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Abortion providers in North Carolina file federal lawsuit challenging restrictions

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

Friday's lawsuit comes one month after the Republican supermajority in the state's General Assembly fast-tracked the law through both chambers and overrode a veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.

Federal judge blocks most of Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

By Tom Davies, Associated Press

The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana sought the temporary injunction in its legal challenge of the Republican-backed law, which was enacted this spring amid a national push by GOP-led legislatures to curb LGBTQ+ rights.

Trump’s legal cases, explained

By Nicole Ellis, Casey Kuhn

The two indictments that Trump is currently facing are just the beginning of what will “probably be the biggest stress test that the American justice system has faced in the nation's history,” Politico legal editor James Romoser said.

‘The country is entirely unprepared.’ As more unhoused people age, where will they die?

By Hannah Grabenstein

Sufficient end-of-life care in the United States is a growing problem, especially for unhoused adults.

Donald Triplett, the 1st person diagnosed with autism, dies at 89

By Associated Press

He was the subject of a book titled "In a Different Key," a PBS documentary film, BBC news magazine installment and countless medical journal articles.

The challenges organizers of Pride are facing in 2023

By Tim McPhillips

June in the U.S. is pride month, commemorating the Stonewall Uprising in June of 1969, which sparked the gay liberation movement in America. Across big cities and small towns, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and allies alike, celebrate progress and…

Abortion remains legal in Iowa after state high court declines to reinstate law largely banning the procedure

By Hannah Fingerhut, Scott McFetridge, Associated Press

Currently, abortions are allowed in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Mass shooter found guilty of murdering 11 people at Tree of Life synagogue in 2018

By Peter Smith, Associated Press

Robert Bowers’ lawyers conceded at the trial’s outset that he attacked and killed worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history.

Republican support for Trump has increased even as he faces dozens of felony charges

By Laura Santhanam

During the same week that Trump pleaded not guilty to felony charges tied to his possession of classified documents, a majority of Americans say the twice-impeached and twice-indicted former president should drop out of the 2024 race for the White…

WATCH: Investigation shows Minneapolis police show pattern of violating rights, Garland says

By Steve Karnowski, Jim Salter, Associated Press

The investigation found that Minneapolis officers used excessive force, including “unjustified deadly force,” and violated the rights of people engaged in constitutionally protected speech.