Setting the stage for critical vote that could derail abortion rights, Supreme Court agrees to review deceptive Texas abortion restrictions….--Texas is not the only state limiting access to abortion, and creating barriers for pregnant women
--Utah judge reverses his order, will allow lesbian couple to keep foster child
--Trump self-destructs in Iowa rant, comparing Ben Carson to child molester
--blog says Carson plagiarized at least 3 passages in his book
--Beirut reels from suicide attacks killing 43, IS claims responsibility
--Kurdish fighters are trying to rout Daesh from Sinjar
--US and UK claim that drone has killed the host of IS beheading videos, Jihadi John
--after 8,000 bombing raids, US now targets IS controlled oil fields in Syria
--John Kerry hosts another round of useless talks in Vienna, clinging to fantasy that Assad will step down
--Britain faces charges in International Criminal Court over war crimes in Iraq; US skates, since we don’t recognize ICC
--EU offers Turkey $3 billion to keep refugees from moving to Europe
--general strike in Greece aver hardships from austerity—why didn’t the EU give that $3 billion to Greece?
--oops! Russian TV report reveals “secret” Russian nuclear weapons system…was it an accident?
--Democrats’ loss in Kentucky governor’s race highlights sharp decline of Democrats in state government and fewer future leaders
--the formerly-liberal 9th Circuit rejects challenge to death penalty in California
--a San Francisco icon, stripper Carol Doda, dies at age 78
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