Democrats see in surge in women interested in running for office in a post-Roe America
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Women didn't just take to the streets in protest of the Supreme Court eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion — they're taking to the campaign trail. Democratic organizers say they have seen a surge in women expressing interest in running for office after the court overturned Roe v. Wade, which for 50 years had protected the right to seek an abortion.
Individual states are now ground zero in the fight over abortion rights. The Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion rights, estimated 26 states will ban or restrict abortion. Patients' access to an abortion will be largely determined by state legislatures and leadership.
Of the 13 states that had trigger laws – which immediately moved to ban abortion following the overturn of Roe – all had Republican-controlled legislatures. Other states that have banned or further restricted abortion to date are also controlled by Republican legislatures and governors.
A cybercriminal group claims it stole personal data belonging to more than 500 million Ticketmaster customers. Although the event ticketing service, owned by Live Nation Entertainment, hasn't confirmed the attack, security experts warn that it could put users of the platform at risk for a range of scams.
Two climbers were waiting to be rescued near the peak of Denali, a colossal mountain that towers over miles of vast tundra in southern Alaska, officials said Wednesday. Originally part of a three-person team that became stranded near the top of the mountain, the climbers put out a distress call more than 30 hours earlier suggesting they were hypothermic and unable to descend on their own, according to the National Park Service.
There's no making up for what Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus lost on the day she finished .07 seconds behind a Russian opponent who, everyone later learned, was doping. What the American 400-meter hurdles champion will finally receive is a great day under the Eiffel Tower where she'll be presented with the gold medal she was denied 12 years ago at the London Olympics.