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Dear Amy: I’m a new mom to a wonderful, healthy and happy baby. The birth was traumatic. My postpartum period was marred with unbearable pain, physical limitations, and multiple surgeries. It was a difficult time of my life that I’m trying to move past in order to enjoy the happy times of new parenthood ahead. I’m having a lot of trouble with some of my mother-in-law’s comments. During the wo...

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to leave in place a Texas law banning most abortions has opened the door for states to seek to restrict other rights including guns by copying the measure's novel enforcement mechanism, though it remains to be seen how many will actually do it. The Republican-backed Texas law takes enforcement away from state officials, instead ...

Rita Bolt Barker Whenever she talks about her days as South Carolina’s first female fighter pilot, Tally Parham Casey, who now leads the Wyche Law Firm, likes to relate a conversation between her daughter, Mia, who was 3 at the time, and son Wyatt, then 5. “One day, she said to him, ‘Wyatt, boys can’t be lawyers, only girls can do it!’” Casey recalls, surprised that the banter wasn’t about wh...

DIVERSITY AND EXCLUSION - Law firms have dedicated a great deal of focus to increasing diversity, but many are falling short on enacting meaningful changes to improve equity and inclusion, Law.com’s Patrick Smith reports. Not only does that undermine retention efforts, it can also create a dynamic of tokenism, which can alienate people from underrepresented groups. Clients increasingly expect...

A hastily made change in Ohio election law that has sparked concerns of wide-reaching unintended consequences should prompt lawmakers to swiftly repeal the measure and think twice about how they act in the future.The Plain Dealer A hastily made change in Ohio election law that has sparked concerns of wide-reaching unintended consequences should prompt lawmakers to swiftly repeal the measure a...

ATLANTA (AP) — Property owners don’t have a common-law right to boot unauthorized vehicles on their premises, Georgia’s highest court ruled Tuesday. Forrest Allen had sued the owner and operator of a DeKalb County shopping center and several of its tenants after his vehicle was immobilized in February 2018 and he was required to pay $650 to have the boot removed. The defendants argued on appe...

One Tuesday morning this fall, I strapped on a Kevlar vest and slid into the passenger seat of a gray Ford Interceptor sedan, the souped-up Taurus that replaced the Crown Vic as America’s default police car a decade ago.* (And has since been replaced itself: Ford no longer produces police cars, only SUVs and pickups.) This model has several features that are not available for civilian use, in...

An IndyStar investigation has found that Indiana's red flag law too often fails to prevent shootings and other gun crimes. The mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility in April is perhaps the most egregious example. But it’s not the only one. Here are five other times Indiana’s red flag law failed in Marion County. Jason Phipps What happened On June 21, 2020, an Indianapolis Metropo...

‘Indiana is an accessory to murder’: Failure to enforce red flag laws ended in 14 deaths  The Indianapolis Star

Dear Amy: I’m a new mom to a wonderful, healthy and happy baby. Amy Dickinson The birth was traumatic. My postpartum period was marred with unbearable pain, physical limitations and multiple surgeries. It was a difficult time of my life that I’m trying to move past in order to enjoy the happy times of new parenthood ahead. I’m having a lot of trouble with some of my mother-in-law’s comments. ...