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Abortion pill rulings in conflict: What happens next?

The Biden administration on Monday asked a federal appeals court to allow women to continue to be able to access to the most commonly used abortion drug in the U.S. while a lawsuit over it plays out

The Independent UK

What to stream: 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' and other movies about environmental activism

Last weekend, the first weekend of Earth Month, the incendiary ecoterrorism thriller “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” debuted in theaters after premiering at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Adapted from the book by Andreas Malm, the film, directed by Daniel Goldhaber, is a swift, pulse-pounding thriller about a…

Tribune News Service

A Texas abortion provider moved to New Mexico. Today, most of its patients are Texans

DALLAS — Nine months after shuttering its Texas clinics, one of the nation’s largest independent abortion providers has opened a clinic in neighboring New Mexico.

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Judge Halts FDA Approval Of Abortion Pill As The Biden Administration Vows To Fight

A Texas judge halted the approval of the abortion pill as the Biden Administration plan to appeal the decision in post-Roe

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GOPer accused of intern "relationship"

Bryan Slaton allegedly told her to not speak with anyone about boozy visit to his condo

Salon

Police came to pull a Jeep out of a lake. They found a woman inside, alive

It wasn't until after a tow truck came that anyone realized someone was in the vehicle, some 40 feet from shore in a Texas lake.

WEKU

Massive Leak of Ukraine Intelligence Documents Angers U.S. Allies

Plus: Evan Gershkovich charged with espionage in Russia, the DOJ appeals a Texas judge's abortion ruling, and more...

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Justice Department urges halt to abortion pill order: ‘Extraordinary and unprecedented’

DoJ is calling a Texas court ruling that would halt approval of the most commonly used method of abortion in the US “extraordinary and unprecedented”

The Independent UK

Entrepreneurs launched startups to provide easy access to abortion pills. Now, the Texas ruling on mifepristone might force them to pivot

Startups Choix and Hey Jane must rethink their business models after a court ruling threatens FDA approval of a common abortion pill.

Fortune

How Republicans’ threats to tenure and diversity might undercut their own efforts to advance Texas’ universities

Texas lawmakers are poised to create a new multibillion-dollar endowment to boost emerging research universities in national rankings. But faculty members say banning diversity offices and tenure would stymie those efforts.

The Texas Tribune

Texas House budgets $545 million for prison air conditioning. The Senate hasn’t offered anything.

Sweltering heat has killed inmates, driven away prison workers and cost taxpayers millions in lawsuits. The House budget would provide air conditioning for 46 prisons, but it’s unclear if the Senate will sign on.

The Texas Tribune

How an abortion pill ruling could threaten the FDA's regulatory authority

A medical ethics expert says a Texas abortion pill ruling is unprecedented because a federal judge "standing in" for regulators could have far-reaching implications beyond mifepristone.

WEKU

Texas residents wait and watch as a sinkhole in their town grows

A huge sinkhole that seemed stable for 15 years suddenly began expanding about a week ago, growing by several acres and leaving nearby residents terrified that it will take them and their homes.

WEKU

Commentary: Clarence Thomas, a billionaire benefactor and the Supreme Court’s ethics crisis

On Thursday, ProPublica revealed that a right-wing billionaire has secretly funded a lavish lifestyle for Justice Clarence Thomas. Then on Friday, a federal judge in Texas tried to block the use around the country of mifepristone, the medication used in half of all abortions. These two dramatic twists are part…

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Editorial: Bad Rx in Texas abortion pill case: In reversing FDA approval of mifepristone, Federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk highlights his own extremism

The drug mifepristone is safe. In fact, what’s unsafe is its absence, as the lack of the crucial abortion-inducing drug will push women to have abortions in more dangerous ways, which is why it’s been FDA-approved for more than 20 years.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: A judge’s attempt to restrict medication abortion nationwide shows extremists aren’t done yet

On Friday, federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk handed down a decision further restricting abortion access nationwide by suspending the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, the most common and safe pill used for medication abortion. Another ruling, from a federal judge in Washington state, ordered the F.D.A. to make no…

The Guardian - US

‘We will not cave’: governors stockpile abortion drugs as access is threatened

Massachusetts, California and Washington pledge to provide medication after a federal judge invalidated 23-year FDA approval

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Kansas City Royals whiff mightily (and often) as Rangers take series opener in Texas

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Royals got off to nice start Monday, even catching a break in the first inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park. KC’s Bobby Witt Jr. opened the game with a single, stole second and came around to score on an error.

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Texas man exonerated after serving eight years for 2010 murder is arrested for alleged road rage shooting

Lydell Grant, 46, is accused of fatally shooting 33-year-old Edwin Arevalo in Houston

Tribune News Service

US seeks freeze on Texas abortion pill ruling, clarity on conflicting order

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court to suspend a ruling by a conservative U.S. judge in Texas that would block access nationwide to a key drug used in medication abortions — even as it sought clarity on a conflicting order in Washington state.

The Independent UK

Abortion rights groups condemn ‘reckless’ judge overseeing critical drug case: ‘Minority rule at its worst’

Advocates, providers, medical groups and drugmakers wrestle with uncertainty, confusion and frustration

The Texas Tribune

A rare Texas wildflower gets protection under the Endangered Species Act

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has declared the bracted twistflower, native to the Edwards Plateau, a threatened species, a month after putting another Texas plant on the endangered list.

The Independent UK

Abbott's fast-track to pardon in protest killing 'unusual'

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is moving fast to pardon a U.S. Army sergeant convicted in the 2020 killing of an armed protester

Tribune News Service

Legal fight over abortion drug could quickly hit Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and several Democrat-led states took steps Monday to preserve access to a commonly used medication abortion drug after dueling federal court rulings about its availability.

Ballotpedia

Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: Texas roundup

Texas is holding elections, including for municipal offices, on May 6, 2023. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

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