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Woman Hospitalized After Husband Uses Kitchen Knife To Remove Her Breast Implant In Attack

"That's not a husband. That's an animal."

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‘Crisis communications’: emails show how NFL’s Saints and NBA’s Pelicans helped New Orleans church spin abuse scandal

Unearthed emails detail how the sports franchises’ owner and PR team counseled archdiocese on how to respond to unfolding clergy-abuse case

The Guardian - US

A giant US hospital chain says it’s leading the fight against medical debt. Not all patients agree

Many patients say they were harmed by Advocate Health’s billing and collection practices – even as the health system says it has canceled thousands of liens against homes

The Guardian - US

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Republican Lawmakers Launch Official Demand to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Ahead of Trump Inauguration

Idaho Republican lawmakers introduced a resolution urging the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriage. While the non-binding measure holds no legislative power, it reflects escalating conservative rhetoric targeting LGBTQ+ rights. Advocates warn the move is part of a broader effort to roll…

Latin Times

Large US non-profit hospital system will spend $1bn in Chicago’s South Side

Advocate Health plans to replace 115-year-old hospital in area with one of the largest life expectancy gaps in the US

The Guardian - US

Nancy Mace Called Out for Claiming to 'Protect Women' While Employing Man Who Broke Into Woman's Home and Traumatized Her

A LGBTQ+ news outlet called out Republican Nancy Mace after discovering that she employs a man who allegedly previously broke into a D.C. woman's home.

Latin Times

Billboard Showing Kamala Harris Engaging in Sex Act Erected by Pro-Trump Company in Ohio

Kennedy Outdoor Advertising said it initially thought the ad was referring to Harris as a "crybaby" and did not pick up on the sexual message.

Latin Times

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US hospital chain vows to cancel medical debt for thousands of patients

North Carolina-based Advocate Health takes action amid scrutiny of its debt collection methods

The Guardian - US

Three officers placed on leave after Louisiana police abuse allegations

The FBI is investigating alleged civil rights violations at Baton Rouge’s unmarked ‘Brave Cave’ torture warehouse

The Guardian - US

Gunmen kill journalist in restive northwest Cameroon, says union

Gunmen shot dead a journalist late on Sunday in Bamenda, a city in Cameroon's troubled northwest region, the local journalists' union said, in at least the third killing of a media worker in the country this year.

Reuters

If a hospital still asks you to mask up, do it

Advocate Health is relaxing its pandemic rules on mask-wearing and patient visitation, but many hospitals are keeping their mask mandates.

Chicago Sun-Times

Major Chicago hospital group to drop mask requirement, ease visitor limits

Beginning Monday, all Advocate Health Care locations will no longer limit the number of patient visitors or require face masks ‘under most circumstances,’ the health care system announced Friday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Madison Brooks suspect faces second rape charge for alleged 2020 assault of minor

Kaivon Washington, 18, was arrested in Livingston Parish on Friday in connection with 2020 assault of girl, 12

The Independent UK

Climate concerns give national attention to Louisiana race

An obscure elected position in Louisiana, with possibly major implications, is receiving national attention over climate concerns

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The Independent UK

French President visits New Orleans, Louisiana

French President Emmanuel Macron will head to Louisiana on the last day of his visit to the U.S. Macron's office said the visit is being held to celebrate longstanding cultural ties and to discuss energy policy

Chicago Tribune

After initial hesitation, Illinois board approves Advocate Aurora deal to combine with Atrium Health

An Illinois state board approved a plan Monday by Advocate Aurora Health to combine with Southern system Atrium Health, after initially withholding support for the deal.

Chicago Sun-Times

Advocate Aurora patient data breached

The Illinois-Wisconsin hospital system said it can’t estimate how many of its 3 million patients were affected.

Reason

Better Late Than Never on Weed, Kamala

Plus: A judge may recognize a poly romance, the Nobel Prize goes to economists "for research on banks and financial crises," and more...

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Los Angeles Times

Mystikal denied bond as details emerge in latest sexual-assault case

Mystikal has been denied bond following allegations that he beat, raped and robbed a woman during a financial dispute in his suburban home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Salon

The casual bisexuality in "Hacks"

With the fate of the HBO Max show uncertain, will we lose Ava, a nuanced and desperately needed bi character?

Reason

Small-Town Political Libel

"[L]iability clearly does not extend to mere insults, indignities, threats, annoyances, petty oppressions, or other trivialities."

The Independent UK

Mother and grandmother charged with murder after allegedly forcing 4-year-old to drink a bottle of whiskey

Baton Rouge woman Roxanne Record, 53, fatally forced her granddaughter, 4, to drink whiskey as punishment

Sports Illustrated

Tyrann Mathieu on the Saints: ‘It Would be Good to Go Back Home and Help Them Win’

The star safety is still a free agent but he sounds like he wouldn’t mind going home.

The Independent UK

Minnesota editor returning to Louisiana's largest newspaper

The editor of Louisiana’s largest newspaper is retiring, and the new editor is a returning New Orleans native who comes to the job after heading the biggest newspaper in Minnesota

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