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Texas has banned almost all abortions — but it's taken decades

8:04am June 26, 2022

by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán | The Texas Newsroom

Nine years ago, state Sen. Wendy Davis stopped a vote on a bill that would have forced Texas abortion facilities to close. Now abortions will soon be illegal in the state with few exceptions.

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A jury awarded $21M to the family of a pregnant teen shot and killed by police

3:06am June 26, 2022

by The Associated Press

Undercover Fremont police shot and killed Elena Mondragon in Northern California in March 2017. She was a passenger in a car at the time, according to a complaint filed by the family.

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Anti-abortion advocates bring fight to Colorado

5:15pm June 25, 2022

by Dan Boyce

Opponents of abortion rights are seeking to take the fight to all 50 states, now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade.

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Measuring the effectiveness of gun laws

5:15pm June 25, 2022

Following the passage of the first gun control measures in decades, NPR's Michel Martin asks Columbia Law professor Jeffrey Fagan about how the impact of firearms laws can be measured.

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Kentucky's abortion trigger ban takes effect

5:15pm June 25, 2022

by Leila Fadel

Kentucky's abortion ban went into effect immediately when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday morning. Opponents and supporters of the ban are now grappling with new realities.

A doctor's perspective on gun violence

5:15pm June 25, 2022

Following the most recent mass shootings, NPR's Michel Martin asks Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith, of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, how public health officials view this moment.

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At least 1 person is killed in a shooting at a WeatherTech facility near Chicago

12:03pm June 25, 2022

by Nicole Hernandez

Two other people were wounded in the shooting, and a suspect has been taken into custody, police in Bolingbrook, Ill., said.

First responders struggle with trauma, 1 year after the Surfside condo collapse

9:41am June 25, 2022

by Veronica Zaragovia

One year after the deadly collapse of a condominium tower in Surfside, Fla., many first responders are still haunted by the experience of digging through the rubble to find survivors.

President Biden signs into law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act gun safety bill, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Saturday as first lady Jill Biden looks on.

Biden signs gun safety bill into law

9:19am June 25, 2022

The president's signing comes just over a month after the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killed 19 children and two adults.

Marine Corps Lt. Col. Oliver North, accompanied by his lawyer Brendan Sullivan, was a central figure in the Iran-Contra hearings.

The Jan. 6 committee has learned some lessons from previous televised hearings

8:47am June 25, 2022

by Ron Elving

The most telling testimony against the Republican former president has come from Republicans he appointed or who supported him and voted for him (and, in some cases, say they would do so again).