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How the Dobbs decision changed life in places where abortion access was taken away

5:39pm June 24, 2023

For 50 years there existed a constitutional right to an abortion. It's been a year since that changed, profoundly reshaping reproductive health in the United States.

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Paul Stanley is representing Kymberly Hobbs in her lawsuit against five Virginia Department of Corrections officers for the alleged beating death of her brother, Charles Givens.

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They said her disabled brother died in prison naturally. A lawsuit alleges otherwise

7:19am June 24, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

On Feb. 5, 2022, Charles Givens was found unresponsive in his cell at Marion Correctional Treatment Center. An autopsy and other documentation indicate Givens suffered a beating, a lawsuit alleges.

Apple vs. apples: The tech giant is fighting to trademark the fruit

5:13pm June 23, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Gabriela Galindo about the tech company Apple seeking to trademark the image of apples, the fruit, in Swiss court.

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Oregon county sues oil and gas companies over heat dome that killed about 800 people

5:10pm June 23, 2023

by Monica Samayoa / OPB

A county in Oregon in suing numerous oil companies over the heat dome that swept the Pacific Northwest in 2021, leading to hundreds of deaths across British Columbia, Washington and Oregon.

'Dobbs' forced a clinic to close. But it hasn't stopped the owner from opening more

5:10pm June 23, 2023

by Rosemary Westwood

The Dobbs abortion ruling was centered on the Jackson Women's Health Organization in Mississippi. That clinic was forced to close. But owner Diane Derzis is now opening new clinics in other states.

A U.S. law enforcement officer stands guard by a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas.

The Supreme Court sides with the Biden administration in a fight over immigration

4:59pm June 23, 2023

by Joel Rose

The case concerned the administration's effort to set guidelines for whom immigration authorities can target for arrest and deportation. Texas and Louisiana had sued to block the guidelines.

Supreme Court hands the Biden administration a major victory on immigration policy

4:55pm June 23, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court handed the Biden administration a major victory in a long-running immigration law dispute about guidelines for whom immigration authorities can target for arrest and deportation.

'Roe' has been gone for a year. Here's how it has changed things for doctors daily

4:16pm June 23, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

A year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, new state abortion bans have changed how doctors work on a day-to-day basis.

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Chemical manufacturer 3M to pay billions to help clean toxic PFAS from water supplies

4:16pm June 23, 2023

by Barbara Moran

Chemical manufacturing giant 3M will pay up ten billion dollars to help cities and towns test for and clean up toxic PFAS chemicals in public water supplies.

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Abortion rights activists protest after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, overturning the right to abortion, in Portland, Ore., on June 24, 2022.

A year since Dobbs, these are the many ways states are protecting abortion

1:57pm June 23, 2023

Abortion access has declined dramatically nationwide, but many states have further protected abortion by enacting "shield laws," allocating funding, stockpiling medication and repealing old laws.