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• Rwanda making preparations to take children removed from UK

  24-06-2022 23:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Hostel in Kigali building football pitches and providing outdoor toys for any children flown to the countryA hostel that has been leased by the Rwandan government to house asylum seekers from the UK is making preparations to accept children.The Hope hostel in Kigali is building outdoor facilities that will include football pitches, basketball courts and outdoor toys for any children who are flown to the east African country. Continue reading...
  
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• Ruling overturns Roe v Wade and strips constitutional right from millions of women

  24-06-2022 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion. 
  
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• CNN commentator challenged on her religion and abortion stance. See her response

  24-06-2022 23:33 via cnn.com
  
  CNN political commentator Alice Stewart questioned Ana Navarro's stance on abortion, prompting an emotional reply from Navarro.
  
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• WATCH: Politicians react to Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade

  24-06-2022 23:28 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The landmark case decided nearly 50 years ago was overturned in the Supreme Court in a 5-4 majority.
  
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• Analysis: The audacious tone of the ruling is breathtaking

  24-06-2022 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  The five-justice Supreme Court bloc that overturned a half century of women's abortion rights on Friday had coalesced less than two years. But they had found their moment and they seized it.
  
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• Tensions escalate in Nashville over whether to host 2024 GOP convention

  24-06-2022 22:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Republican National Committee is intensely interested in holding its 2024 presidential convention in Nashville — but its push is already bogged down in
  
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• Factions, new blood and Jeff Kennett: Daniel Andrews’ dilemma after losing four ministers

  24-06-2022 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis: Victorian premier has five months to introduce a new leadership group to votersA lot of comparisons can made between Victorian premiers Daniel Andrews and Jeff Kennett, though, being from opposite sides of politics, neither of them will likely admit it.Both are considered crash-through leaders, either loved or loathed. Both have shaped their state, either for better or worse – depending on whom you ask. Continue reading...
  
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• Analysis: The sweep and audacious tone of the court's final ruling is breathtaking

  24-06-2022 21:33 via cnn.com
  
  The five-justice Supreme Court bloc that overturned a half century of women's abortion rights on Friday had coalesced less than two years. But they had found their moment and they seized it.
  
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• Analysis: Conservative justices seized the moment and delivered the opinion they'd long promised

  24-06-2022 21:33 via cnn.com
  
  The five-justice Supreme Court bloc that overturned a half century of women's abortion rights on Friday had coalesced less than two years. But they had found their moment and they seized it.
  
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• Trigger laws: Several states move quickly to ban abortion

  24-06-2022 21:25 via cnn.com
  
  Now that the Supreme Court has given the green light for lawmakers to prohibit abortion, several states, most of them Republican-led, have taken quick steps to do so. In at least seven states, state officials say that abortion bans can now be enforced.
  
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• Pompeii: Ancient pregnant tortoise surprises archaeologists

  24-06-2022 21:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The reptile's 2,000-year-old remains are discovered by archaeologists buried in volcanic ash and rock.
  
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• WATCH: First-generation student honors her immigrant mom on graduation day

  24-06-2022 21:18 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Nataly Morales Villa, who earned her graduate degree from Harvard, adorned her mom, who came to the U.S. more than 20 years ago, with her hood, cap and stole on graduation day.
  
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• What Supreme Court justices said about Roe and abortion in their confirmations

  24-06-2022 21:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  After Friday's Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, pro-abortion rights lawmakers argued some of the justices mislead senators during their confirmation process.
  
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• Japanese worker loses USB with entire city’s data after night out with colleagues

  24-06-2022 21:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  It’s unlikely that one Japanese man will join his colleagues for after-work drinks again following their last night out, when officials said he lost a USB
  
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• The CDC is still searching for the cause of mysterious liver illness in kids

  24-06-2022 21:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nearly 300 cases of unexplained hepatitis have been reported in young children. The CDC has yet to pinpoint an exact cause.
  
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• 'Stop the Steal' leader Ali Alexander testifies to Jan. 6 grand jury

  24-06-2022 21:00 via cnn.com
  
  Ali Alexander, the leader of the "Stop the Steal" group who helped to organize rallies before the US Capitol attack, testified to a federal grand jury on Friday in the Justice Department's sweeping investigation into the January 6, 2021, insurrection.
  
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• LGBTQ Pride events offer a make-or-break moment for monkeypox

  24-06-2022 20:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  There have been over 170 diagnoses of monkeypox in the U.S. since the outbreak began in early May. The vast majority of cases are among gay and bisexual men.
  
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• Artemis I rocket prepares for late August launch to the moon

  24-06-2022 20:57 via cnn.com
  
  The mega Artemis I rocket may be launching on its trip to the moon in August, according to NASA officials.
  
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• Biden says 'Roe is on the ballot' this fall as Democrats consider options on abortion rights

  24-06-2022 20:46 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden said Friday women's health in the United States is now at risk after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion and he outlined steps his administration is taking to attempt to mitigate the effects of the ruling.
  
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• WATCH: Public reacts to Supreme Court abortion decision

  24-06-2022 20:31 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Protesters from both sides of the issue gathered outside the Supreme Court Friday after its decision on abortion rights.
  
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• Watch firefighters rescue puppies blocked by giant tortoise

  24-06-2022 20:15 via cnn.com
  
  San Bernardino Fire Department rescued two puppies from an underground tortoise den in Yucca Valley, California. They were stuck in the den for hours due to a 100-pound desert tortoise blocking their exit.
  
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• Banks and UK supermarkets accused of backing deforestation in Brazil

  24-06-2022 20:05 via theguardian.com
  
  By funding and stocking products from Brazilian meat giant JBS, firms have also supported land-grabbing, investigation claims Continue reading...
  
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• Saudi Arabia releases Murtaja Qureiris, once the youngest political prisoner​​ in the kingdom -- ESOHR

  24-06-2022 19:49 via cnn.com
  
  Murtaja Qureiris, once considered by lawyers and activists as the youngest political prisoner in Saudi Arabia, was released on Friday, the European Saudi Organization for Human Rights told CNN.
  
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• By ending national abortion rights, Supreme Court lights a fire in the 2022 election

  24-06-2022 19:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court’s ruling Friday to eliminate the broadly supported constitutional right to abortion ignited a political firestorm in an already heated election year.
  
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• Toyota is recalling its first mainstream electric car because the wheels can fall off

  24-06-2022 19:45 via cnn.com
  
  Toyota has issued recalls for its first mainstream electric car and one of its full-sized pickup trucks for problems in which nuts or bolts could loosen and wheels or axles can become disconnected.
  
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• Roe v. Wade is overturned. How does this affect you?

  24-06-2022 19:44 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Tom Foreman explains different trigger laws in different states and when and how they will go into effect.
  
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• House passes landmark gun legislation, sending it to Biden to sign into law

  24-06-2022 19:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  The House passed the most sweeping legislation designed to prevent gun violence in nearly 30 years, sending it to President Joe Biden to sign into law.
  
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• Two young Africans tired of problematic banking systems started their own

  24-06-2022 19:36 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Julia Chatterley talks to Ham Serunjogi, CEO and co-founder of Chipper Cash, a financial tech company with a banking app that allows users send money across borders.
  
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• US Congress passes first major federal gun safety legislation in decades

  24-06-2022 19:31 via cnn.com
  
  The House passed a bipartisan bill on Friday to address gun violence that amounts to the first major federal gun safety legislation in decades.
  
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• Biden: Roe ruling 'a realization of an extreme ideology'

  24-06-2022 19:26 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Trump's lasting legacy will now be the end of Roe v. Wade
  
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• Biden: 'Health and life of women' at risk after Roe ruling

  24-06-2022 19:26 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Trump's lasting legacy will now be the end of Roe v. Wade
  
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• Top Gun Ukrainian pilots push US for jets, senator says lawmakers will 'press the case' with White House

  24-06-2022 19:19 via foxnews.com
  
  Two Ukrainian fighter pilots traveled to Washington to urge lawmakers to help them obtain more advanced air defense systems and modern warplanes as the fight against Russia continues.
  
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• The first Apple Store voted to unionize. One worker has a message for her colleagues.

  24-06-2022 19:03 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jon Sarlin talks with Christie Pridgen, an Apple employee who works at the first Apple Store in the country to vote to unionize.
  
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• Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade 

  24-06-2022 18:51 via cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion. 
  
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• Key lines: 'Roe was egregiously wrong from the start'

  24-06-2022 18:41 via cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court's ruling on Friday overturning Roe v. Wade, the most consequential high court ruling in decades, contained several striking lines that will resonate for decades to come.
  
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• Trump's lasting legacy will now be end of Roe v. Wade

  24-06-2022 18:31 via cnn.com
  
  • Majority of Americans didn't want Roe overturned, polling showed prior to ruling
  
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• Supreme Court's decision on abortion could open the door to overturn same-sex marriage, contraception and other major rulings

  24-06-2022 18:30 via cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court's opinion overturning Roe v. Wade on Friday could open the door for courts to overturn same-sex marriage, contraception and other rights.
  
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• Pelosi calls Roe v. Wade ruling a 'slap in the face' to women

  24-06-2022 18:25 via cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the case that established a constitutional right to have an abortion. At a press conference on Capitol Hill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) responded to the ruling calling it a "deadly decision."
  
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• Polling: Broad majority of Americans didn't want Roe v. Wade overturned

  24-06-2022 18:11 via cnn.com
  
  A broad majority of Americans did not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned, according to polling taken before the Supreme Court ruled Friday that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion.
  
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• 'All the people were buried under their homes': Survivors describe deadly earthquake

  24-06-2022 18:08 via cnn.com
  
  The powerful earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on June 22, killing more than 1,000 people.
  
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• Reaction: Biden to address Roe v. Wade decision as Democrats consider path forward on abortion rights

  24-06-2022 18:05 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak Friday afternoon on the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion, according to the White House.
  
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• A woman's brutal killing shocks the Arab world

  24-06-2022 18:04 via cnn.com
  
  The brutal killing of a young woman in broad daylight on an Egyptian street has shocked the Arab world, bringing the country's gender-based violence crisis into the spotlight.
  
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• Explorers find the world's deepest shipwreck four miles under the Pacific

  24-06-2022 17:54 via cnn.com
  
  It lurks over four miles deep below the Pacific Ocean, split in half and lodged on a slope.
  
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• Major US abortion pill producer says it has ample supply if demand soars

  24-06-2022 17:50 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Danco Labs, a U.S. maker of the abortion pill Mifeprex, says it has enough supply if demand soars following a Supreme Court decision on Roe v Wade.
  
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• Bruno Pereira buried in his home state after ceremony led by Indigenous tribes

  24-06-2022 17:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Funeral held in Pernambuco of Indigenous expert who was killed in Amazon region with journalist Dom PhillipsThe murdered Indigenous advocate Bruno Pereira has been buried in his home state of Pernambuco in Brazil after a small ceremony attended by family members and local tribes.Dozens of Indigenous people from the Xukuru tribe paraded around his coffin chanting farewell rituals to the beat of their percussion instruments on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• Men should fear the fall of Roe as much as women

  24-06-2022 17:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  For 50 years pro-choice activists have made abortion rights a woman's issue, but men have benefitted from it and need to publicly share their stories too.
  
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• Eight medical professionals charged with homicide in Diego Maradona's death will go to trial

  24-06-2022 17:38 via cnn.com
  
  An Argentine judge ruled on Wednesday that eight medical professionals charged with "simple homicide" in the death of football legend Diego Maradona will go to oral trial, according to court documents seen by CNN.
  
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• Biden calls court's decision to overturn Roe a 'sad day for the country'

  24-06-2022 17:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden on Friday called the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v.
  
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• 'Never before have they taken away a right': Former federal prosecutor on Roe v. Wade

  24-06-2022 17:28 via cnn.com
  
  Former federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers and CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin discuss the potential impact on constitutional rights following the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
  
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• Denise Richards is following her teenage daughter onto OnlyFans

  24-06-2022 17:28 via cnn.com
  
  Denise Richards has made her debut on OnlyFans, just days after her teenage daughter joined the platform famous for its NSFW content.
  
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