospital, and Aurora officers took the 19-year-old “person of interest” into custody for questioning. The hospitalized man would later die from his injuries, Aurora police said on X.#APDAlert: Officers are investigating a shooting in the 24600 block of East Applewood Drive. One man has been taken to the hospital with serious injuries. A 19-year-old person of interest has been detained for questioning.The 19-year-old and the victim are known to each other.… pic.twitter.com/kDeaSQltlu— Aurora Police Dept (@AuroraPD) October 22, 2023According to the police department’s statement, the ...

Pro-Israel march, vigil held in Los Angeles; local Hamas victim mourned

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:16:04 GMT

Members of Los Angeles' large Jewish community gathered in Encino Sunday evening to mourn those killed when Hamas militants crossed the border from Gaza into Israel, kidnapping and killing civilians on Oct. 7.A march began at Ventura Boulevard and Hayvenhurst and ended with a vigil at Encino Park. Among those mourned was Avi Sassi, a San Fernando Valley resident who was killed when Hamas attacked the Nova music festival.Members of L..A's Jewish community gather in Encino Park to mourn the victims of the Hamas attack. Oct. 22, 2023. On Sunday, demonstrators held signs, Israeli flags and photographs of those killed or kidnapped. They also chanted slogans such as “Bring them home” and sang the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah.“Most of us here are Israelis. We all have family in Israel. Some of them are now under fire and some of them are serving,” Haim Linder told KTLA. “We have in our community here people who lost relatives already. We have people here who have [family] who got...

2023 NWSL Playoff Glance

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:16:04 GMT

All Times EDTQuarterfinalsFriday, Oct. 20OL Reign 1, Angel City FC 0Sunday, Oct. 22Gotham FC 2, North Carolina 0SemifinalsSunday, Nov. 5Portland vs. Gotham FC, 7 p.m.San Diego vs. OL Reign, 9:30 p.m.ChampionshipSaturday, Nov. 11Snap Dragon StadiumSan DiegoSemifinals winners, 8 p.m.Source

Así es la vida familiar y carrera de Sergio Massa: esposa, hijos y más

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:16:04 GMT

(CNN Español) –– Sergio Massa es un hombre que, según sus propias palabras, en la actualidad porta dos sombreros: el de ministro de Economía de Argentina y el de candidato presidencial del oficialismo.Elecciones en Argentina 2023, en vivo: resultados, noticias, votaciones y másHace más de 20 años al peronismo desde la UCeDé, un influyente partido de la derecha de libre mercado, para luego alinearse con el kirchnerismo y después volverse un férreo opositor de este, y más adelante hacer las paces para regresar y ponerse al frente de la campaña de ese espacio. Comenzó en la política muy joven. Ya en sus años de colegio, perfilaba su camino.Sergio Massa viene de una familia de italianos que llegaron al país en la época de posguerra. “Son primera generación de inmigrantes”, contó al podcast Método Rebord. Agregó que su madre, Luciana Cherti, oriunda de Trieste en el norte de Italia, llegó a Argentina con tan solo seis años, y que su padre, Alfonso Massa, de Sicilia en el sur del país eur...

Economy Minister Massa grabs surprise lead over right-wing populist in Argentina’s presidential vote

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:16:04 GMT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Economy Minister Sergio Massa held the lead Sunday night in early results from Argentina’s presidential election, a surprise reflecting voters’ reluctance to hand the presidency to his chief contender, a right-wing populist who has pledged to drastically overhaul the state.With 86% of the votes counted, Massa had 36.2%, compared to the anti-establishment candidate Javier Milei’s 30.3%, meaning the two were poised to face off in a November second round. Most pre-election polls, which have been notoriously unreliable, gave Milei a slight lead and put Massa in second place. Massa, a leading figure in the center-left administration in power since 2019, appeared to have outperformed predictions by growing support significantly in the critical Buenos Aires province, home to more than one-third of the electorate, said Mariel Fornoni of political consultancy Management & Fit. The highly polarized election will determine whether Argentina will c...

Labour can hit green goals by building in Tory seats, Keir Starmer told

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:16:04 GMT

LONDON — A Labour government would be “less vulnerable” to local protests against new green energy infrastructure like pylons and substations because most of it will need to be built in Conservative areas, opposition leader Keir Starmer has been told.New analysis by the Public First consultancy, shared with POLITICO, finds that the majority of planned green infrastructure projects in the U.K. — often subject to fierce local opposition — will take place in parts of the country represented by Conservative MPs. That could allow a Starmer-led government to avoid vocal “not in my backyard” (NIMBY) campaigns backed by Labour MPs which may otherwise scupper new development.Labour has set a target of decarbonizing Britain’s electricity supply by 2030, five years ahead of the government’s deadline. But achieving either goal will require a huge buildout of renewable power sources and electricity grid infrastructure, including pylons and power lines.The analysis shows that only thr...

British MPs fear backlash to Israel-Hamas war in their own backyard

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:16:04 GMT

LONDON — Britain’s two main political leaders are putting on a united front in the Israel-Hamas war. But beneath the surface, it’s a different story.In the wake of the attacks on Israel just over two weeks ago, politicians have been confronting the consequences not only in the Middle East but in their own backyards.Rishi Sunak and his Labour counterpart, Keir Starmer, struck a note of unity in parliament last week, condemning Hamas and expressing solidarity with Israel — while urging Israel to uphold international law in its response. Beneath the highest level of British politics, however, the conflict is exerting a strain on some communities — and members of parliament are nervous.“In our area, clearly there has been a rise in people’s sense of anxiety,” says David Simmonds, the Conservative MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner in north-west London. It’s a constituency with one of the highest proportions of Jewish residents in the U.K. — and for some, t...

Has Australia solved the China puzzle?  

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:16:04 GMT

SYDNEY — When Mak Sai Ying sailed into Sydney Harbor in February 1818, he wasted little time settling into Australian life. The first recorded Chinese-born settler to arrive in Australia later anglicized his name to John Shying, married an English woman and eventually turned his hand to running that most Aussie of establishments: a good boozer. After a long journey from China’s Guangdong province, the soon-to-be publican would have passed Potts Point, a stop of land jutting into Sydney’s famous harbor that today hosts a reminder of how the relationship between China and Australia is changing. Potts Point is home to the Australian Navy’s Fleet Base East — the main operational base for the navy on the country’s east coast. It was here, in July, that the U.S. Navy commissioned the USS Canberra — the first American warship to be placed into active service in an ally’s territory.The unusual deployment was part of a geopolitical balancing act being carried out by Australia’s Pri...

Quiz: AI images vs. history’s most iconic photos — can you tell the difference?

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:16:04 GMT

We’re on our way into a future where it’s no longer possible to tell what’s real and what’s fake. Earlier this year, an image of Pope Francis decked out in a white Balenciaga puffer jacket sent the internet into a spin. As did fictional images depicting former U.S. President Donald Trump’s arrest.Both were created using a new era of AI generators, like Midjourney, DALL-E 3 and Stable Diffusion, which are unleashing a flood of rapidly created fake images into the world.Where seeing was once believing, soon anybody will be able to generate photo-realistic imitations with a click of a button.We took some of history’s most iconic images and, in a matter of seconds, created new versions of them. Are you able to tell which is which? Take our quiz and see for yourself. Then read POLITICO’s story on what happens when we can no longer believe our eyes.Which is the real image of the fall of the Berlin wall? Which image is the real image of the atomic bomb d...