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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Married couples across the U.S. have had access to no-fault divorce for more than 50 years, an option many call crucial to supporting domestic abuse victims and key to preventing already crowded family courts from drowning in complicated divorce proceedings. But some advocates for women worried as old comments from now Vice President-elect JD Vance circulated during the presidential campaign opposing no-fault divorce. After President-elect Donald Trump and Vance won the election, warnings began popping up on social media urging women who might be considering divorce to "pull the trigger" while they still could. Some attorneys posted saying they saw a spike in calls from women seeking divorce consultations. Trump — who is twice-divorced — hasn't championed overhauling the country's divorce laws, but in 2021 Vance lamented that divorce is too easily accessible, as have conservative podcasters and others. "We've run this experiment in real time and what we have is a lot of very, very real family dysfunction that's making our kids unhappy," Vance said during a speech at a Christian high school in California, where he criticized people being able to "shift spouses like they change their underwear." Marriage rates held steady but divorce rates of women age 15 and older declined from 2012 to 2022, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released in October. Despite concerns, even those who want to make divorces harder to get say they don't expect big, swift changes. There is not a national coordinated effort underway. States determine their own divorce laws, so national leaders can't directly change policy. "Even in some of the so-called red states, it hasn't gotten anywhere," said Beverly Willett, co-chair of the Coalition for Divorce Reform, whose group unsuccessfully attempted to convince states to repeal their no-fault divorce laws. Mark A. Smith, a political science professor at the University of Washington, said while many Americans became accustomed to no-fault divorce being an option, Vance's previous comments on making it more difficult to separate from a spouse could help jump-start that effort. "Even though he's not directly proposing a policy, it's a topic that hasn't gotten a ton of discussion in the last 15 years," Smith said. "And so to have a national profile politician talk that way is noteworthy." Meanwhile, Republican Party platforms in Texas and Nebraska were amended in 2022 to call for the removal of no-fault divorce. Louisiana's Republican Party considered something similar this year but declined to do so. A handful of proposals were introduced in conservative-led statehouses over the years, but all immediately stalled after they were filed. In January, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Dusty Deevers introduced legislation that would have removed married couples from filing for divorce on the grounds of incompatibility. Deevers backed the bill after writing a piece declaring no-fault divorce was an "abolition of marital obligation." Similarly, in South Carolina, two Republican lawmakers in 2023 filed a bill that would have required both spouses to file for a no-fault divorce application rather than just one. In South Dakota, a Republican lawmaker attempted to remove irreconcilable difference as grounds for divorce since 2020. None of the sponsors of these bills responded to interview requests from The Associated Press. All are members of their state's conservative Freedom Caucus. Nevertheless, some Democratic lawmakers say they remain worried about the future of no-fault divorce. They point to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the constitutional right to abortion in 2022 as an example of a long-accepted option that was revoked through a decades-long effort. "When you choose to be silent, you allow for this to creep in," said Democratic South Dakota Rep. Linda Duba. "These are the bills that gain a foothold because you choose to be silent." Before California became the first state to adopt a no-fault divorce option in 1969, married couples had to prove their spouse violated one of the approved "faults" outlined in their state's divorce law or risk a judge denying their divorce, said Joanna Grossman, a law professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Qualified reasons varied from state to state, but largely included infidelity, incarceration or abandonment. The system was a particular burden on domestic violence victims, who are often women who could be stuck in dangerous marriages while they try to prove their partner's abuse in court through expensive and lengthy legal proceedings. "If there was any evidence that the couple both wanted to get divorced that was supposed to be denied because divorce was not something you got because you wanted it, it was something you got because you've been wronged in a way that the state thought was significant," Grossman said. To date, every state in the U.S. adopted a no-fault divorce option. However, 33 states still have a list of approved "faults" to file as grounds for divorce — ranging from adultery to felony conviction. In 17 states, married people only have the option of choosing no-fault divorce to end their marriages.STUART, Fla. , Dec. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Health In Tech, an Insurtech platform company backed by third-party AI technology, today announced the closing of its initial public offering of 2,300,000 shares of its Class A common stock at a public offering price of $4.00 per share, for gross proceeds of $9,200,000 , before deducting underwriting discounts, commissions, and estimated offering expenses. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.Thetis Lake Park was briefly closed by West Shore RCMP on Tuesday (Dec. 24) after a report was received of a person with a firearm in the area. Visitors were turned away from the park by police from 10.30 a.m., while they investigated. Police on the scene confirmed to Goldstream News Gazette they had been looking for a person with a firearm, and were satisfied there was no threat to the public. The park was open again for visitors after 11 a.m. "The park is reopened now with no public safety concerns," said the RCMP in a social media post. "Enjoy the day everyone and thanks for your patience as we worked to ensure the park was safe."
Leader, Dimitri Batrouni says that the city centre needs to change (Argus, November 26) which inevitably invites the question, what again? He blames buying on the internet for shops and stores closing when the real reasons are fairly obvious to any locals who shop in Newport and the surrounding areas. Out of town shopping malls with free car parking and free bus services. Ill thought-out semi-pedestrianisation schemes in the main streets making deliveries to shops awkward to almost impossible. Cambrian Road running parallel to the High Street is a good example. Many high street shops had their delivery entrances in Cambrian Road, but not very many now. Newport Market in the city centre. Despite a very expensive revamp; even on Fridays, one of the busiest days of the week for shopping, customer numbers are far below what they should be. If our council leader really wants to instigate better changes for the future I suppose he could always think about rectifying some of the mistakes of his predecessors. It might even make Newport politics more interesting. If you would like to send a letter to the South Wales Argus you can email letters@southwalesargus.co.uk. Your full name and address must accompany letters, including those sent by e-mail. Unless there are exceptional circumstances, anonymity will not be provided. A daytime phone number - home, work or mobile - is also necessary. Your full address will not be published.December's full cold moon: What to knowJustin Trudeau fails to win assurances over trade tariffs after talks with Donald Trump
Kunle Ajibade wins the DAME Honorary Fellowship Award, writes UZOR MAXIM UZOATU Even in the darkest of days and nights in Nigeria, there are adorable persons to celebrate in fine fettle. Kunle Ajibade, the Executive Editor/Director of PMNEWS and TheNEWS Magazine, Mr Kunle Ajibade, belongs to that class of excellence. Kunle was on Saturday, November 30, 2024 deservedly presented with the DAME Honorary Fellowship Award by the Lanre Idowu-powered Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) in Lagos. True to his ever rendering nature, Kunle dedicated the esteemed award to two greatly mourned Nigerian patriots – Dr Stanley Macebuh and Prof Tejumola Olaniyan. In the words of Kunle Ajibade on the award night, “There are two people whose fond memories I would like to honour with this award: Dr Stanley Macebuh who died 14 years ago and Professor Tejumola Olaniyan who died exactly five years ago today. Both of them were amazing spirits of enlightenment.” Even as I served as a judge in different categories of the 2024 DAME awards, I never knew anything about the honour to be bestowed on Kunle. The award to Kunle came to me as a pleasant surprise, and I cannot but report it as news of the worthiest echelon. Kunle was that one dogged public intellectual General Sani Abacha could not kill in his murderous reign over a benighted Nigeria. Abacha charged Kunle with treason, and our very dear self-effacing guru of the word had to spend time in General Sani Abacha’s gulag for his courageous efforts. He was in 1995 jailed for life alongside General Olusegun Obasanjo and others, and Kunle was only released in 1998 after the death of Abacha. Kunle published his prison memoir, Jailed for Life: A Reporter’s Prison Notes, in 2003 and it deservedly won the first Victor Nwankwo Book of the Year Award instituted by the Nigerian Book Fair Trust. To underscore the critical fact that he may have been bloodied but remained fervently unbowed, Kunle published another incisive book on his life and times aptly entitled What a Country! with the requisite exclamation mark. In his as ever combative foreword to What a Country!, the acclaimed poet, essayist and political commentator, Odia Ofeimun, wrote of Kunle Ajibade: “Largely on the strength of his moral comportment as a journalist and because of what I came to know of his love of decency, we grew to be friends. That’s how come, when he and his other colleagues left M.K.O. Abiola’s African Concord magazine in the 90s and began to run THE NEWS and TEMPO – two magazines that had been banned but refused to stay banned – I swore from my London redoubt as an intellectual exile to write for them free of charge. On my return to Lagos, I yielded my place in a more established medium in order to get embroiled in the more indeterminate waters of guerrilla journalism of which they were such intrepid exponents. I later became Chairman of the soon-to-be-rested A.M. NEWS of which he was editorial page editor, the job from which General Sani Abacha’s goons yanked him away before we could evolve a work ethic.” Me too, I had to abandon the about-to-be-birthed daily newspaper which I had been given the start-up capital to found, and I took a pay cut of nearly half of my take-home salary to serve on the selfsame editorial board that Odia wrote of. So I was there live when Kunle was taken away to serve an imprisonment for committing no offence whatsoever, least of all plotting a coup to topple Abacha! It still rankles as one of the saddest memories of my life. Kunle served Abacha’s prison sentence with the redoubtable human rights activist Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti, the legendary musician Fela’s brother. Kunle may look soft on the outside, but he takes no prisoners, as his words on then President Obasanjo’s abandonment of Beko Ransome-Kuti are indeed galling. For Kunle, it’s tragic that Obasanjo whom Beko was ready to pay the supreme sacrifice for ended up not bothering about his fellow Abeokuta man when serving eight years as Nigeria’s President. According to Kunle Ajibade, “It was one of the coincidences of history that President Obasanjo, who had not met the victims of the 1995 phantom coup since he had been in power, eventually had a meeting in Abuja with some of them – Col. G. Ajayi, Chris Anyanwu, Ben Charles-Obi, Shehu Sani, etc. – on the very day that Beko Ransome-Kuti died in Lagos: 10 February 2006.” Kunle Ajibade deserves celebration as the DAME award showcased. In a sordid world where darkness is an ever present danger, Kunle Ajibade shines forth with the endearing humanity of his being. He belongs to the frontline, and assuredly so because he does not mince words – where he stands is as clear as daylight. Let’s end with Kunle Ajibade’s words on his dedication of the DAME award to the duo of Dr. Stanley Macebuh and Prof Tejumola Olaniyan thusly: “My hope is that our country, our continent, will eventually find replacements for these ancestors.” Uzoatu is a Journalist and Poet
Sophie Hediger, a member of Switzerland's snowboard cross team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, has died following an avalanche at a mountain resort, the country's skiing federation said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Monday at the Arosa resort in Switzerland. Hediger, 26, competed at the Beijing Games in the women’s snowboard cross and the mixed team version of the same event. Hediger achieved her first two World Cup podium finishes in the 2023-24 season. Her best result was a second place in St. Moritz in January. “We are shocked and our thoughts are with Sophie’s family, to whom we offer our deepest condolences,” said Swiss-Ski CEO Walter Reusser in a statement. “(She lost her life) tragically, brutally and far too soon.” AP sports: https://apnews.com/sports
realme unveils realme C61 the most durable smartphone in its segment, setting new standard for resilience and performanceMichigan tight end Colston Loveland , the No. 13 player on Dane Brugler’s big board , has declared for the NFL Draft, joining teammates Mason Graham and Will Johnson . Loveland announced his decision Friday on social media . Though Michigan struggled in the passing game during a 7-5 regular season, Loveland was one of Michigan’s bright spots. He finished his junior season with 56 receptions, a school record for a tight end, 582 receiving yards and five touchdowns. Advertisement Loveland, an unheralded prospect from Gooding, Idaho, earned playing time as a freshman and was one of the key players in Michigan’s national championship season as a sophomore. The 6-foot-5 Loveland’s fluidity as a route runner made him one of the top tight end prospects in college football and a potential top-15 pick. “If he’s not ready to go play in the NFL , I don’t know who would be,” tight ends coach Steve Casula said earlier this season. “He’s outstanding. When you compare his movement skills, his athleticism, ball skills, all that stuff, (you can) compare him against NFL players right now.” Loveland became the third Michigan junior to declare for the draft, joining Johnson and Graham, two other potential first-round picks. Loveland didn’t address the ReliaQuest Bowl in his announcement but the mid-December draft declarations indicate the Wolverines will be without some of their top players when they face Alabama on Dec. 31. Loveland and Johnson were recovering from injuries, and neither played in Michigan’s season-ending upset of Ohio State . Analyzing Loveland’s draft stock In terms of pure receiver ability, Loveland is the best tight end in the 2025 NFL Draft class. His route nuance, ball skills, hand reliability and toughness at the catch point was simply more consistent over a longer period of time than Penn State stud Tyler Warren or anyone else. In just about every area, Loveland has first-round traits as a big, bendy target with speed and an ability to adjust in the air. As a blocker, Loveland was often the spread tight end during Michigan’s national title run with former tight end A.J. Barner occupying much of the inline responsibility. Loveland is a solid inline blocker, he’s not an elite one. In fact, some NFL teams may wind up preferring Warren – a more powerful and, frankly, bigger athlete – over Loveland simply based on this. He also missed the Ohio State game, his last in the series, with a shoulder injury. At the same time, he’s easily a top-20 talent in this draft. Whether or not he winds up in the top 20 — or completely locked into the first round in a weird year — remains to be seen. #Michigan TE Colston Loveland lined up all over the place as usual Saturday night. Made plays all over the place, per usual. pic.twitter.com/tHaDtOyBh6 — Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) September 1, 2024 (Photo of Colston Loveland: Gregory Shamus / Getty Images)
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In a post to Instagram on Thursday the singer, 36, explained that he went to hospital after feeling “really unwell” and added that he needed “a lot more tests” to determine “what surgery I will need to get me back on my feet.” Updating his fans, George posted a video from his hospital bed on Friday, and said he “had a bit of a rough day”. He added: “My heart rate dropped a bit this morning, which was, it was a little bit scary. “But everyone here is amazing, so wanted to get it back up a little bit and get it stable again, which is great. “Reason I’m not... like a lot of friends and family are asking why I’m not just going in and having anything (like surgery) done yet, because there’s so many tests that need to be done before we do anything. “So I just need to get through till, I guess, next week. Get all the tests done, and then they’ll know exactly what to do, because otherwise, obviously, they’ll be able to do something, but it’ll be better doing it with all the information that they need. “But, yeah, it’s shit, but still here and staying positive. “And thanks everyone as well for all the lovely messages and any friends and family and that that have messaged that I haven’t got back to. “I see you all and yeah, means a lot. Much love and have a nice Friday night.” George rose to fame in the 2010s with The Wanted, who had a number of hit songs including All Time Low, Glad You Came and Heart Vacancy. His bandmate Tom Parker died in 2022 at the age of 33 after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. George, who helped carry Parker’s coffin at his funeral alongside fellow bandmates Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness and Nathan Sykes, previously said on This Morning that he continued to message his late bandmate following his death as it brought him “a bit of comfort”. He also appeared in the US musical series Glee as Clint and in his band’s reality series The Wanted Life. Over the years, he has competed in a number of competition series including Strictly Come Dancing in 2020, Bear Grylls: Mission Survive and Richard Osman’s House Of Games. George’s girlfriend is former EastEnders star Maisie Smith, who appeared on BBC One dancing competition series Strictly Come Dancing in 2020 at the same time as George, though they have previously said that romantic sparks only began to fly in 2022. He was due to appear on a MasterChef Christmas special before the BBC pulled the show from its festive schedule amid allegations about the conduct of judge Gregg Wallace across a range of shows.Sinn Fein actively pursuing route into government, insists leader McDonaldThe US is among the most visited overseas destinations for Australians, along with the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Japan and Indonesia. Australia ranks as the 10th largest inbound market to the US, with 945,000 Australians travelling there in 2023 according to data from the US International Trade Administration. While many Australians are enthusiastic about travelling to the US, there are several common gripes that can sour a vacation — although experts say they shouldn't be deal-breakers. What are the pet peeves Australians have about travel to the US? Florida is among the top states Australians choose to visit when travelling to the US. Source: Getty / Gary Hershorn Love US, hate US The flight time from Australia's east coast to Los Angeles on the US west coast is around 14 hours, far less than a flight to Europe, which is around 24 hours. Sightseeing, shopping and visits to famous places are the key reasons Australian travellers are drawn to the US, with New York, Florida, California, Nevada and Hawaii being among the most popular states to visit. New routes are being added to the network of flights that connect various parts of both countries. READ MORE The unexpected cost that could add $500 to your Bali trip But Australians still often get frustrated during their trip to the US. Angus Kidman, the editor-at-large at financial comparison site Finder and a travel expert, has been to the US many times over a number of years. He says Australian travellers have been experiencing the same issues since he first started visiting the country. Here are some pet peeves Australians have about travelling to the US: LISTEN TO Up, up, and away: carbon emissions in the tourism industry on the rise SBS News 14/12/2024 06:29 Play Tipping Kidman said Australians are often forewarned about this difference in the socio-economic culture between the countries, but may not be fully prepared for the experience. While it may be a "culture shock" for some, Kidman said... Elfy Scott
Indian scientists find survival strategies of some primitiveorganisms on EarthAfter receiving funds from the Tata Education Trust (TET), the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) announced an extension of contracts of 115 teaching and non-teaching contractual employees till March 31, 2025. The contracts of the 50 teaching and 65 non-teaching staffers were set to end on December 31. “If more funds are received (from TET), or the process for funds are streamlined, the contract will further be extended,” TISS’s acting Vice-Chancellor (VC) Manoj Tiwari told the Free Press Journal. “We are working on a long-term solution,” he added. On June 28 this year, TISS had announced the termination of contracts for 55 faculty members and 60 non-teaching staff across its four campuses. The termination letters indicated that their contracts would not be renewed, with their services officially concluding on June 30. However, following concerns raised by students and staff highlighting that many of the affected teachers were involved in project work and teaching across various courses, TET agreed to extend funding for the 115 staff members until December 31. With the deadline nearing, the Progressive Students Forum (PSF), a student organisation at TISS, sought clarity regarding staff employment by submitting a letter to the administration on November 30. In response, TISS confirmed that the contracts for TET staff would be extended until the end of March 2025. “As we welcome this temporary extension, we believe a permanent solution is extremely necessary and urge the TISS administration to devise a long-term plan for the same,” the PSF said in a statement after the contracts of the contractual employees were extended.
A Dec. 9 Facebook post ( includes an image asserting that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a popular candy will be inaccessible in the U.S. in 2025. “BREAKING: Effective January 20 , Hershey’s Chocolate will be BANNED in the United States,” reads the text on the image, which is a screenshot of a post by @RFKJrHealthSec on X. “Make America Healthy Again. #MAHA.” Other versions of the claim circulated . | | There’s no evidence of any such ban. The claim originated on a parody account. President-elect Donald as his pick for Department of Health and Human Services secretary on Nov. 14. Kennedy responded to Trump's nomination by saying he was "committed to advancing your vision to Make America Healthy Again" in . Kennedy has supported banning certain food additives and chemicals, as well as removing processed foods from school lunches, as . But there’s no evidence Kennedy announced a ban on Hershey’s chocolate. The X profile shown in the Facebook image doesn't belong to Kennedy – as a parody account. Kennedy’s , and there is no mention of any such ban on his account. No credible news outlets have reported on any such ban. It's an example of what could be called "stolen satire," where content written as satire and presented that way originally is captured via screenshot and reposted in a way that makes it appear to be legitimate news. As a result, readers of the second-generation post are misled, as was the case here. : USA TODAY has debunked an array of stolen satire claims tied to Trump, including false assertions that Supreme Court Justice Clarence on Jan. 21, 2025, that Jimmy on the day of Trump’s inauguration and that Kash Patel’s of Ramaswamy. USA TODAY reached out to The Hershey Company and the user who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive a response. also debunked the claim. @RFKJrHealthSec, accessed Dec. 11, Robert Kennedy, Jr., accessed Dec. 11, The Hershey Company, accessed Dec. 11,SINN FÉIN LEADER Mary Lou McDonald has been re-elected in Dublin Central. She was elected on the third count at the RDS this evening. Speaking ahead of her re-election this evening, McDonald told reporters that the maths for any government formation talks are going to be complicated. “Nobody has just a home run into government. It’s going to be challenging for everyone concerned and there’s nothing that will frustrate my efforts to do everything I possibly can to deliver the change that we talked about and for which we received a very substantial mandate in the course of this election,” McDonald said. Earlier today, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said his party has a clear pathway into government. Off the back of this, McDonald was asked if she has a message for the leaders of Social Democrats or Labour, one of whom is likely to form a crucial part in any formation plan including Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael. “Anything that I have to say to people I’ll have the courtesy to say to them directly,” the Sinn Féin leader said, adding that she is committed to bringing change about for voters. “I think we have to now reflect, talk to each and I believe collaborate to see how we make that change real.” McDonald said she plans to “review” the election results in the morning and will then reach out to other political parties.
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