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The Summary Four women are suing the state of Idaho after they were denied abortions for fatal fetal abnormalities. The lawsuit seeks to clarify the medical exemptions to Idaho’s strict abortion laws. The plaintiffs will testify about their experiences in court on Tuesday and Wednesday. Four women who are suing the state of Idaho after they were denied abortions will testify on Tuesday and Wednesday about their experiences traveling out of state to end nonviable pregnancies. The lawsuit at the center of the upcoming trial in Ada County District Court seeks to clarify the medical exemptions to Idaho’s strict abortion laws. The plaintiffs are the Idaho Academy of Family Physicians, two physicians and the four women testifying this week, who learned while pregnant that ...

Hakeem Adeniji, an offensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns, shared the heartbreaking loss of his child a week before his son's due date. In a tearful video posted Nov. 4 on Instagram , Adeniji, 26, called the loss "the worst moment of my life." "I know everybody that knows me knows how bad I wanted to be … be a dad," the athlete said. He said that his wife, Kayla, went to the hospital when she couldn't feel their son moving. An ultrasound confirmed the stillbirth six days before the baby boy’s due date, Adeniji said. "We got to hold him. We got to spend some moments with him. … We’ll never forget him. We love him. He’s going to live on in our hearts forever.” Kayla Adeniji said in an emotional post on Instagram that she was in love with her beautiful son...

Cat of the Week: This beauty is Lucia! She came into the HSYC as a stray! We estimate her to be almost 4 months old. She’s just a baby. She’s been at the rescue far too long…. 82 days! You can find this sweet girl in the Lounge. She is playful, silly and sure to entertain you and love you. She is spayed, vaccinated, micro chipped and tested. Ready to meet YOU! Don’t let this sweet girl wait another minute. Call TODAY to make an appointment, 803-802-0902! Our adoption requirements and process can be found on our website at www.thehsyc.   Dog of the Week:    This handsome boy is Brett! We’ve talk about him before. This ‘water dog’ needs a home he can call his own but …. He’s a slow to warm kind of boy. He needs time to warm up. Since the rescue staff and volunteers are primarily fem...

Tega Cay, SC – The 4th Annual Howell Stew Event, hosted by Howell Landscape & Design, is back to warm the hearts of the Tega Cay community while supporting a great cause. Scheduled for Saturday, November 18, 2023, from 1 PM to 4 PM at 1600 Brayden Parkway in Fort Mill, this drive-through stew sale will benefit the Tega Cay Lions Foundation, helping fund programs for vision care and other community services. This year, delicious homemade stew can be preordered for $16 per quart, a perfect choice for anyone craving a comforting meal while giving back to the community. In addition to the stew, Howell Landscape & Design is also offering exclusive Tega Cay merchandise available for preorder: Men’s Tega Cay Hat: $19 (Grey front with black adjustable back) Women’s Tega Cay Hat: $19 (Blac...

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped House Republican Conference chair and longtime ally Rep. Elise Stefanik, of New York, to serve as ambassador to the United Nations. Stefanik is Trump's first Cabinet pick for his second term in the White House . “I am honored to nominate Chairwoman Elise Stefanik to serve in my Cabinet as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Elise is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter,” Trump said in a statement Monday. Stefanik said she was "truly honored" by the nomination. "I stand ready to advance President Donald J. Trump’s restoration of America First peace through strength leadership on the world stage on Day One at the United Nations," she said in a statement. Her appointment was first reported by C...

WASHINGTON — A looming battle among Senate Republicans over who to pick as their next majority leader is turning into an early test of how much power President-elect Donald Trump's “MAGA” movement will exert in his second term. The three-way fight to replace outgoing Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pits Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., against Sen. John Cornyn, a former McConnell deputy, and underdog candidate Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla. The battle will gauge the staying power of long-serving senior Republicans grounded in an institutionalist view of the Senate, like Thune and Cornyn, against an emboldened pro-Trump wing looking to smash any vestiges of the old GOP as he returns to power. Scott's seeking to claim the latter mantle and told NBC News in an inter...

A former body guard for Sean Combs has filed a defamation lawsuit against a woman who in September accused him of physically and sexually assaulting her in 2001. Joseph Sherman called the allegations in Thalia Graves’ lawsuit “utterly and entirely false,” in documents filed Thursday in federal court in Manhattan. He is also suing Graves’ attorneys, including Gloria Allred. Both women spoke at a news conference to discuss the lawsuit in September. They declined comment Monday. Graves alleged in her lawsuit that in 2001 both Combs and Sherman sexually assaulted her at the embattled music mogul’s recording studio in Manhattan after she was summoned to a meeting with Combs to discuss her then-boyfriend’s work performance at the Bad Boy record label. Combs, she said in th...