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A patient prepares to take the first of two pills for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022.

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  • Law

Federal appeals court preserves access to abortion drug but with tighter rules

A federal appeals court has preserved access to an abortion drug for now but under tighter rules that would allow the drug only to be dispensed up to seven weeks, not 10, and not by mail.

April 13, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a press conference after the arraignment of former President Donald Trump in New York on April 4.

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  • Law

DA Bragg sues Jim Jordan, claiming 'an unconstitutional attempt to undermine' the case

The New York prosecutor who is pursuing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump says a GOP-led congressional panel is trying to interfere with his case. Now he's taking them to court.

April 12, 2023
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By:
  • Ilya Marritz and
  • Deepa Shivaram
Lori Vallow Daybell (right) is on trial for multiple murder charges and other criminal counts, in a case that has its roots in 2019 — when Vallow Daybell's children were last seen alive.

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  • National

What to know about the Lori Vallow Daybell 'zombie' multiple-murder trial

The trial is finally underway for Lori Vallow Daybell. Prosecutors accuse her of killing two of her children, in part due to beliefs about zombies and the end of the world.

April 12, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Rupert Murdoch introduces then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during the Herman Kahn Award Gala on Oct. 30, 2019, in New York. Attorneys defending Fox in a defamation case related to false claims about the 2020 election withheld critical information about the role company founder Murdoch played at Fox News, a revelation that angered the judge when it came up at a hearing Tuesday, April 11, 2023.

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  • Media

Judge lectures Fox attorneys over dual roles for Rupert Murdoch

A judge said Fox lawyers previously "represented to him more than once" that Murdoch was not an officer for the cable network. Such information "could have" led him to make different rulings, he said.

April 12, 2023
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  • Karl Baker
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

Texas judge's anti-abortion drug ruling is indefensible, says lawyer

NPR's Juana Summers talks with lawyer Adam Unikowsky about a Texas judge's ruling overturning FDA approval for the abortion pill mifepristone.

April 11, 2023
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  • Kai McNamee,
  • Juana Summers,
  • and 1 more
Democratic state Rep. Justin Jones of Nashville gestures during a vote on his expulsion from the state legislature at the State Capitol Building on April 6, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn. Monday, the Nashville Metro Council voted to temporarily reinstate Jones to House District 52.

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  • National

Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones returns to Capitol after Nashville Council reinstates him

Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, who was expelled from the state House last week alongside former Rep. Justin Pearson of Memphis, was reinstated to his seat Monday on an interim basis.

April 11, 2023
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  • Cynthia Abrams
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves federal court in San Jose, Calif., Friday, March 17, 2023.

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  • Law

A judge rules that Elizabeth Holmes cannot remain free during appeal

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud last year and sentenced to 11 years in prison.

April 11, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Messages of support for teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot by a 6-year-old student, grace the front door of Richneck Elementary School Newport News, Va. on Jan. 9, 2023. Zwerner said Monday, March 20, that she has had four surgeries and has gone through a challenging recovery.

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  • Law

The mom of the 6-year-old who shot his teacher is being charged with child neglect

The child has not been charged in the shooting of Abby Zwerner, 25, a teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia.

April 11, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Supreme Court justices pose for a group photo in April 2021.

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  • Law

Why it's unlikely ethics rules on Supreme Court gift disclosures will work

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may not comply with stricter disclosure rules, according to a legal expert who says, "They're the Supreme Court. They do what they want."

April 10, 2023
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  • Destinee Adams
In a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts, Sen. Dick Durbin writes that the Senate Judiciary Committee will soon hold a hearing on the Supreme Court's ethical standards in the wake of a news report about lavish trips Justice Clarence Thomas took from a friend — a major GOP donor — but did not disclose.

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  • Law

Senate panel will hold a hearing on the Supreme Court's ethical standards

The hearing — which will happen "in the coming days," says Sen. Dick Durbin — comes in the wake of a news report about lavish trips Justice Clarence Thomas took from a friend but did not disclose.

April 10, 2023
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  • Washington Desk
Access to mifepristone, a widely used abortion medication, is in jeopardy after a pair of conflicting court rulings on Friday.

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  • Law

What's next for the abortion pill mifepristone?

Access to mifepristone, a medication that is used in about half of all abortions nationwide, hangs in the balance of two contradictory court rulings. A date with the Supreme Court is all but certain.

April 10, 2023
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan and
  • Sarah McCammon
Whitney Mitchell (center), Garrett Foster's fiancée, leads a march for Foster in July of 2020, after Foster was shot and killed at a Black Lives Matter protest. Sgt. Daniel Perry has been found guilty of murdering Foster — but Gov. Greg Abbott wants to pardon Perry.

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  • National

What to know as Gov. Abbott pushes to pardon a man who was just convicted of murder

Sgt. Daniel Perry hasn't been sentenced in the killing of Garrett Foster. But the pardons board is already starting to review his case, at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's request.

April 10, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

The future availability of abortion pills remains uncertain after conflicting rulings

A conflicting and confusing set of federal court rulings Friday is leaving abortion providers in the U.S. uncertain about the future availability of abortion pills.

April 10, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon and
  • A Martínez
James Boasberg is chief judge of the U.S. District Court, in Washington, D.C.

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  • News

Meet the chief federal judge overseeing several high-profile Trump grand jury probes

Jeb Boasberg is taking over as chief judge of the federal district court in Washington as grand jury investigations of former President Donald Trump intensify.

April 10, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
GPB News NPR

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  • Science

Arguments that trans athletes have an unfair advantage lack evidence to support

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with geneticist Dr. Eric Vilain about a spate of laws targeting trans athletes.

April 09, 2023
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