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Privacy advocates and abortion rights activists fear that law enforcement could use pregnant people’s health information, including data collected by period tracking apps, against them in court after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe vs Wade ruling. In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision , many privacy advocates and experts have encouraged individuals using menstrual tracking apps to delete them so that they are not charged with crimes, should they opt for an abortion. With the Supreme Court overturning the 50-year-old Roe vs Wade judgment, states across the country now have the power to ban abortions , affecting millions of American patients. Clue, one of the world’s most recognisable menstrual tracking apps, allows users to analyse their cycle by the day, input their health symptoms, and predict ovulation days and future flows. “We are, and always have been, committed to protecting your private health data. Your tracked experience should … [Read more...] about Period tracking apps, tech companies hit by privacy fears after Roe vs Wade reversal

PARIS (AP) — The only surviving suspected member of the Islamic State attack team that terrorized Paris in 2015 pleaded for leniency during his final appearance in court on Monday, acknowledging he had “made mistakes," but declaring: "I'm not a murderer.” Salah Abdeslam is a leading suspect in France's worst peacetime attacks of Nov. 13, 2015, that killed 130 people. He is on trial with 19 other men on suspicion of playing critical roles in the Islamic State's massacres in a Paris music hall, cafes and the national stadium that Friday night. In closing arguments earlier this month, French prosecutors demanded a life sentence without a possibility of parole for Abdeslam. They charged him with multiple counts of murder, complicity to murder, belonging to a terrorist organization and taking part in a conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping as a member of a terrorist organization. A verdict in the historic trial is expected on Wednesday. Abdeslam apologized to the victims on … [Read more...] about ‘I am not a murderer,’ Paris attacks defendant maintains

Prosecutors in New York City are resigning in droves due to “soft-on-crime” policies set by woke city officials and aggressive reforms imposed by the state, the New York Post reported . The resignations began increasing sharply in January when Mayor Eric Adams (D) was sworn into office and several progressive district attorneys started their terms. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has had 65 assistant district attorneys resign – around 12 percent of its total staff – since January, the Post reported. By March of this year, 44 assistant district attorneys had resigned, while only 97 quit throughout the entire year of 2021. It is not just the Manhattan borough that is seeing prosecutors leave en masse; the same trend is apparent in Brooklyn and the Bronx. The Brooklyn district attorney’s office has seen 67 prosecutors resign this year – about 13 percent of its total staff – while 94 prosecutors quit all of last year. In the Bronx, 59 prosecutors walked … [Read more...] about Reports: Droves of NYC Prosecutors Resigning Due to Woke DAs, Reforms

Shiv Sena strongman Eknath Shinde, whose rebellion has plunged the Uddhav Thackeray government into a survival crisis, on Monday reacted to the Supreme Court order on the rebel camp’s plea, saying it’s a “victory of Balasaheb Thackeray’s Hindutva”. “This is the victory of the Hindutva emperor Balasaheb Thackeray’s Hindutva and the thoughts of Dharmaveer Anand Dighe Saheb,” read a loose translation of Eknath Shinde’s tweet in Marathi. हा वंदनीय हिंदुहृदयसम्राट शिवसेनाप्रमुख बाळासाहेब ठाकरे यांच्या हिंदुत्वाचा आणि धर्मवीर आनंद दिघे साहेबांच्या विचारांचा विजय..! #realshivsenawins — Eknath Shinde – एकनाथ शिंदे (@mieknathshinde) June 27, 2022 The Supreme Court – which today heard the disqualification notices served on Shinde and 15 other rebel MLAs – asked the Maharashtra assembly deputy speaker to put the disqualification on hold. The court also issued notice to Shiv Sena leaders Ajay Chaudhary, Sunil Prabhu and asked them to file a reply within five days. The SC listed the … [Read more...] about Victory of Bal Thackeray’s Hindutva, Says Eknath Shinde on SC Relief, Defends Rebellion ‘in Shiv Sena’s Interest’

The Indian men’s football team are all set to take on Jordan in a friendly match tomorrow (May 28, 2022) in Doha, their last preparatory game ahead of the AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Qualifiers which kicks- off in Kolkata from June 8, 2022 onwards. The match against Jordan will be played at the Qatar Sports Club, and kicks-off at IST 9.30pm (Qatar time 7pm). “Another game against a stronger team will always help,” Head Coach Igor Stimac averred. “It’s our last friendly game prior to qualifiers, and we need to get final answers on certain questions,” the coach added. “Some of our youngsters will have a great opportunity to gain more experience at international level.” IPL 2022 – FULL COVERAGE | SCHEDULE | RESULTS | ORANGE CAP | PURPLE CAP | POINTS TABLE The squad has been in a preparatory camp for over a month, first in Bellary, and then in Kolkata, and the coach mentioned that the “fitness levels are quite good.” “The fitness levels are quite good. We have another … [Read more...] about Indian Men’s Football Team Face Jordan in Last Preparatory Match before Asian Cup Qualifiers

Abortion rights defenders fanned out across America on Saturday for the second day of protest against the Supreme Court's thunderbolt ruling , as state after conservative state moved swiftly to ban the procedure. The deeply polarized country grappled with a new level of division: between states that will now or soon deny the right to abortion , enshrined since 1973, and those that still allow it. Also Read Explained | How will the Roe v. Wade rollback impact women? A few thousand people thronged the streets on Saturday outside the fenced-off Supreme Court in Washington, in hot summer weather, carrying signs that read "War on women, who's next?" and "No uterus, No opinion." "What happened yesterday is indescribable and disgusting," said Mia Stagner, 19, a political science major in college. "Being forced to be a mother is not something any woman should have to do." Demonstrations also took place in Los Angeles, with dozens of smaller rallies from coast to … [Read more...] about Fresh protests as new U.S. abortion reality takes shape

Alec Baldwin is being slammed online for his upcoming Instagram Live interview with Woody Allen. Baldwin, whose role in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust last October is under investigation by a sheriff's department, announced the interview with the controversial director on Sunday in an Instagram post. "This coming Tuesday, [June] 28th, I'm going to be doing an Instagram Live with... Woody Allen," Baldwin said in a video. "Who I love. I love you, Woody." In a caption to the post, Baldwin wrote, "Let me preface this by stating that I have ZERO INTEREST in anyone's judgments and sanctimonious posts here. I am OBVIOUSLY someone who has my own set of beliefs and COULD NOT CARE LESS about anyone else's speculation. If you believe that a trial should be conducted by way of an HBO documentary, that's your issue." After the news about Baldwin's Allen interview broke, social media users were quick to share their disapproval. The … [Read more...] about Alec Baldwin slammed for upcoming Woody Allen interview

The Supreme Court’s decision last week to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling , guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion, will have wide-ranging impacts. About half of states have either already banned abortion or indicated that they soon will, meaning millions of women will no longer have easy access to abortion services. Still, many things remain uncertain, including whether bans will stand up to legal challenges, whether access to abortion pills will become the next target and if the ban on abortion will lead to attacks on other constitutional rights like same-sex marriage. Here are answers to some pressing questions surrounding the Supreme Court’s decision. How did we get here? The Supreme Court agreed last year to consider Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the most serious challenge to Roe in decades. That case challenged a law in Mississippi that banned most abortions after 15 weeks. Who voted to overturn Roe? The court ruled 6-3 … [Read more...] about Roe v. Wade abortion ruling: Questions and answers about the Supreme Court decision

Last October, a federal jury convicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas on criminal campaign finance charges for concealing the source of a $325,000 contribution to a group backing then President Donald Trump. But seven months later, according to a decision that hasn’t yet been made public, the Federal Election Commission—the agency tasked with civil enforcement of campaign finance regulations—failed to muster enough votes to enforce the same law. The outcome was disclosed last week in an exhibit attached to a brief that Parnas’ attorney filed ahead of his client’s sentencing, scheduled for Wednesday. It’s the latest in a series of befuddling non-decisions from the notoriously sclerotic FEC, whose Republican commissioners have declined time and again to take action against accused violators, even in the face of evidence of wrongdoing . The irony wasn’t lost on Parnas’ defense counsel, Joe Bondy, who quoted from a letter of notice that the FEC sent his client informing … [Read more...] about Campaign Finance Watchdog Lets Giuliani Pal Off the Hook After His Felony Conviction

close Video Parents of Oxford High School shooting victims file lawsuit against Crumbleys, school staff The parents of several Oxford High School students, including deceased Tate Myre, have filed a lawsuit against shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley, his parents and school staff. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Ethan Crumbley, the Oxford High School shooter accused of killing four classmates last year, will be called to testify at his parents' trial on involuntary manslaughter charges, a defense attorney said in court on Monday. "We're going to call him. We need him to testify to information not related to his actual shootings, but related to extraneous matters that are important in the case," defense attorney Shannon Smith said, according to Fox 2 Detroit. "This is not about the defendants wanting to throw their son under the bus or make him look bad. This is about our clients defending the case." Jennifer … [Read more...] about Michigan school shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley will be called as a witness in his parents’ trial, lawyer says