US supreme court curbed public scrutiny as it boosted security before Roe ruling

Memo obtained by the Guardian mandates that court would maintain ‘exclusive’ control of all security-related records A newly uncovered document reveals that the US supreme court sought to beef up judicial protection, while also reducing public scrutiny of the court’s doings, before the court’s controversial decision to overturn Roe v Wade. The heavily redacted memorandum…

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Fast-moving wildfire billowed by ‘life threatening’ windstorm sweeps southern California – live updates

Large swath of the region is under what officials have described as ‘extreme risk’ from destructive storm Wildfire spreads near Los Angeles – full report Universal Pictures and Amazon MGM Studios canceled two movie premieres scheduled to take place in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening as the city declared a state of emergency amid high…

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Tsunami advisory triggered after 6.9 magnitude earthquake rattles southwest Japan – CNN

Tsunami advisory triggered after 6.9 magnitude earthquake rattles southwest Japan  CNN No tsunami threat for US after powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes off coast of Japan  Fox Weather Tsunami advisory issued after strong earthquake hits Japanese coast  ABC News Strong quake hits Kyushu | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News  NHK WORLD Strong earthquake hits southwestern Japan, triggering tsunami warnings  CBS News

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Robert Fernandez, Who Survived Pearl Harbor as a Teen, Dies at 100 – The New York Times

Robert Fernandez, Who Survived Pearl Harbor as a Teen, Dies at 100  The New York Times One of last survivors of Pearl Harbor attack dies at 100  Honolulu Star-Advertiser Pearl Harbor Survivor [my annual remembrance]  Anderson Valley Pearl Harbor survivor, 100, remembered Japanese attack 83 years later  St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obit Bob Fernandez  Missoulian

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