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Poll: Majority Want To Keep Abortion Legal, But They Also Want Restrictions

By Domenico Montanaro

An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey found that three-quarters of Americans want the Supreme Court to uphold Roe v. Wade. But there is also complexity — and contradiction — in respondents’ views.

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Biden Reverses Position, Rejects Hyde Amendment, Cites Attacks On Abortion Access

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The Hyde Amendment is a 43-year-old law that prohibits taxpayer-supported health care programs from using federal funds for abortions.

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April’s two livestreamed births and the park’s “giraffe cam” videos of April have, together, been viewed hundreds of millions of times. She has retired from the breeding program.

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Seventeen automakers signed a letter to the Trump administration and California Gov. Gavin Newsom saying they want one set of policies to reduce greenhouse gases and make cars more fuel efficient.

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Happy Birthday, Tetris. 35 Years Later You’re As Addictive And Tetromino-y As Ever

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The video game has become one of the most popular and best selling of all time. Its creator, Alexey Pajitnov, says that’s because it appeals to humanity’s “constructive spirit.”

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NYPD Commissioner Apologizes For ‘Oppressive’ 1969 Raid On Stonewall Inn

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New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill admitted police actions were “wrong” during the Stonewall riot, a landmark in the LGBTQ rights movement.

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Thomas Hofeller once referred to the drawing of legislative districts as “the only legalized form of vote-stealing left in the United States.” The late Republican strategist’s work may now be undone.

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Ray Lambert is part of a dying generation of veterans who survived D-Day. Seventy-five years later, he wants to be remembered as someone who “was willing to die for my family and for my country.”

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Meteorologists in Southern California were puzzled by the big green blob on their radar — it looked like a rainstorm on what was a clear day. Then they discovered it was beetles.

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West Point Says 1 Cadet Killed, 22 Other People Injured In Road Accident

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The accident occurred around 6:45 a.m. ET near a training area in New York state and involved a light medium tactical vehicle — the military’s multipurpose transport truck — the academy says.

High Schoolers Who Work At Walmart Will See A New Perk — SAT And ACT Study Help

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With a tight labor market, Walmart and other companies are adding new kinds of benefits to attract workers. Now, the giant retailer is offering to pay for prep courses for the SAT and ACT.

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With 1 Huge Lie Revealed, ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 Takes A Slow-Burn Strategy

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Meryl Streep joins the Big Little Lies cast as the mother of the man killed at the end of Season 1 — complicating things for the Monterey Five, who are still processing the aftermath of the death.

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Former German Nurse Guilty Of Killing 85 Patients In Serial Murder Case

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Niels Högel admitted to injecting patients with heart drugs so he could try to resuscitate them. He was initially accused in a handful of deaths but was found to have been involved in dozens more.

R. Kelly Pleads Not Guilty To Latest Charges

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At an arraignment in Cook County, Ill. court on Thursday morning, the embattled R&B singer entered a not guilty plea on 11 felony charges.

‘Life With Picasso’ Stands As An Invaluable Work Of Art History

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Newly reissued, the intellectual heft of Françoise Gilot’s now classic memoir is in its art criticism, even as its emotional arc lies in Picasso and Gilot’s unequal romance.

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“They won back this ground for civilization,” President Trump said of the Allied troops who took part in the massive D-Day invasion in 1944.

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Contentious Oregon Climate Plan Takes Lessons From California’s Mistakes

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Oregon will be the second state to pass an economywide system to regulate carbon emissions. Critics say a similar program in California has not had much impact.

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World War II Paratrooper On Commemorating D-Day: ‘Show Some Citizenship’

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As Relations With U.S. Sour, Xi Describes Putin As ‘Best Friend’ At Moscow Meeting

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The Chinese leader met with his Russian counterpart at the Kremlin on Wednesday. Former rivals Russia and China have drawn closer in recent years.

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Administration Cuts Education And Legal Services For Unaccompanied Minors

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Special counsel Robert Mueller hasn’t closed the door on a hearing but has said his report includes everything he would have to say. Lawmakers could play by those rules and still learn something new.

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