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Alex Jones Speaks To The Media Outside The Sandy Hook Trial In Waterbury, Connecticut

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Alex Jones ordered to sell off his personal assets to pay Sandy Hook families

4:34pm June 14, 2024

by Tovia Smith

Despite the decision by a federal bankruptcy judge, families are likely to get only a tiny fraction of the nearly $1.5 billion in damages Jones owes them for his lies about the 2012 school shooting.

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Attorney General Garland Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee

Justice Department won't pursue contempt charges against Garland

2:49pm June 14, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

House Republicans held the attorney general in contempt for defying a subpoena, but prosecutors said he enjoys a legal shield because the president claimed executive privilege over tapes they sought.

Women's Clinic Prepares For Enactment Of Florida's New Restrictive Abortion Law

Why providers say abortion ban exceptions continue to cause confusion

2:07pm June 14, 2024

by Regan McCarthy

Florida recently issued new guidance on when an abortion can be performed under exceptions, but providers say it has caused even more confusion.

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Supreme Court strikes down federal ban on bump stocks

1:56pm June 14, 2024

The court declared the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives exceeded its authority when it banned the devices in 2018.

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Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses suit over reparations by survivors of Tulsa massacre

1:56pm June 14, 2024

Oklahoma’s highest court rejected a reparations lawsuit brought by Viola Fletcher and Lessie Benningfield Randle, who lived through the racist attack over 100 years ago.

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Wisconsin's uninstructed movement plans to keep pushing for an end to the war in Gaza

1:55pm June 14, 2024

by Chuck Quirmbach

Uninstructed voters in Wisconsin didn't have a strong enough primary showing to gain delegates to the Democrat's convention, but they say they can still pressure the president to end the war in Gaza.

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Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Abortion Drug Mifepristone

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SCOTUS rejects abortion pill challenge; readers' dads give their best advice

8:07am June 14, 2024

by Suzanne Nuyen

The Supreme Court unanimously rejected a challenge to the FDA's rules for the abortion pill mifepristone. NPR readers share the best advice their dads have given.

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Across the South historical markers are disappearing

5:13am June 14, 2024

Many historical markers that told stories of Black history have been damaged or stolen in recent years. Communities are struggling with their absence.

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Snubbed! Banned! Rejected! And that's just the first 3 questions of this week's quiz

5:01am June 14, 2024

by Holly J. Morris

This week, Hunter Biden was convicted, G7 is happening and flash floods are, too. None of those things made the quiz, though, elbowed out by plant-based topics such as gardens, bananas and "meat."

Bill Gates is going nuclear: How his latest project could power U.S. homes and AI

5:00am June 14, 2024

The billionaire philanthropist tells Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep his new TerraPower nuclear plant is safer than traditional builds. He’s putting his own money behind the project.

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