As Canada delays medically assisted dying in mental illness cases, some find relief, others fear consequences

[ad_1] When Savannah Meadows had lunch last October with her mother, Sharon Turcott, Meadows was “all smiles,” the mother told CBS News.  “Maybe she’s turned a corner,” Turcott recalled thinking about her daughter, who had been struggling with serious mental illness. The next morning, she received a scheduled email: “Mom, if you’re reading this, I’m…

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Appeals court blocks Trump from deporting Venezuelan migrants under Alien Enemies Act, finding “no invasion”

[ad_1] A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled against President Trump’s use of an 18th century wartime law to rapidly deport Venezuelan migrants, finding “no invasion or predatory incursion.” The Trump administration deported hundreds of accused Tren de Aragua gang members earlier this year using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, an obscure law that…

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A timeline of the Karen Read case and the story behind the high-profile Massachusetts murder trial

[ad_1] Karen Read was found not guilty of the most serious charges in her high-profile Massachusetts murder retrial Wednesday. In their fourth day of deliberations, jurors acquitted Read of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe. She was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol. Read’s…

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