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SCOTUS Extends Stay On Texas Abortion Pills Ruling

Reuters reports: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday kept on hold limits set by lower courts on access to the abortion pill mifepristone in a challenge by anti-abortion groups to the drug’s federal regulatory approval. The decision to keep the matter on hold gives the justices more time to consider requests by President Joe Biden’s administration and the …

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BREAKING: Fox And Dominion Agree To Settlement

The New York Times reports: The judge in the Fox News defamation case said on Tuesday that the case was resolved, abruptly ending a long-running dispute over misinformation in the 2020 election just as a highly anticipated trial was about to begin. It was a last-minute end to a case that began two years ago and after the disclosure of …

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SCOTUS Temporarily Restores Access To Abortion Pill

The New York Times reports: Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. issued a temporary stay on Friday ensuring that a common abortion pill would remain widely available while the Supreme Court decides whether to grant a formal stay. The interim stay will expire at midnight on Wednesday. Such a stay is meant to preserve the status quo while the justices study …

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BREAKING: Feds Arrest Guardsman In Pentagon Leak

The New York Times reports: Federal investigators on Thursday arrested a 21-year-old air national guardsman who they believe is linked to a trove of leaked classified U.S. intelligence documents, which have upended relations with American allies and exposed weaknesses in the Ukrainian military. The man, who The New York Times first identified as Jack Teixeira, is a member of the …

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BREAKING: Mass Shooting In Louisville, Multiple Victims

Louisville’s ABC affiliate reports: The Louisville Metro Police Department confirmed there are multiple casualties from an active shooting in downtown Louisville near Slugger Field. LMPD and Louisville Metro Mayor Craig Greenberg advise everyone to avoid the 300 block of East Main Street, specifically at Old National Bank. Louisville Metro police officers and FBI Louisville special agents are currently there at …

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BREAKING: Christianist Texas Judge Bans Abortion Pills

Reuters reports: A federal judge on Friday stayed federal regulators’ approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, partially granting a request by anti-abortion groups and dealing another setback to abortion rights in the United States. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas, allows the Biden administration one week to appeal the decision. The Hill reports: The FDA …

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SCOTUS Rules Trans WV Student Athlete May Compete

NPR reports: The U.S. Supreme Court refused Thursday to intervene in an ongoing case involving West Virginia’s law banning transgender girls from participating in girls sports teams at school. Conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented. The court’s action came on its emergency docket, sometimes dubbed the shadow docket because decisions are made without full briefing or argument, and …

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BREAKING: NYC Grand Jury Votes To Indict Trump

The New York Times reports: A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Donald J. Trump on Thursday for his role in paying hush money to a porn star, according to four people with knowledge of the matter, a historic development that will shake up the 2024 presidential race and forever mark him as the nation’s first former president to face …

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LIVE VIDEO: Police Give Update In TN School Shooting

Nashville’s NBC affiliate reports: Vanderbilt University Medical Center tells NewsChannel 5 that three children are dead after a shooter at The Covenant School. “Three pediatric patients were transported to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, all having suffered gunshot wounds. All three were pronounced dead after arrival,” officials said. The school is a private Christian school in Nashville for …

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Seven Dead In Nashville Christian School Shooting

Nashville’s Fox affiliate reports: A shooting was reported on Monday at a private school in Nashville, Tennessee, with emergency crews reporting “multiple patients” and the alleged suspect killed by responding officers, according to officials. The shooting was reported at The Covenant School, a private Christian school for preschool through sixth grade, according to its website. The Nashville Fire Department also …

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CO Student Sought After Shooting Two School Officials

CBS News reports: A male student shot two school administrators at a high school in Denver on Wednesday, and the victims were taken to area hospitals, officials said. Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said the student fled the scene after the shooting. One victim was in critical condition and one was in serious but stable condition, Thomas said. The two …

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein Will Not Seek Reelection

The Los Angeles Times reports: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California’s longest-serving senator, will not run for reelection next year, marking the end to one of the state’s most storied political careers. Feinstein said Tuesday she plans to remain in office through the end of her term. “I am announcing today I will not run for reelection in 2024, but intend to …

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US Shoots Down “Unidentified Object” Over Michigan

CNN reports: The US military shot down another high-altitude object over Lake Huron on Sunday afternoon, according to a US official and a congressional source briefed on the matter. The operation marks the third day in a row that an unidentified object was shot down over North American airspace. An unidentified object was shot down over northern Canada on Saturday. …

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BREAKING: Special Counsel Subpoenas Mike Pence

ABC News reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel overseeing probes into former President Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. It’s not immediately clear what information the subpoena from special counsel Jack Smith is seeking, but it follows months of negotiations between federal prosecutors and Pence’s legal team. Smith was …

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J6 REDUX: Bolsonaro Supporters Ransack Congress

The Guardian reports: Thousands of hardcore supporters of Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, have stormed the country’s congress, presidential palace and supreme court in a stunning security breach that was immediately compared to the 6 January invasion of the US Capitol by followers of Donald Trump in 2021. “What we are witnessing is a terrorist attack,” the news anchor Erick …

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BREAKING: Court Rejects Vaseline Woman’s Lawsuit

The New York Times reports: A state judge on Saturday rejected Kari Lake’s last-ditch effort to overturn her defeat in the Arizona governor’s race, dismissing for lack of evidence her last two claims of misconduct by Maricopa County election officials. Ms. Lake and her supporters conjured up what they called a deliberate effort by election officials in Maricopa County, the …

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BREAKING: House Approves Marriage Bill In Final Vote

USA Today reports: The House voted Thursday to approve historic legislation that will federally protect same-sex and interracial marriage rights. Passage of the bill moves it to President Joe Biden who is expected to sign it into law. The Respect for Marriage Act, passed by the Senate last week, guarantees federal recognition of any marriage between two people if it was valid …

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BREAKING: Brittney Griner Freed In Prisoner Swap

CBS News reports: Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was held for months in Russian prisons on drug charges, was released Thursday in a one-for-one prisoner swap for international arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to a U.S. official. The one-for-one exchange agreement negotiated with Moscow in recent weeks was given final approval by President Biden within just the last week, according …

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One Dead, 16 Hurt In Car Crash Into MA Apple Store

Boston’s ABC affiliate reports: One person was killed, and sixteen other victims were transported by ambulance to nearby hospitals after an SUV crashed into the Apple store at the Hingham Derby Street Shops just before 11 a.m. on Monday. Video from Sky 5 showed a large hole in the glass front of the store. There were multiple people on the …

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At Least Five Dead, 18 Injured In Mass Shooting At Colorado Gay Nightclub, Suspect In Custody [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports: At least five people were killed and 18 injured late Saturday in a shooting at an L.G.B.T.Q. nightclub in Colorado Springs, the police said early Sunday morning. Lt. Pamela Castro, a public information officer with the Colorado Springs Police Department, said at a news conference outside the nightclub, Club Q, that the investigation was only …

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