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More states are requiring patients to give consent for medical students performing pelvic exams
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COLUMBUS (AP) — A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious patients.
At least 20 states already have consent laws for this practice. Montana's governor signed a bill in April, Missouri has leg ... (full story)
Death row inmate challenges new Tennessee post-conviction law
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate is challenging the newly expanded authority of the appointed state attorney general to argue certain capital cases, a power that lawmakers shifted away from locally elected prosecutors under a new law after some expressed reluctance to pursue the death penalty.
The law pas ... (full story)
Montana says TikTok ban protects people. TikTok says it violates their rights
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana became the first state in the U.S. to enact a complete ban on TikTok recently when Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a measure that's more sweeping than any other state's attempts to curtail the social media app, which is owned by a Chinese tech company.
The measure, scheduled to take effec ... (full story)
Ohio Senate OKs higher education bill limiting diversity training
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COLUMBUS (AP) — A bill that would ban nearly all diversity and inclusion training requirements at Ohio's public colleges and universities, prohibit faculty strikes and bar public universities from taking stances on "controversial" topics cleared the GOP-dominated Ohio Senate recently on a 21-10 vote.
The multifac ... (full story)
NYC converts hotels to shelters as pressure mounts to help asylum seekers
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NEW YORK (AP) — The historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan shuttered three years ago, but it will soon be bustling again — reopening to accommodate an anticipated influx of asylum seekers just as other New York City hotels are being converted to emergency shelters.
Mayor Eric Adams announced recently that the ... (full story)