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These women speak candidly about their abortions. Here’s what they want you to know

In D.C. and across the country, people gathered by the thousands in coordinated rallies to demand reproductive justice for all. The main message? Everyone loves someone who’s had an abortion. (Image credit: LA Johnson/NPR)

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After the ‘Rust’ movie set shooting, investigators look into the ammo supplier

Investigators are still trying to determine how live ammunition ended up on the set of Rust. In October, Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed by a prop gun armed with a live bullet. (Image credit: Andres Leighton/AP)

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Greece says beauty queen ‘boycotting’ Miss Universe in Israel isn’t its contestant

Organization that chooses country’s entrant says Sofia Arapogianni is its pick, not Rafaela Plastira who said she wouldn’t attend Eilat contest over Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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Authorities look for possible motive behind 15-year-old Michigan high school shooting suspect. Here’s what we know – CNN

Authorities look for possible motive behind 15-year-old Michigan high school shooting suspect. Here’s what we know  CNN Michigan high school shooting leaves three students dead; 15-year-old suspect in custody  Fox News 3 students killed, 6 others injured at Michigan school shooting  ABC News

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Bus driver asks passengers to wear masks, is attacked; southern mayor slams ‘terror’

Driver tear-gassed; Dimona mayor blames incidents on Bedouins, says public security minister is ‘disconnected from the reality here’

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Supreme Court considers whether to reverse Roe v. Wade in historic arguments

At issue is whether to reverse the court’s nearly half-century-old decision, Roe v. Wade, and subsequent decisions declaring that women have a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy. (Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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Center-left group claims Democrats’ spending package would save families thousands

A new report from the think tank Third Way shows that a two-parent family of four would save up to $7,400 due to provisions of the Democrats’ Build Back Better legislation. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Help vaccinate poor countries or face more new COVID variant shocks, rich economies told

The world’s rich nations must help vaccinate the poorest nations or else they will face a continual cycle of economic shocks and restrictions in the face of new variants, the OECD’s chief economist has said.

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Health minister planning shake-up of ‘ridiculously outdated’ abortion rules

Horowitz intends to make process easier, end lengthy wait for appointments in some parts of country; current regulations require permission from committees to end a pregnancy

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Gov’t adviser: ‘Truly don’t know’ if travel ban will end in time for winter tourism

Ran Balicer suggests government will set high bar before skies open, while head of travel agency says industry in tatters and Israel ‘lost whatever goodwill we had from tourists’

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