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Pro-choice protesters react to the decision of Roe v. Wade being overturned at the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Canadian abortion providers don't know how many U.S. women will now travel there

4:02pm July 05, 2022

by Emma Jacobs

Some women who live in states that will make abortion more restrictive now that the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade may decide to travel to Canada to obtain the procedure, straining capacity.

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Law enforcement escorts a family away from the scene of a shooting at a parade on July 4 in Highland Park, Ill.

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A 7th person has died a day after the Highland Park parade shooting

3:54pm July 05, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The suspected shooter is also believed to have acted alone, and authorities found a second weapon in his car. Here's what else we know as of midday Tuesday.

Julie Edwards, a patient advocacy program manager with Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, had a self-managed abortion as a teenager and said they will become more common and can be safe.

Advocates struggle with how much they can help with self-managed abortions

12:37pm July 05, 2022

by Blake Farmer

Reproductive rights proponents worry about the risk of counseling those who seek medication abortions, though they've published online support techniques and guides for safe use of the drugs.

Lilith Fair founder Sarah McLachlan performs during its 2010 revival in Camden, New Jersey.

25 years on, Lilith Fair is a reminder of how one woman's radical idea changed music

10:11am July 05, 2022

by Lisa Weiner

Lilith Fair brought an eclectic array of women's music to millions of fans and was the top grossing music festival of the 1990s.

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A Mexican town learned that 3 local cousins died in the San Antonio smuggling tragedy

9:21am July 05, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

Relatives of three young cousins from a small town in Mexico finally got that official word that they were among the victims of the San Antonio human smuggling tragedy.

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Highland Park mayor tries to comfort her community after a gunman killed 6 people

8:14am July 05, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Nancy Rotering, the mayor of Highland Park, Ill., about the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in which six people died. Police say a person of interest is in custody.

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A 4th of July parade in Illinois was the latest target of a mass shooter

7:19am July 05, 2022

A gunman on a rooftop in Highland Park, a Chicago suburb, opened fire on the crowd that came together to celebrate. At least six people were killed. Police say a person of interest is in custody.

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The Great Reinvention: People craved change and the pandemic was the motivator

6:46am July 05, 2022

by Rachel Martin

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many people to make changes in their lives. NPR's Rachel Martin spoke to two people about how they reinvented their careers.

Abortion rights activists protest in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2022, two days after the US Supreme Court scrapped half-century constitutional protections for the procedure.

The fight to fund abortions in post-Roe America

6:30am July 05, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

In post-Roe America, money is even more determinative of who can get an abortion and who can't. Abortion funds are trying to close the gap, but they are now forced to navigate a murky legal landscape.

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News brief: parade shooting, landmark opioid lawsuit, Shireen Abu Akleh's death

6:25am July 05, 2022

A man is in custody after a shooting in Highland Park, Ill. A judge sides with three major drug distributors in an opioid case. A probe continues into the death of a Palestinian-American journalist.

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