Conservative Christian women in red states are rising up to defend IVF (www.washingtonpost.com)
“They were attacking my faith. It bothered me to the core,” said Sara, a Southern Baptist who identifies as pro-life. “Because I had never viewed [IVF] as wrong, as anything other than beautiful and bringing another life into the world. … I’ve actually had a lot of friends pray for me and encourage me and help me along...
Voters Doubt Biden’s Leadership and Favor Trump, Times/Siena Poll Finds (www.nytimes.com)
Unreliable poll, perhaps shouldn’t be trusted. See op-ed here lemmy.world/post/12773276
Sanders Says US Gaza Aid Airdrops 'No Substitute for Sustained Ground Deliveries' (www.commondreams.org)
“Israel MUST open the borders and allow the United Nations to deliver supplies in sufficient quantities.”...
Oil companies used fraudulent scheme to shift liability for orphaned Colorado wells onto the state, lawsuit claims (coloradosun.com)
Denver-based HRM Resources acted as a middleman, moving wells from larger companies to smaller ones that went bankrupt, lawsuit says...
What Alabama’s IVF ruling reveals about the ascendant Christian nationalist movement (www.theguardian.com)
Supporters of the idea that the US should be a Christian country have a foothold in politics – and are growing bolder...
3 trains involved in collision, derailment in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley: NTSB (abcnews.go.com)
Joe Biden’s disapproval rating reaches new high, according to new poll (www.theguardian.com)
The survey found that just one in four voters (24%) think the country is moving in the right direction – a key question in the run-up to a national election – and more than twice as many voters said that Biden’s policies had personally hurt them than those who said they had helped....
Brazil’s finance minister proposes global tax on the super-rich at G20 meeting in Sao Paulo (apnews.com)
US says Israel has agreed to the framework for a Gaza cease-fire. Hamas must now decide (apnews.com)
International mediators have been working for weeks to broker a deal to pause the fighting before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins around March 10. A deal would likely allow aid to reach hundreds of thousands of desperate Palestinians in northern Gaza who aid officials worry are under threat of famine....
Judge blocks Texas from collecting info on transgender children receiving gender-affirming care (apnews.com)
A Texas judge on Friday temporarily blocked state Attorney General Ken Paxton from forcing an LGBTQ+ advocacy group to hand over information about transgender children receiving gender-affirming medical care....
Oregon undoes groundbreaking drug decriminalization law (www.theguardian.com)
Measure 110, an experiment approved in 2020, gets overhauled as state grapples with fentanyl crisis and growing public drug use...
Oregon man spiked smoothies for daughter's 12-year-old friends with sedatives, affidavit says (www.nbcnews.com)
Michael Meyden is accused of making the smoothies with benzodiazepine, a drug typically prescribed for anxiety, according to a probable cause affidavit....
CDC ditches 5-day COVID isolation, argues COVID is becoming flu-like (arstechnica.com)
COVID-19 is becoming more like the flu and, as such, no longer requires its own virus-specific health rules, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday alongside the release of a unified “respiratory virus guide.”...
U.S. Seeks to Boost Nuclear Power After Decades of Inertia (www.nytimes.com)
Measures moving through Congress to encourage new reactors are receiving broad bipartisan support, as lawmakers embrace a once-contentious technology....
Jury convicts first rioter to enter Capitol building during Jan. 6 attack (apnews.com)
The first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack was convicted on Friday of charges that he interfered with police and obstructed Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory....
Fake Ukrainian Assassination Attempt on Tucker Carlson Hits Millions on X via Russian Disinfo Laundering Scheme (www.polygraph.info)
Even when confronted with the truth, millions have the anger and fear permanently imprinted on their minds. That’s why Putin’s psyops war fare is so incredibly effective, particularly against the poorly educated.
Aurora paramedic convicted in Elijah McClain’s death sentenced to five years in prison (coloradosun.com)
One of the two Aurora paramedics convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain was sentenced Friday to five years in prison....
Arizona bill would make shooting and killing migrants on property legal (www.nbcnews.com)
A Democrat Latina lawmaker opposed to the legislation said it would "allow open season on migrants."
University of Florida eliminates all DEI positions due to new state rules (abcnews.go.com)
The memo cites recent state restrictions on the use of public funds....
Firefighters face difficult weather conditions as they battle the largest wildfire in Texas history (apnews.com)
STINNETT, Texas (AP) — Firefighters battling the largest wildfire in Texas history face increasingly difficult weather conditions on Saturday....
University of Florida terminates all DEI positions (www.axios.com)
The Philadelphia Phillies are scrapping $1 hot dog nights following unruly fan behavior (apnews.com)
The Philadelphia Phillies have scrapped their popular $1 hot dog nights for the 2024 season.
Joe Biden confuses Gaza with Ukraine twice as he revealed that US would begin providing assistance in Gaza (central24.online)
Mr Biden revealed that the US would begin providing humanitarian assistance in Gaza when he made the blunde…