Kathy Lohr

Boy Scots Vote To Allow Gay Members, But Not Leaders

Kathy Lohr — Fri, 24 May 2013 00:23:00 +0000

Members of the Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to allow gay members.

Boy Scouts Vote On Whether To Allow Openly Gay Members

Kathy Lohr — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:44:00 +0000

Members of the Boy Scouts of America will vote on Thursday on whether to allow gay members.

Boy Scouts To Decide Whether To Admit Gay Youth

Kathy Lohr — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:26:00 +0000

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This week, Boy Scouts of America officials will meet in Texas to consider changing the group's longstanding ban on gay members. The first round of voting starts tomorrow.

S.C. Voters Confer Comeback Title To Mark Sanford

Kathy Lohr — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:08:00 +0000

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Many a politician suffers a setback and recovers. Rarely does a politician endure a scandal and nationwide mockery on the scale of Mark Sanford and still recover.

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Sanford did. South Carolina's former governor defeated Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch in a special election for Congress.

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REPRESENTATIVE-ELECT MARK SANFORD: Some guy came up to me the other day. He said: You look a lot like Lazarus.

INSKEEP: Lazarus is described in the Bible as a man Jesus brought back from the dead.

Mark Sanford Wins House Race

Kathy Lohr — Wed, 08 May 2013 02:56:00 +0000

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In South Carolina tonight, a political comeback. Republican Mark Sanford, who was once mired in scandal as the state's governor, has won a congressional seat in a special election. He has defeated Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch in a race that attracted national attention. Sanford just delivered his victory speech.

MARK SANFORD: I have a question for you all.

Democrats Have High Hopes Of Defeating Sanford In S.C.

Kathy Lohr — Fri, 03 May 2013 18:37:00 +0000

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Miss. Law Could Force Women's Clinic To Close

Kathy Lohr — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:41:00 +0000

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The state of Mississippi has one clinic where abortions are performed and its future is in doubt. A new law could force the clinic to close. Meanwhile, the governor says he wants Mississippi to become the first abortion-free state in the nation. But NPR's Kathy Lohr reports that a recent ruling from a federal judge is allowing the clinic to say open - for now.

KATHY LOHR, BYLINE: In the historic Fondren district along North State Street, the Jackson Women's Health Organization is hard to miss. It's painted bright pink.

Sanford, Colbert Busch Clash In Sole Debate Before Special Election

Kathy Lohr — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:13:00 +0000

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There's a high profile congressional race going on in South Carolina and last night the two candidates met in their first - and only - debate. For the Republican, former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford.

50 Years Later, King's Birmingham 'Letter' Still Resonates

Kathy Lohr — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:46:00 +0000

It's been five decades since Martin Luther King Jr., began writing his famous "Letter From Birmingham Jail," a response to eight white Alabama clergymen who criticized King and worried the civil rights campaign would cause violence. They called King an "extremist" and told blacks they should be patient.

But the time for waiting was over. Birmingham was the perfect place to take a stand.

So King traveled to Alabama in 1963 to attack the culture of racism in the South and the Jim Crow laws that mandated separate facilities for blacks and whites. In January, Gov.

Accused Cheaters In Atlanta Scandal Surrender

Kathy Lohr — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:26:00 +0000

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Teachers and administrators in Atlanta surrendered to authorities yesterday at the Fulton County jail. The group were among 35 Atlanta school board employees charged in a racketeering indictment, accused of cheating in district schools. Prosecutors say the teachers and administrators were plotting to help schools academic goals.

North Dakota Passes Nation's Toughest Abortion Laws

Kathy Lohr — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:56:00 +0000

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North Dakota now has the toughest abortion laws in the nation. That's after the state's governor, Jack Dalrymple, signed three bills into law today.

Sanford Tries For Comeback In S.C. Election

Kathy Lohr — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:01:00 +0000

Two Democrats and 16 Republicans are running for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District seat in a special election Tuesday. The seat is open because former Rep. Tim Scott was tapped to replace Sen. Jim DeMint, who retired midterm.

The biggest name in the race is former Gov. Mark Sanford, whose infamous affair led to his political downfall.

Arkansas House Overrides Governor's Veto Of Strict Abortion Bill

Kathy Lohr — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:30:00 +0000

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And I'm Audie Cornish. Today in Arkansas, the country's most restricted ban on abortion survived a veto challenge. The Arkansas House voted to override the Governor's veto. The new law bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. NPR's Kathy Lohr has this story.

KATHY LOHR, BYLINE: The bill called the Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act is set to become law now that the House has overridden the governor's veto.

Manslaughter Charges Upgraded In Florida A&M Hazing Case

Kathy Lohr — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:20:00 +0000

Twelve former members of the Florida A&M marching band are charged in the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion. The charges have now been upgraded to manslaughter. Champion's parents said Tuesday that they are encouraged by the stiffer charges.

New Exhibit Highlights The History Of Early Civil Rights Group

Kathy Lohr — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:45:00 +0000

A new exhibit on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta is bringing civil rights leaders together.

Curators have worked for more than three years to catalog roughly 1,000 boxes of historic documents that tell the story of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an early civil rights group first presided over by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

One person who shows up in several of the photographs in the exhibit is Dorothy Cotton, who was head of the SCLC's Citizens Education Program beginning in the 1960s.

Georgia Death Penalty Under Renewed Scrutiny After 11th-Hour Stay

Kathy Lohr — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:11:00 +0000

A Georgia inmate's execution was halted Tuesday night with less than an hour to go. Prison officials had already given Warren Lee Hill one of the drugs when a federal appeals court stepped in.

Hill has an IQ of 70 and his attorneys have long claimed that he's mentally impaired. His case is now raising questions about Georgia's law, which makes it difficult for defendants to prove they should be exempt from execution.

The 52-year-old Hill is in prison for killing his girlfriend, whom he shot 11 times, in 1986.

Georgia To Show Off Preschool Successes

Kathy Lohr — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:15:00 +0000

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President Obama travels to Atlanta today, where he's announcing the details of a universal preschool plan. Georgia has the oldest universal pre-K program in the country.

In Dallas, Boy Scouts Debate Opening Membership To Gays

Kathy Lohr — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:27:00 +0000

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Leadership of the Boy Scouts of America may take an important vote today. The organization's executive board is wrapping up a meeting in Dallas, and they're talking about whether to drop their policy banning gay leaders and gay scouts.

Debate: Is It Time For The Boy Scouts To Be More Inclusive?

Kathy Lohr — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:28:00 +0000

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The Boy Scouts of America is wrestling with whether to change its national policy on gays. It has long banned gay scouts and gay leaders.

States Become Battlegrounds For Nation's Deep Abortion Divide

Kathy Lohr — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:52:00 +0000

Tuesday marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Thousands of activists on both sides of the issue are holding rallies marking the day at state capitals across the country.

In the decades since the decision, abortion has been one of the most debated and legislated issues in the nation. And state legislatures, which are increasingly passing laws restricting abortion, have become the debate's key battlegrounds.

South Dakota is one such state.