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UPDATE: Chicago Mayoral Election: Paul Vallas: 134,844 Brandon Johnson: 74,992 Lori Lightfoot: 58,807 73 % in.

Catholic pro-life activist Mark Houck was found not guilty Monday of federal charges alleging he violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. A Pennsylvania federal grand jury indicted Houck for allegations that he assaulted an abortion clinic volunteer, Bruce Love, in Philadelphia in September 2022. Federal officials claimed that Houck violated the FACE Act by using “force with the intent to injure, intimidate, and interfere with anyone because that person is a provider of reproductive health care.” Following a jury deadlock that delayed its decision, Houck was acquitted of both charges of violations of the FACE Act....

President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, the White House said Thursday. The president, who is fully vaccinated and has received two Covid booster shots, is experiencing “very mild symptoms,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.

Roe & Casey are gone!

@johncardillo En route to #RogerStone’s house for celebratory drinks. Justice was done by @realDonaldTrump tonight.

Spitz is to Nixon as Phelps is to ... Obama. Let's hope so, anyway. Mark Spitz won seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics, Nixon had to resign in August, 1974. Michael Phelps won eight. Perhaps that will move up the Obama bye-bye (Bambi) date to, oh let's see, April 2009? Well there's no Rush, I suppose. There's still some cash left in the treasury, right?

Moons like the Earth's - which are formed in catastrophic collisions - are extremely rare in the Universe, a study by US astronomers suggests. The Moon was created when an object as big as the planet Mars smacked into the Earth billions of years ago. The impact hurled debris into orbit, some of which eventually consolidated to form our Moon. The Astrophysical Journal reports that just 5-10% of planetary systems in the Universe have moons created this way.