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Rep. Barbara Lee (D., Calif.) accused Congressional Republicans on Tuesday of wanting women to die from “unsafe abortions” while she spoke in opposition to H.R. 7. “Madam Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 7. This discriminatory bill would undermine a woman’s access to abortion care, which is a Constitutional right, as affirmed by Roe v. Wade, 44 years ago,” Rep. Lee said. Lee said that by Republicans making the Hyde Amendment permanent, they would be “restricting access“ to reproductive health care for millions of women, especially low-income and minority women. The Hyde Amendment prevents federal funds from being...

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A man in Australia was bitten by a venomous red-bellied black snake 45 minutes after slicing it in half with a shovel, according to Geobeats. Jake Thomas, 66, a volunteer at Werris Creek cemetery, was mowing the grass when he noticed the snake on a vase on top of a headstone. Fearing it would harm or scare visitors, he figured he'd kill it with the shovel, geobeats says. After finishing his work, he returned for the remains of the snake. When he stuck his hand in the vase, he felt it latch on to his hand, and when he pulled...

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Is American public education a form of child abuse? A week ago, the Washington Post’s Brigid Schulte reported on a student named Randy Castro who attends school in Woodbridge, Va. Last November at recess he slapped a classmate on her bottom. The teacher took him to the principal. School officials wrote up an incident report and then called the police. Randy Castro is in the First Grade. But, at the ripe old age of six, he’s been declared a sex offender by Potomac View Elementary School. He’s guilty of sexual harassment, and the incident report will remain on his record...