Critics of the North Dakota abortion law, of which one of its provision is to grant doctors from a healthcare system performing abortions to gain hospital-admitting privileges, said the provision will force doctors to abandon abortion services in clinics as they will be forced to comply to meet the number of hospital rounds required of their admission privileges.
U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr. ordered on Wednesday that Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should stand trial on November 3, "rejecting defense lawyers' arguments that they need nearly a year long that to shift through thousands of pieces of evidence and interview witnesses around the globe as they prepare for the complex death penalty case," The Boston Globe reported.
Calvin Darden Jr, who is heir to the Darden Media empire, was officially charged by the US government for fraud charges in relation to the acquisition of Maxim magazine. Bloomberg recounted Darden Jr's elaborate scheme to acquire over $8 million for the magazine acquisition.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio defended his decision not to cancel classes for the city's 1.1 million public school students on Thursday despite great opposition and anger by parents and teachers. City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina also received flak for her comments about the weather By late Thursday, the city is expected to receive nearly a foot of snow.
