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A federal judge ruled on Friday that nearly all of North Carolina’s revised 12-week abortion law scheduled to begin this weekend can take effect, while temporarily blocking one rule that doctors feared could expose them to criminal penalties.

A federal judge ruled on Friday that nearly all of North Carolina’s revised 12-week abortion law scheduled to begin this weekend can take effect, while temporarily blocking one rule that doctors feared could expose them to criminal penalties.

White House releases report on reflecting sunlight to cool the earth, no formal study planned now  CNBC

White House report signals openness to manipulating sunlight to prevent climate change  Fox News

In the wake of a Supreme Court decision that strikes down affirmative action in admissions, colleges are coming under renewed pressure to put an end to legacy preferences — the practice of favoring applicants with family ties to alumni.

Military issues no special instructions after large blast shakes central and southern Israel; shrapnel lands in Rahat, 140 miles from the Syrian border

Hungry ticks have some slick tricks. They can zoom through the air using static electricity to latch onto people, pets and other animals, new research shows.

Smoke will keep pouring into the US as long as fires are burning in Canada. Here’s why they aren’t being put out  CNN Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse. Scientists call it the ‘new abnormal’  Yahoo News Canada’s record wildfire

White House report signals openness to manipulating sunlight to prevent climate change  Fox News

In our news wrap Saturday, millions of Americans are under a blanket of heat and humidity in the South and West, a record number of travelers are heading out of town for the holiday weekend, French President Macron canceled a