Articles from the January 17, 2024 edition


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  • Why 'viability' is dividing the abortion rights movement

    CHRISTINE FERNANDO and SUMMER BALLENTINE|Jan 17, 2024

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Reproductive rights activists in Missouri agree they want to get a ballot measure before voters this fall to roll back one of the strictest abortion bans in the country and ensure access. The sticking point is how far they should go. The groups have been at odds over whether to include a provision that would allow the state to regulate abortions after the fetus is viable, a concession supporters of the language say will be needed to persuade voters in the conservative state. It's a divide that's not limited to Missour...

  • No joke: Feds are banning humorous electronic messages on highways

    Jan 17, 2024

    PHOENIX (AP) — It's no joke. Humorous and quirky messages on electronic signs will soon disappear from highways and freeways across the country. The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has given states two years to implement all the changes outlined in its new 1,100-page manual released last month, including rules that spells out how signs and other traffic control devices are regulated. Administration officials said overhead electronic signs with obscure meanings, references to pop culture or those intended to be funny will be banned in 2...

  • Trump glowers and gestures in court, then leaves to campaign as sex abuse defamation trial opens

    MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER|Jan 17, 2024

    NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump shook his head in disgust Tuesday as the judge in his New York defamation trial told would-be jurors that an earlier jury had already decided the former president sexually abused columnist E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s. Trump left court before opening statements, jetting to a New Hampshire political rally as Carroll's lawyer accused the Republican presidential frontrunner of using "the world's biggest microphone" to destroy her reputation and turn his supporters against her. Trump's lawyer contended that Carroll h...

  • New Hampshire gets its turn after Trump's big win in Iowa puts new pressure on Haley and DeSantis

    HOLLY RAMER and BILL BARROW|Jan 17, 2024

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — After Donald Trump's record victory in the Iowa caucuses, New Hampshire voters now get their turn to decide just how competitive the Republican nominating fight will be as the former president continues to dominate his party. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis face mounting pressure to improve on their distant finishes in Monday's caucuses that kicked off 2024 presidential voting. They have a one-week sprint ahead of next Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire, where voters pride themselves for t...

  • Shooter who killed 5 people at Colorado LGBTQ+ club intends to plead guilty to federal hate crimes

    COLLEEN SLEVIN|Jan 17, 2024

    DENVER (AP) — The shooter who killed five people and endangered the lives of over 40 others at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs plans to plead guilty to new federal charges for hate crimes and firearm violations under an agreement that would allow the defendant to avoid the death penalty, according to court documents made public Tuesday. Anderson Aldrich, 23, made a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to 50 hate crime charges and 24 firearm violations, the documents show. Aldrich would get multiple life sentences in addition to a 1...