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File photo: The Utah State Capitol, rear, is shown behind an oil refinery on Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Politics & Policy

Biden vowing ‘strong’ climate action despite dual setbacks

On Friday, Biden said “action on climate change and clean energy remains more urgent than ever.″

4 years ago

The Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Homosexuality finally removed from Pa. Crimes Code after being first discovered in Upper Darby

The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed House Bill 2125 last week and Governor Tom Wolf signed it into law on Monday. Upper Darby played a huge role in making this happen.

4 years ago

The Court of Chancery courthouse in Georgetown, Del. Twitter has filed suit against billionaire Elon Musk in the court of equity, which was created in 1792. (Antony-22 via Wikimedia Commons)
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Courts & Law

A centuries-old court in Delaware will decide if Elon Musk has to buy Twitter

In a lawsuit, Twitter has asked the Delaware Court of Chancery to order the Tesla CEO to follow through with a $44 billion takeover bid for the social media company.

4 years ago

Twitter's lawsuit sets the social media company and the world's richest man up for a lengthy, expensive and high-stakes battle. (Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images; Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Twitter takes Elon Musk to court

The social media company is asking a Delaware court to force the world's richest man to follow through on his agreement to buy it for $44 billion.

4 years ago

Tim Miller is The Bulwark’s writer-at-large. His new book, Why We Did It, is published by Harper Collins. (Sophie Berard Photography)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Tim Miller on ‘Why We Did It’ and the future of the Republican party

In "Why We Did It", Tim Miller gives an honest reflection his own past work for the Republican Party and the actions of his former peers in the GOP establishment.

Air Date: July 12, 2022 10:00 am

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A ''Help Wanted'' sign is seen at a business on the Wildwood boardwalk.
Politics & Policy

New Jersey law expands summer working hours for teenagers

The new regulations make permanent a 2021 law which expanded summer working hours for residents between 16 to 18 years old to up to 50 hours per week.

4 years ago

This Dec. 2, 2021, photo provided by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources shows an endangered North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing rope being sighted with a newborn calf in waters near Cumberland Island, Ga. (Georgia Department of Natural Resources/NOAA Permit #20556 via AP)
Courts & Law

Weak protection for vanishing whale violates law, judge says

Judge Boasberg ruled the government has violated both the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act by failing to protect the North Atlantic right whale.

4 years ago

In this March 12, 2020, file photo, the sun shines through clouds above a shale gas drilling site in St. Mary's, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
Courts & Law

Court blocks Pennsylvania’s carbon emissions plan

The court granted a preliminary injunction that prohibits the Wolf administration from “implementing, administering, or enforcing” the carbon-pricing policy.

4 years ago

File photo: Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Road to Majority conference June 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Courts & Law

Appeals court: Congress can see some Trump financial records

Friday’s decision from the federal appeals court in Washington almost certainly won’t be the last word in the legal fight that began in 2019.

4 years ago

Up-close view of emergency contraception packages.
NPR
Health

Emergency contraception: How it works, how effective it is and how to get it

Many advocates suggest women and all those who can get pregnant have emergency contraception on hand before they need it.

4 years ago

(Unsplash photo/Jonas Leupe)
Radio Times

Protecting digital privacy post-Roe

How is our personal data tracked, collected, used and sold? How might law enforcement and abortion opponents use it post-Roe?

Air Date: July 8, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Plan C shows a combination pack of mifepristone and misoprostol tablets
NPR
Health

Self-induced abortions can raise medical — and legal — questions for doctors

Doctors are thinking about how to help women who have questions or concerns after taking abortion pills at home — without putting themselves or their patients in jeopardy.

4 years ago

Smoke rises from a power plant, as the lights glow red in a snowy landscape at night.
Courts & Law

In light of EPA court ruling, new focus on states’ power

Eighteen states have set 100% clean energy goals, according to the U.S. Climate Alliance, and they represent 42% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

4 years ago

People hold signs and march, with officers standing in the background between protesters and a house.
NPR
Courts & Law

The Supreme Court marshal asks state officials to act on protests at justices’ homes

The protests have carried on for weeks since the leak of a draft of the court's eventual decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

4 years ago

A doctor holds a sign that reads,
NPR
Health

Doctors weren’t considered in Dobbs, but now they’re on abortion’s legal front lines

Justice Alito's abortion opinion barely mentions medicine. This creates a perilous new legal reality for doctors, legal analysts say.

4 years ago

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