Women made up 56% of newly admitted lawyers last year‚ while minority attorneys were 55%‚ the report found. That’s up from 53% and 50% in 2019‚ when the state bar began issuing an annual demographics report. Despite the increases‚ California’s lawyer population remains nearly two-thirds white — much higher than the 38% of the state’s adult population that is white‚ the report found. Minorities are 62%...

Officials in New York City have begun giving out prepaid debit cards to migrant families residing in the Big Apple. The first batch of debit cards‚ which are reportedly meant to be used by the illegal immigrants to purchase food and baby supplies‚ were handed out Monday to a handful of migrant families in the city‚ New York City Mayor Eric Adams' office confirmed to Fox News Digital. The effort is part of a reported $53 million pilot program to hand out prepaid credit cards to migrant families...

Three hundred women have joined a lawsuit filed against NorthShore University HealthSystem/Swedish Covenant Hospital for employing a gynecologist accused of sexual abuse. Fabio Ortega pleaded guilty to sexually abusing patients in October of 2021. The attorneys filed the lawsuit against the hospitals detailing unnecessary breast exams and inappropriate vaginal exams of underage women‚ some of them rape survivors. Many of them are immigrants and Spanish-speaking patients. Those attorneys claimed...

The collapse of the the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday is unfortunately not the first deadly collapse of a major interstate bridge in the US. But the response to a bridge failure in Minneapolis 17 years ago‚ one of the most catastrophic bridge failures in recent memory‚ could serve as a roadmap for Baltimore moving forward. On August 1‚ 2007‚ when cars were bumper to bumper in evening rush hour traffic along Interstate 35W in Minneapolis‚ the heavily...

President Joe Biden would like the federal government to pay for the reconstruction of Baltimore‘s Francis Scott Key Bridge despite its collapse being caused by a foreign container ship. “I have directed my team to move heaven and earth to reopen the port and rebuild the bridge as soon as humanly possible‚” Biden told reporters in the White House‘s Roosevelt Room Tuesday. “It’s my intention that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge...

President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the federal government should front the bill to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ following its collapse. "It's my intention‚ that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge‚" Biden said during a press conference. "And I expect Congress to support my effort." When asked if the company that chartered the ship that caused the collapse should be held responsible...

NBC News dumped Ronna McDaniel days after being hired following a staff revolt. You saw the first vestiges when Chuck Todd went on a tirade against the hiring over the weekend‚ saying that the network's credibility was at stake for such a hire. This screed comes from a man who hosted Hillary Clinton fundraisers. As others noted‚ Jen Psaki negotiated her contract with MSNBC while still serving as Biden’s White House press secretary. Did George Stephanopoulos have any journalism experience when...

Ronna McDaniel‚ a former Republican National Committee chairwoman‚ plans to take legal action after NBC News fired her‚ according to conservative political commentator Hugh Hewitt. The network reversed its hiring decision on Tuesday after MSNBC hosts including Rachel Maddow‚ Joe Scarborough‚ Mika Brzezinski‚ Lawrence O'Donnell and Nicolle Wallace voiced their strong disapproval of the move within days of it being announced. McDaniel was...

Anti-abortion activists and elected officials have a backup plan should the Supreme Court reject their arguments for nationwide restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone. In fact‚ they have several. The lawsuit that went before the high court Tuesday challenging federal regulation of abortion pills is just one piece of the movement’s strategy to curb access to the drugs — a conservative goal since before Roe fell and the medication gained popularity. The sprawling...