The extraordinary timing of the competing orders revealed the high stakes surrounding the drug nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and curtailed access to abortion across the country.
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Save the date: One year until total solar eclipse sweeps U.S.
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will sweep across North America.
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States consider ban on cosmetics with ‘forever chemicals’
California, Colorado and Maryland already passed similar restrictions on cosmetics that go into effect in 2025.
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Jan. 6 rioters can be prosecuted for obstructing Congress, court rules
Obstruction of an official proceeding carries a potential penalty of up to 20 years in prison.
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Attacks in Israel, West Bank kill three in worsening violence
Israeli officials say Palestinian assailants carried out a pair of attacks on Friday.
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Biden sports plan angers transgender advocates, opponents
Under the proposal, it would be much more difficult for schools to ban, for example, a transgender girl in elementary school from playing on a girl’s basketball team.
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Chippewa woman makes history as North Dakota poet laureate
Denise Lajimodiere, a citizen of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians in Belcourt, has written several award-winning books of poetry.
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Uproar in suburbia as New York looks to spur development
A proposal to create more affordable housing statewide has run into howls of opposition in one of the birthplaces of the American suburb.
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Moose feasts on lobby plants in Alaska hospital building
The moose was too preoccupied with eating the office plants to notice the stir he was causing.
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Tennessee vote marks latest Republican move to stifle dissent, experts say
The removal of two Democrats who appeared at a gun-control protest in the Capitol was among a host of efforts in several Republican-run states to exert control, experts say.