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SUPREME-COURT-CLIMATE CHANGE — In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. By a 6-3 vote, with conservatives in the majority, the court said that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 1,210 words
SUPREME-COURT-JACKSON — Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th justice, and she took the place of the justice she once worked for. Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement took effect at noon. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 820 words, photos.
BIDEN AT HOME AND ABROAD — The dissonant realities of President Joe Biden’s second year in office were on display as he wound up a five-day trip to Europe that highlighted both the key U.S. role in mounting a strong allied response to Vladimir Putin’s aggression and the domestic turmoil that is dragging Biden down at home. By Zeke Miller and Darlene Superville. SENT: 1,000 words, photos, video.
MIGRANT-DEATHS-VICTIMS — Children set out hoping to earn enough to support their siblings and parents. Young adults who sacrificed to attend college thinking it would lead to success left their country disillusioned. A man already working in the U.S. who returned to visit his wife and children decided to take a cousin on his return to the U.S. By Delmer Martínez, Sonia Pérez D. and Christopher Sherman. SENT: 1,370 words, photos. WITH: MIGRANT DEATHS-EXPLAINER-HEAT — Heat, humidity a perilous mix in migrant deaths. SENT: 470 words, photos. WITH: MIGRANT DEATHS-CHECKPOINTS - What is the value of inland highway checkpoints designed to spot people in cars and trucks who enter the United States illegally? SENT: 840 words, photo.
ABORTION — A judge in Kentucky temporarily blocked that state’s near-total ban on abortions, clearing the way for the procedure to resume there, while a judge in Florida said he would block a 15-week abortion ban from taking effect in that state. The ruling in Kentucky pauses that state’s so-called trigger law, which was designed to take effect after the nation’s highest court ruled to end federal constitutional protections for abortions. By Anthony Izaguirre, Bruce Schreiner and Amy Forliti. SENT: 980 words, photos. WITH: BIDEN-ABORTION — President Biden said that he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect abortion access. SENT: 770 words, photos.
RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR — As the war grinds on in Ukraine, communities that were badly damaged early in the invasion are starting to rebuild. Volunteers from all over Ukraine, and from other countries, are coming to help because there is so much to do before another winter approaches. By Hanna Arhirova. SENT: 720 words, photos.
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OBIT-HELLS ANGELS FOUNDER — Sonny Barger, the leather-clad figurehead of the notorious Hells Angels motorcycle club, has died. He was 83. SENT: 650 words, photos.
YELLOWSTONE-BISON GORING — For the second time in three days, a visitor to Yellowstone National Park was gored by a bison, park officials said. SENT: 175 words, photos.
HOLIDAY TRAVEL — If you’re flying this holiday weekend, be prepared for crowded airports, full planes, and higher-than-normal chances that your flight will be delayed or even canceled. SENT: 910 words, photos.
MAYFLOWER-AUTONOMOUS SHIP — A crewless robotic boat retracing the 1620 sea voyage of the Mayflower has landed near Plymouth Rock. SENT: 305 words, photos.
ADVENTURELAND-PARK ACCIDENT — The family of an 11-year old boy who died on a water ride at an Iowa amusement park a year ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit in state court Thursday, alleging the park failed to properly maintain and repair its rides. SENT: 310 words, photo.
SEANATOR-LEAHY-HOSPITALIZED — Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont has broken a hip in a fall at his home and was to undergo surgery to repair it. SENT: 330 words, photo.
BILL GATES-FARMLAND — The North Dakota attorney general has found the sale of a couple thousand acres of prime farmland to a group tied to Bill Gates complies with a Depression-era law meant to protect family farms because the land is being leased back to farmers. SENT: 260 words, photo.