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New Hampshire House Rejects Repeal of Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone Law

Matthew McDonald

The New Hampshire House of Representatives has rejected a bill that would have repealed a 2015 state law giving abortion clinics the right to draw a 25-foot buffer zone to keep anti-abortion protesters away.

New Hampshire House Bill 124, sponsored by nine Republicans and no Democrats, called for repealing the abortion-clinic-buffer-zone law on the grounds that it "would infringe on the free speech rights of innocent people" and "if implemented would be subject to immediate constitutional challenge."

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Grizzly Bear Picks Patriots

Matthew McDonald

A 680-pound grizzly bear named Ozzy has picked the New England Patriots to defeat the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII on Sunday, February 3, officials at a Montana zoo say.

Ozzy was given his choice between two cakes, one decorated with Patriots symbols and colors, and the other with Rams symbols and colors.

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