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News Tipoffs - Illinois Editors Newsletter for Tuesday October 15, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Hawaii A.G. Lopez Urges Federal Judge to Order FDA to Review Its Restrictions on Abortion Medication Mifepristone
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 15 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2024: Attorney General Anne Lopez is urging a federal judge in Spokane, Washington, to rule that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's restrictions on the abortion medication mifepristone are inconsistent with the Administrative Procedure Act. "Since 2000, more than 5.6 million patients have safely used mifepristone. We should not be afraid to increase access to a medication whose  more

President Biden Issues Statement Marking One Year Since Death of Wadee Alfayoumi
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- President Biden issued the following statement on Oct. 14, 2024, marking one year since the death of Palestinian-American Muslim child Wadee Alfayoumi: * * * On October 14th, one year ago today, six-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi, a bright and cheerful American Muslim boy of Palestinian descent, was brutally killed in his family's home in Plainfield, Illinois. The attacker also repeatedly stabbed and seriously wounded Wadee's mother, Hanan Shaheen, resulting in murder, attempt  more