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SOLEDAD, Calif. — An inmate is being investigated for the attempted murder of a peace officer on Tuesday at Salinas Valey State Prison, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials. Anthony G. Ramirez, 43, allegedly attacked a custody staff member on a dayroom floor with an improvised weapon that was concealed in his waistband, according to the CDCR.

A guard who works at the last remaining abortion facility in Mississippi was found guilty of four counts of simple assault this past week for pepper-spraying several Christians who were praying and singing hymns on the public sidewalk. As previously reported, the incident took place in January of this year as the Christians stood outside of Jackson Women’s Health Organization in the state capital. Cal Zastrow, one of the men who were struck by the pepper spray, told Christian News Network that the guard, Roy Benjamin, did not want the Christians anywhere near the facility. “He came off the abortion...