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News brief: Supreme Court winds down, Biden news conference, election deniers

6:49am June 30, 2022

The Supreme Court will issue opinions in two remaining cases. President Biden wraps up a week of high-level meetings with allies in Europe. Election denialism evolves into a nationwide movement.

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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson poses for a portrait on Feb. 18, 2022.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson to be sworn in as first Black woman on the Supreme Court

5:31am June 30, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's first Supreme Court pick, will be sworn in as the 116th justice today at noon ET. She will be the first Black woman to serve on the nation's high court.

The Federalist Society's Leonard Leo speaks to media at Trump Tower in 2016.

One man's outsized role in shaping the Supreme Court and overturning Roe

5:00am June 30, 2022

A dedicated minority of conservative activists has been working for decades to dismantle Roe v. Wade. One man in particular has played an outsized role in that effort: Leonard Leo.

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Emmett Till's family seeks the arrest of a woman after a 1955 warrant is found

9:04pm June 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

A warrant for an arrest was discovered last week by searchers inside a file folder that had been placed in a box, said Leflore County Circuit Clerk Elmus Stockstill.

Students stand outside Oxford High School, near memorial items that were placed after the November 2021 shooting that took place at the Michigan school.

The dealer that sold the gun used in the Oxford High School shooting is being sued

7:47pm June 29, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Four students were killed in the mass shooting in Michigan last November. Seven people were also injured, including a student whose parents are suing Acme Shooting Goods, the weapons dealer.

A sketch of R. Kelly during his sentencing hearing Wednesday in New York.

R. Kelly is sentenced to 30 years in prison

6:57pm June 29, 2022

by Andrew Limbong

The R&B star was convicted in New York last year of sexual exploitation of a child, bribery, sex trafficking and racketeering.

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The complicated — and rapidly shifting — legal risks of getting an abortion by pill

5:41pm June 29, 2022

by Yuki Noguchi

Abortions by pill make up more than half of abortions now. But the Supreme Court's ruling means about half of states will eventually ban or seriously restrict abortion, including by medication.

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Vermont to vote on whether to amend the state's constitution to protect abortion

5:29pm June 29, 2022

by Mikaela Lefrak

Some states passed laws protecting abortion rights before Roe was overturned. A few are going further. Vermont will vote on an amendment to fully protect abortion access in the state's constitution.

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Some Californians are prepping to host visitors who seek abortion access

5:29pm June 29, 2022

by April Dembosky

California volunteers are gearing up to host women from out of state in their homes or drive them to abortion appointments. One is a 75-year old woman motivated by having had abortions before 'Roe.'

Zoe Touray (left) Eliyah Cohen (middle) and RuQuan Brown (right) are some of the student activists leading the charge for gun reform.

We asked 5 students: What inspired you to become a gun control activist?

5:25pm June 29, 2022

NPR spoke with high school and college students who have been impacted by gun violence, and are now working to make sure others won't be.