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Fulton County, Georgia, jail leadership resigns after inmate's death and accusations of unsanitary conditions

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www.cnn.com › 2023 › 04 › 18 › us › fulton-county-jail-leadership-resignations-lashawn-thompson-death › index.html

Three officials at the Fulton County, Georgia, jail have stepped down amid an investigation into the death of an inmate whose family said was housed in a filthy, bug-infested cell that "was not fit for a diseased animal."

Supreme Court seems sympathetic to postal worker who didn't work Sundays in dispute over religious accommodations

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www.cnn.com › 2023 › 04 › 18 › politics › groff-dejoy-supreme-court-religious-liberty › index.html

The Supreme Court seemed to side with a former mail carrier, an evangelical Christian, who says the US Postal Service failed to accommodate his request to not work on Sundays.

McCarthy makes plea for Republicans to back debt ceiling plan

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www.cnn.com › 2023 › 04 › 18 › politics › mccarthy-debt-limit-plan › index.html

Speaker Kevin McCarthy made a plea to House Republicans during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning to back his debt ceiling plan, telling them that although it doesn't have to include everything they want, it will help get him to the negotiating table with President Joe Biden.

Anti-abortion doctors urge Supreme Court to keep mifepristone restrictions in place

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www.cnn.com › 2023 › 04 › 18 › politics › abortion-supreme-court-mifepristone-restrictions-filing › index.html

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A group of doctors opposed to abortion asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to restrict access to a key medication abortion drug while other legal challenges play out, as Wednesday night's deadline for the court to act approaches.

Murder charge dropped against co-defendant in case of killer accused of faking his own death in South Africa

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www.cnn.com › 2023 › 04 › 18 › africa › thabo-bester-prison-escape-zolile-sekeleni-intl › index.html

South African prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against Zolile Sekeleni, the father of the girlfriend of high-profile convicted murderer Thabo Bester, who is accused of escaping from a South African prison after faking his own death in a fire, officials told CNN Monday.