Headline and photo screengrab: Georgia Recorder, 2/7/2022
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Candi Miller’s health was so fragile, doctors warned having another baby could kill her.
“They said it was going to be more painful and her body may not be able to withstand it,” her sister, Turiya Tomlin-Randall, told ProPublica.
But when the mother of three realized she had unintentionally gotten pregnant in the fall of 2022, Georgia’s new abortion ban gave her no choice. Although it made exceptions for acute, life-threatening emergencies, it didn’t account for chronic conditions, even those known to present lethal risks later in pregnancy.
Trump instead used the event to decline an offer to debate Vice President Kamala Harris on CNN on October 23 and to deliver a familiar set of rambling and frequently false and outlandish remarks blasting the Biden-Harris administration and promising an almost instant national transformation if he is elected. He said that if he wins in November, the “borders would be instantly secured,” the “price of household goods will plummet,” energy prices will be cut by half in one year, homeless encampments “will be gone,” and “world peace" would prevail. He falsely stated that every job created in the U.S. in recent years had gone to a migrant worker.
But the former president worked hard to curry Mr. O’Brien’s favor, inviting him to his private club and residence, Mar-a-Lago, this summer and then granting him his wish for a prime-time speaking slot at the Republican National Convention in July. The Democratic convention rebuffed him.
Mr. O’Brien’s openness to Mr. Trump — who angered other unions by appointing anti-labor members to the National Labor Relations Board and praising Elon Musk recently for a willingness to fire striking workers — has badly divided the union.
In a statement, Chief Justice Laurence B. VanMeter of the Kentucky Supreme Court said on Thursday night that he was “shocked by this act of violence, and the court system is shaken by this news.” The courthouse where the shooting took place is closed until further notice.
The news stunned the residents of Letcher County, which is about 110 miles southeast of Lexington and is home to about 21,500 people.
Judge Mullins was first elected by county residents in 2010, according to Ballotpedia, which tracks elections. He had recently been appointed to a state judicial commission on mental health.
Mr. Stines, who is also known as Shawn M. Stines, was elected sheriff in 2018 and was re-elected in 2022.
Since becoming sheriff, Mr. Stines has been named a defendant in two federal cases.