NewsJune 10, 2015
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AUSTIN, Texas -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Texas' strict abortion restrictions that could soon leave only seven abortion clinics open in a state of 27 million people. The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allows Texas to enforce Republican-backed restrictions that require abortion clinics to meet hospital-level operating standards, a checklist that includes rules on minimum room sizes, staffing levels and air ventilation systems. ...
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Court upholds Texas anti-abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Texas' strict abortion restrictions that could soon leave only seven abortion clinics open in a state of 27 million people. The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allows Texas to enforce Republican-backed restrictions that require abortion clinics to meet hospital-level operating standards, a checklist that includes rules on minimum room sizes, staffing levels and air ventilation systems. The restrictions, approved in 2013, are among the toughest in the nation. Owners of traditional abortion clinics, which resemble doctors' offices more than hospitals, say they would be forced to close because the new rules demand millions of dollars in upgrades they can't afford.
Feds warn of bad wildfires this year
DENVER -- Despite a wet spring over much of the nation, the Obama administration is warning of potentially catastrophic wildfires this summer, especially in the Southwest and Northwest. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell discussed wildfire threats and fire outlook Tuesday in Denver. Jewell says drought and climate change are increasing wildfire danger. Federal fire managers say heavy precipitation in May reduced the likelihood of wildfires this month across much of the nation, but the danger will increase from July through September.
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3 jurors dismissed in theater shooting trial
CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- Three jurors in the Colorado theater shooting trial were dismissed Tuesday amid concern they violated orders not to talk about media coverage of the case. Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. first dismissed two jurors, including a woman who says her husband called her and told her about a tweet about the case from the district attorney. The judge then decided to dismiss a third juror who might have heard discussion about news reports on the case. A total of 21 jurors and alternates remain. The issue came to light earlier in the day when a fourth juror told Samour she heard a juror talking about the trial on two previous occasions.
Truck carrying 2,200 piglets overturns
XENIA, Ohio -- Authorities estimate up to 1,100 piglets may have died when a semitrailer carrying 2,200 piglets overturned on a highway. Agencies and volunteers worked to corral the animals after the crash Monday night on U.S. 35 near Dayton. Crews picked up squealing pigs by their hind legs. Some may have escaped into wooded areas. Deputy Chief Greg Beegle of the township's fire department says authorities rounded up those they could find before ending the search. Beegle says pigs killed were crushed, suffocated or thrown from the truck.
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