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Louisiana Indicts a California Doctor Over Abortion Pills

The indictment, followed by a request to extradite the doctor from California, is an escalation of Louisiana’s efforts to counter states that support providing abortions.

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Conservative leaders opposed to abortion have sought various ways to limit access to the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol, which Louisiana classified as dangerous controlled substances in 2024.
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Mr. Mamdani Goes to Albany, This Time as a Political Celebrity

Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City returned to the State Capitol for the first time since taking office, underscoring the shifting political winds since his victory.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani shakes hands with a former colleague, Assemblyman Michael Durso, at the State Capitol in Albany.
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Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86

Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed months later when Rosa Parks made history with a similar stand.

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Claudette Colvin in 1998. When she was ordered to move to the back of a bus in 1955, she refused: “History had me glued to the seat,” she said.
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U.S. to Name Palestinian Committee to Run Gaza

Officials said the body’s leadership could be announced as soon as Wednesday, but U.S. efforts to shape postwar Gaza by disarming Hamas have faced hurdles.

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Gaza City on Tuesday. The territory faces major hurdles to rebuilding.
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