Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on Trump’s Colorado ballot challenge Feb. 8: Releasing its announcement Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it will receive Trump’s opening brief Jan. 18, reports the Los Angeles Blade. The Court’s decision, anticipated by the end of February, could have far-reaching impact, affecting dozens of states (including Illinois) where challenges have been filed against Trump’s candidacy because of his role inciting the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection, and especially Colorado and Maine, both of which have officially removed Trump from their state’s presidential ballots.
People of color feel more concerned about appearance than whites at medical appointments: People of Color are almost twice as likely to be concerned about their appearance and possible insults prior to visiting health care providers, according to a new survey by KFF. Involving 6,300 patients who had received care within the last three years, the survey found that 55 percent of Black adults; almost half of American Indian, Alaska Native and Hispanic people; and 40 percent of Asian people were concerned bout their appearance prior to an appointment, while only 29 percent of white people held similar concerns.
Study shows discrepancy in chronic health conditions for LGBTQ+ and heterosexual cancer survivors: LGBTQ+ cancer survivors are more than twice as likely to experience chronic health conditions than heterosexual cancer survivors, writes the Cancer Network about a new study. Researchers emphasized the next step is to explore whether the discrepancy is related to health screening access, or to poor behavioral and health choices.
Police officer who held down Elijah McClain gets 14 months: Randy Roedema, the former Denver police officer who held down the late Elijah McClain while paramedics administered a fatal dose of ketamine in 2019, will serve 14 months in jail, a judge decided this week. Roedema was convicted in October of criminally negligent homicide; he was the most senior officer of several on the scene and can be heard in bodycam footage of the fatal incident directing othe rofficers on how to further restrain McClain, reports The Detroit News.
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