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'Top Chef' hosts Padma Lakshmi and Gail Simmons protest the Texas abortion law. (Photo by: Nicole Weingart/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) The hosts of Top Chef took to the streets of Houston to speak out against the most restrictive abortion law in Texas to date. Padma Lakshmi and Gail Simmons, who film the culinary competition in Texas, joined protestors at the Houston Women’s March...

SAN ANGELO — Raegen Moore was afraid to speak up for herself when she was a little girl. For 13 years, Moore said she lived in a house where she was encouraged to be quiet. On Saturday, the now 20-year-old Moore held a microphone on the steps of the Tom Green County Courthouse and raised her voice. "We need to stand up and be ourselves," Moore said, her words echoing over a crowd of about 2...

Chile became the first country in the world to protect neuro-rights after the Chamber of Deputies approved Wednesday an amendment to the Chilean Constitution. The bill is expected to be signed into law by their president soon. The amendment to the Chilean Constitution aims at defining mental identity for the first time in history as a non-manipulable right to protect it against technological ...

People march around the village green Saturday during a rally for women's rights in Belgrade. The protest was in response to the Texas abortion law. BELGRADE — Bia Winter, 75, of Mount Vernon, and Jo Josephson, 80, of Temple, chatted as singer Andra Day’s “Rise Up” played over loudspeakers behind them and more than 60 area residents gathered to take a stand for women’s rights and denounce rec...

People march around the village green Saturday during a rally for women's rights in Belgrade. The protest was in response to the Texas abortion law. BELGRADE — Bia Winter, 75, of Mount Vernon, and Jo Josephson, 80, of Temple, chatted as singer Andra Day’s “Rise Up” played over loudspeakers behind them and more than 60 area residents gathered to take a stand for women’s rights and denounce rec...

(Concord, NH) – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) honored members of New Hampshire’s law enforcement community Friday night at the New Hampshire Congressional Law Enforcement Awards in Concord. Delivering remarks, Shaheen and Hassan underscored the exemplary service of Granite State law enforcement on behalf of families and communities around the state. “All of this...

President Joe Biden on Saturday approved a 30-day extension of federal surface transport programs that ends brief furloughs for some 3,700 Department of Transportation employees. The U.S. Senate passed the measure by unanimous consent earlier in the day. The maneuver follows this week’s delay in a bipartisan infrastructure bill that would have reauthorized the programs for five years. The dea...

Dog the Bounty Hunter investigating Gabby Petito's murder Dog the Bounty Hunter, a reality TV star whose real name is Duane Chapman, said that he's received several useful tips connected to the murder of Gabby Petito. Her case has captured the nation after she disappeared while riding in a cross-country van trip with her fiancé. Her fiance, Brian Laundrie, is now missing. Police across the co...

Several dozen women gathered to speak out on the steps of the Pueblo County Courthouse Saturday morning, using the event to advocate for women's rights and pro-choice legislation. The event was one of over 600 held across the nation to demand an end to "attacks on reproductive rights and women's freedoms in this country," according to organizers. Patricia O'Brien, a member of the Women's Ma...

Thousands of rallygoers in hundreds of cities across the country are gathering Saturday for the 5th Women's March, focusing on abortion justice. The march in the national's capital is hosting roughly 5,000 people on the National Mall, the group says. Marches are also taking place in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Several Texas cities are also holding rallies as the state has come under re...