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Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 4:00am

George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services professor, and Chair of the Department of Health Policy Sara Rosenbaum on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011.
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Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.

by Ziva Branstetter

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Nebraska State Sen. McDonnell Says His Position On Winner-Take-All Never Changed

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska State Sen. Mike McDonnell, a four-decade Democrat and longtime leader of the Omaha fire union, became a Republican in April after Democrats censured him for supporting a stricter abortion ban and health care limits on trans minors.

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Missouri Executes A Man For The 1998 Killing Of A Woman Despite Her Family’s Calls To Spare His Life

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 2:00am

Deacon Dave Billips, with the Office of Peace and Justice with the St. Louis Archdiocese, holds a sign as he stands with protesters holding space to halt the execution of Marcellus Williams on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, outside the Carnahan Courthouse in St. Louis.
(Laurie Skrivan / St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections of the victim’s family and the prosecutor, who wanted the death sentence commuted to life in prison.

Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted in the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle, who was stabbed during the burglary of her suburban St. Louis home.

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Man Arrested After Poking Rifle Onto Trump Golf Course Charged With Federal Gun Crimes

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 7:00am

The Trump International Golf Club is shown, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
(Lynne Sladky / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON — Ryan Wesley Routh appeared in federal court Monday on two firearm charges after being apprehended by local law enforcement Sunday in what the FBI is investigating as a possible assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

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Online Learning’s Future Must Balance Innovation And Values

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 6:00am

Online learning seems new, but it’s older than you think.

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‘Innovative’ Co-Responder Program Embeds Mental Health Pros With Lincoln Police Officers On Calls

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 5:00am

Mental health professional.
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LINCOLN — Mental health professionals will start accompanying Lincoln police officers on calls involving people having a mental health crisis under a new program announced Tuesday.

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Georgia’s Top GOP Lawmaker Seeks Tougher Action Against Students Who Make Threats. But It May Not Make Schools Safer.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 4:00am

Georgia’s Top GOP Lawmaker Seeks Tougher Action Against Students Who Make Threats. But It May Not Make Schools Safer.

by Aliyya Swaby

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Congress Is Gridlocked. These Members Are Convinced AI Legislation Could Break Through

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 3:00am

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., speaks at a news conference, Jan. 31, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
(Jacquelyn Martin / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would prohibit political campaigns and outside political groups from using artificial intelligence to misrepresent the views of their rivals by pretending to be them.

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Trump Urges Shutdown Unless Congress Passes Bill Requiring ID To Register To Vote

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 7:00am

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.
(J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON — Congress is stumbling toward another government shutdown deadline at the end of the month with no clear plan in place to enact a bipartisan stopgap spending bill — and some new meddling by the Republican presidential nominee.

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Taxation Without Representation?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 6:00am

Here’s a funny thought: If Donald Trump lived in Nebraska, the state’s Republican Attorney General and the Republican Secretary of State would not want him to be able to vote for himself. That’s because they have unilaterally decided that laws passed by the Unicameral that allow felons to vote after they’ve completed their sentencing violates the state’s constitution.

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Legal News

Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.

Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.

Nebraska State Sen. McDonnell Says His Position On Winner-Take-All Never Changed

Missouri Executes A Man For The 1998 Killing Of A Woman Despite Her Family’s Calls To Spare His Life

Man Arrested After Poking Rifle Onto Trump Golf Course Charged With Federal Gun Crimes

Online Learning’s Future Must Balance Innovation And Values

‘Innovative’ Co-Responder Program Embeds Mental Health Pros With Lincoln Police Officers On Calls

Georgia’s Top GOP Lawmaker Seeks Tougher Action Against Students Who Make Threats. But It May Not Make Schools Safer.

Georgia’s Top GOP Lawmaker Seeks Tougher Action Against Students Who Make Threats. But It May Not Make Schools Safer.

Series: A Closer Look:Examining the News

Congress Is Gridlocked. These Members Are Convinced AI Legislation Could Break Through

Trump Urges Shutdown Unless Congress Passes Bill Requiring ID To Register To Vote

Taxation Without Representation?

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Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.

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