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WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on June 2 preserved Maryland’s ban on #assault-style weapons and Rhode Island's ban on high-capacity magazines, declining for now to decide if they meet the high court’s controversial bar for #gun restrictions.
While that's a victory for gun control advocates − and it came over the objections of several conservative justices − the issue could come back to the high court.

#Jan6 criminals received #WhiteHouse tour

Months after being freed through a #pardon from #Trump, 2 men convicted of #felonies for their roles in the Jan 6, 2021, #insurrection scored visits to secure grounds of the WH.
Shane Jenkins, who had a criminal record before J6, was sentenced to 7yrs in prison for #assault of police protecting the Capitol & using a metal tomahawk to smash a window. The day after the attack, Jenkins wrote, "I have #murder in my heart & my head."
npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-54037

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Asked if #PlannedParenthood's natl #funding structure needs to change, #PPMI CEO Thornton Greear said: "I think that it needs to be looked at, & what they're able to do. I know that that is actively happening."
When #Marquette clinic's closure was announced, dozens of #patients voiced their concerns in Google reviews, w/several saying the #clinic had "saved my life," & describing how they'd been helped after an #assault, or been able to get low-cost #care when they couldn't afford other options.

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The man who repeatedly & nearly fatally stabbed the renowned novelist #SalmanRushdie in 2022 was found #guilty of attempted #murder & #assault on Friday.

Matar, 27, of Fairview, NJ, was convicted for a crime witnessed by hundreds, captured on video & the subject of “Knife,” #Rushdie’s best-selling memoir about the attack & its aftermath.

Sentencing is scheduled for April 23. Matar faces up to 25 years in prison.

'I don't feel safe': Two women attacked at shopping centre amid Islamophobia spike
By Zena Chamas

A childcare worker is afraid to leave her home alone after being one of two women attacked at Epping Plaza, prompting advocacy groups to call for immediate action amid a rise in Islamophobic incidents.

abc.net.au/news/2025-02-17/isl

ABC News · Two Muslim women attacked at Melbourne shopping centre amid rise in IslamophobiaBy Zena Chamas