Joe Hernandez
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National
The right to abortion in Colorado is now guaranteed under state law
Colorado joins 15 other states that have enacted laws to protect abortion, while the U.S. Supreme Court considers a challenge to Roe v. Wade and conservative legislatures take aim at the practice.
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National
Elon Musk will join Twitter's board. Will users finally get an edit button?
News broke this week that Musk had taken a 9% stake in the company, becoming its single largest shareholder. Musk polled users on whether they want the ability to edit their tweets.
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Environment
A construction project caused damage to 100-million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Utah
A project to replace the boardwalk at the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite in Moah, Utah, cause minor damage to tracks and trace fossils at the site, a Bureau of Land Management paleontologist found.
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Politics
Pro-Putin leaders in Hungary and Serbia win reelection as Europe grapples with war
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban easily sailed to victory against a coalition of political opponents from the left and right, while Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic won a second term.
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Science
Pink Floyd, a flamingo on the lam from a Kansas zoo since 2005, is seen again in Texas
A video posted by the Coastal Fisheries Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shows the fugitive flamingo wading into Cox Bay about 120 miles southwest of Houston.
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National
The more contagious BA.2 version of omicron is now the most common in the U.S.
The BA.2 strain now accounts for more than half of all coronavirus infections nationwide, the CDC estimates. Although it's fueling a surge in Europe, the variant doesn't appear to make people sicker.
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National
Disney employees across the U.S. plan to walk out on Tuesday
The full-scale walkout is a bid to urge the company to take a stronger stance against the Parental Rights in Education legislation in Florida, what critics have called the "Don't Say Gay" bill.
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National
11 GOP states have transgender sports bans. Indiana's governor just vetoed one
Eleven states have enacted transgender sports bans, though many have been snarled by lawsuits.
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Science
There are more than 5,000 confirmed planets beyond our solar system, NASA says
These so-called exoplanets include rocky worlds similar in size to Earth, gas giants larger than Jupiter and even"'mini-Neptunes."
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Politics
The Senate approves a bill to make daylight saving time permanent
For those wishing for an end to annual clock shifting, this push in Congress is perhaps better late than never. It would still require House approval and President Biden's signature to become law.