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  The  New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) has announced it has taken the extraordinary move of opening an inquiry into the removal of President Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani from its membership. According to an NYSBA statement, on Monday, January 11, the organization received hundreds of complaints in recent months regarding Giuliani's efforts to challenge the veracity of the 2020 presidential election on the President's behalf.     The organization also feels Guilani's actions and words also spurred Trump supporters to invade the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to the statement. Even if the NYSBA removes his memebership, they cannot dibar him as the organization is a voluntary bar association, so the ousting would not prevent him from representing President Trump in an impeachment trial or other pending litigation against him.     "This decision is historic for NYSBA, and we have not made it lightly. We cannot stand idly by and allow those i...

  Women have now been given the privilege to read mass by the head of the Catholic church, Pope Francis. Pope Francis   Pope Francis has approved a new law empowering women to read mass.   The Pope changed a former Catholic Church law that banned women from such.   However, the new law stipulates that women can act as readers and altar servers in liturgical celebrations, while reaffirming they cannot be priests.   In an unexpected apostolic letter published Jan. 11, the pontiff says he is making the change to recognize a "doctrinal development" that has occurred in recent years.   That change, the pope says,  "shines a light on how some ministries instituted by the church have as their foundation that common condition of baptism and the royal priesthood received in the Sacrament of Baptism."   Francis' new letter, titled Spiritus Domini and issued 'motu proprio,' changes the Code of Canon Law to explicitly allow women to be installed in the Cathol...

A dog is being hailed a hero, after it stayed by a 2-year-old for two days while the girl wandered about lost in the woods. The child, Charlee Campbell, went missing from her grandmother's home.  Search crews were sent to find her for the two days the child went missing  She was found safe the second day.  Whill she was gone, her loyal pit bull named Penny never left her side until they both arrived home safely.  Not only did Penny stay with Charlee, It also ensured the child didn't sustain serious injuries, But she was later taken to the hospital for proper check up.  The grandmother of the child, Said she believes Penny stayed by her granddaughters side the entire time she was missing, She said this after calling the dog an "hero" for protecting her granddaughter.  Despite Charlee returning home safe with her beloved dog Penny, The police are still conducting an investigation into her disappearance.