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EXPLAINER: How Can Catholic Priests Bless Same-Sex Unions?

Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 12/20/2023 - 3:00am

ROME (AP) — The Vatican document explicitly saying Catholic priests can bless same-sex unions lays out the conditions for what such blessings can, and cannot, involve.

The overall goal is to make it abundantly clear to the couple and those around them that the blessing in no way resembles a marriage. This is because the Catholic Church teaches that marriage is a lifelong union between a man and a woman.

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Nebraska’s $600,000 Juvenile Justice Federal Grant Follows Multi-Year Dry Spell

Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 12/20/2023 - 2:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska is to receive a $600,000 federal award to help prevent delinquency and protect youths in the juvenile justice system, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.

States can use the funds for a variety of youth services, including job training, mental health, substance abuse treatment and school-based programs to prevent truancy.

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Government And Nonprofit Workers Are Getting Billions In Student Loan Debt Canceled Through A Public Service Program

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/13/2023 - 5:00am

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which the George W. Bush administration created in 2007 to encourage people to work for the government and nonprofits, has grown significantly during Joe Biden’s presidency.

To qualify, borrowers must currently work for the government or a nonprofit.

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How A Group Of Grandparents Is Mobilizing To Push Back Against Moms For Liberty

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/13/2023 - 4:00am

When the parental rights group Moms for Liberty kicked off its second “Joyful Warriors” summit in Philadelphia in June, it did not do so without fierce opposition. Hundreds of demonstrators showed up to protest the organization labeled an “extremist group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center for its efforts to rid schools of materials that highlight the nation’s history of racism or LGBTQ+ issues.

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States Strive To Get Opioid Overdose Drug To More People

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/13/2023 - 2:00am

Posing as shoppers, a team of researchers from the University of Mississippi called nearly 600 pharmacies across the state and asked a simple, yes-or-no question: “Do you have naloxone that I can pick up today?”

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Freedom Reads, National Book Foundation, Center For Justice Innovation Launch First Major US Book Prize To Be Judged Exclusively By Incarcerated People

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/06/2023 - 5:00am

NEW HAVEN, Conn. —December 4, 2023 — Freedom Reads, the National Book Foundation, and the Center for Justice Innovation announced the launch of the Inside Literary Prize, the first-ever US-based literary prize awarded exclusively by currently incarcerated people. The prize will be awarded in June 2024 to one exceptional book by a jury of 300 incarcerated individuals from a dozen prisons across the nation.

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From Mood to Food: How Stress And Seasonal Changes Affect Eating Habits

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/06/2023 - 3:00am

According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), 2/3 of adults report mood and behavior changes when the days get shorter, like fatigue or feelings of depression. 5% of adults, however, struggle with seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

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Texas Is Suing Planned Parenthood For $1.8B Over $10M In Allegedly Fraudulent Services It Rendered – A Health Care Economist Explains What’s Going On

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/06/2023 - 2:00am

Planned Parenthood no longer provides abortions in Texas, Louisiana and the other 10 states that have essentially banned abortion since the Supreme Court handed down its Dobbs v. Jackson decision in June 2022.

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When Foster Care Kids Are Sex Trafficked, Some States Fail To Figure It Out

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/29/2023 - 5:00am

For help, call 1-888-373-7888 or text *233733 for the 24/7 National Human Trafficking Hotline, a national, toll-free hotline.

When she was a 10-year-old foster child, T Ortiz often rode a public bus around the San Francisco Bay area, alone.

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Dozens Of US Adolescents Are Dying From Drug Overdoses Every Month − An Expert On Substance Use Unpacks The Grim Numbers With 3 Charts

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/29/2023 - 4:00am

Drug overdose deaths in the United States continue to rise.

Overdoses claimed more than 112,000 American lives from May 2022 to May 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a 37% increase compared with the 12-month period ending in May 2020.