America Heart Attacks,
Strokes Biggest Killers • The American Heart
Association says that more than 940,000 Americans died of cardiovascular
causes in 2022, according to its latest statistical report. Heart disease and stroke
claimed more lives than all forms of cancer and chronic lower respiratory disease combined. The 2025 Heart Disease
and Stroke Statistics Update reveals that coronary heart disease claimed 39.5% of lives, followed by stroke at 17.6% in 2022. Other cardiovascular
diseases were responsible for 17% of deaths, followed by hypertensive disorders (14%), heart failure (9.3%), and arterial diseases (2.6%). On average in 2022,
someone suff ered a heart attack every 40 seconds and someone died of a stroke every three minutes, 11 seconds.
Schools Face Cellphone Ban • Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is proposing a statewide ban on cellphones in classrooms. Legislation introduced in
both houses of the General Assembly would require school districts to set policies that ban personal wireless devices during class time, create a means for secure but accessible storage of phones and tablets, and
review those guidelines at
least every three years. Eight states have
policies that ban or limit schoolhouse cellphone use. Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Iowa, Kentucky, and Michigan are among the 15 states where bans or other restrictions have been proposed. The Pew Research
Center has found that seven in 10 high school teachers in the U.S. consider cellphone distraction a major classroom problem.
Fathers Face Stiff Penalty • A pair of Democrat lawmakers in Ohio say it’s not inconceivable to charge men with a felony if they ejaculate without intending to help women conceive a baby. Ohio state Reps. Anita
Somani and Tristan Rader, who authored the Conception Begins at Erection Act, say their proposal is being made to highlight the hypocrisy in lawmakers regulating women’s reproductive rights and call it an interpretation of biblical law, reports the New York Post. “You don’t get pregnant
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on your own,” Somani, D-Dublin, commented. “If you’re going to penalize someone for an unwanted pregnancy, why not penalize the person who is also responsible for
SCOTUS Saves Death Row Inmate
T
he Supreme Court threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard
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Glossip, an Oklahoma man who was found guilty in the killing of a motel owner but has steadfastly maintained his innocence and averted multiple attempts by the state to execute him. Glossip’s wife, Lea, called the decision “an answered prayer.” The prosecutors’ decision to allow a key witness to
give testimony they knew to be false violated Glossip’s constitutional right to a fair trial, the justices ruled in a case that produced a rare alliance of his lawyers and the state’s Republican attorney general in support of a new day in court for Glossip. “Glossip is entitled to a new trial,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor
wrote for five justices. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito voted to uphold the conviction and death sentence, while Justice Amy Coney Barrett wanted a state appeals court to decide how to proceed.
the pregnancy?” The fi rst off ense would
bring a fi ne of $1,008.49; with the fi ne rising to $5,042.47 for a second off ense, and $10,084.93 for a third off ense. There was no explanation about how the dollar amounts were determined. “Sounds like every
male that’s ever lived in Ohio is going to become a criminal,” one man told Cleveland 19 News. “I mean, that’s just insane.”
Audi, Porsche Heading to Tennessee? • To avoid tariff s, Volks-
wagen is weighing production for Audi and Porsche vehicles in the U.S. at its Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant. President Donald Trump
has threatened import tariff s on automobiles, ranging from 25% to 300%, aimed at vehicles built in Canada, Mexico, and Europe. This leaves Audi and Porsche particularly exposed, as neither has ever been built in the U.S. The automaker does
have a plant in Mexico, but all Porsches and most Audis are built in Germany or Hungary.
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