Law

On Wednesday, a federal appeals court heard arguments over access to mifepristone, a drug commonly used in a two-pill regimen to provide abortion and miscarriage care.

Health & Safety

The abortion pill mifepristone has another day in federal court

6:10pm May 17, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

While a Supreme Court order continues to ensure the drug is still widely available, the issue returned Wednesday to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals as lawyers for both sides urged the court to act.

National

Congress ponders regulation of powerful emergent A.I. platforms

4:41pm May 17, 2023

Can Congress keep up with the pace of growth in artificial intelligence? Paul Scharre of the Center for a New American Security talks about the current attempts to regulate A.I.

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National

Wave of criticism follows San Francisco DA's decision in Walgreens shooting

4:41pm May 17, 2023

by Marisa Lagos

San Francisco's DA is facing a wave of criticism and anger after she declined to press charges in the fatal shooting by a drug store security guard of a Black transgender man who was homeless.

A free speech group is suing a Florida school district over book bans

4:41pm May 17, 2023

by Neda Ulaby

The largest book publisher in the country has joined free speech group PEN America, parents and authors to push back against book banning, filing a federal lawsuit in Florida's Escambia County.

Politics & Government

Morning news brief

5:04am May 17, 2023

President Biden heads to Japan for the G7 summit. An appeals court case could remove abortion pills from the U.S. market completely. Ukraine says it's made advances in the battle for Bakhmut.

Health & Safety

Federal appeals court in New Orleans considers the fate of an abortion pill

5:04am May 17, 2023

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans will hear arguments Wednesday over access to a commonly used abortion pill.

Demonstrators opposed to partisan gerrymandering hold up representations of congressional districts from North Carolina (left) and Maryland (right) outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2019.

Politics & Government

Is drawing a voting map that helps a political party illegal? Only in some states

5:00am May 17, 2023

by Hansi Lo Wang

A North Carolina court's unusual ruling has highlighted the fact that some states allow voting districts to be drawn in ways that make elections less competitive and help one political party win.

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif., Oct. 17, 2022.

National

Elizabeth Holmes loses her latest bid to avoid prison

2:10am May 17, 2023

by The Associated Press

In another ruling issued late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila ordered Elizabeth Holmes to pay $452 million in restitution to the victims of her crimes.

How inflation is hitting prison inmates

4:40pm May 16, 2023

According to a Marshall Project report, inflation has hit America's incarcerated population harder than it has those on the outside. Alex Arriaga, who wrote the report, talks about what she found.

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Oregon Republicans' walkouts trigger a new state law on reelection

10:23am May 16, 2023

In Oregon, an ongoing walkout by Republican lawmakers is blocking Democrats' attempts to pass a law that would protect and expand access to reproductive and gender-affirming health care.

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