Becky Sullivan
Stories
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Books
Penguin Random House and 5 authors are suing a Florida school board over book bans
Officials in Escambia County, Fla., removed 10 books from school libraries and restricted access to more than 150 others. Writers' advocacy group PEN America calls the lawsuit the first of its kind.
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Health
The abortion pill mifepristone has another day in federal court
While a Supreme Court order continues to ensure the drug is still widely available, the issue returned Wednesday to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals as lawyers for both sides urged the court to act.
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National
A jury finds Trump liable for battery and defamation in E. Jean Carroll trial
Jurors believed that Carroll's allegation of sexual abuse in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s was more likely true than not. They awarded her $5 million in total damages.
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Arts & Life
The best picket signs of the Hollywood writers' strike
As the Writers Guild of America began its first strike in 15 years, union members let loose with quips to studio executives, as they picketed outside companies like Netflix, Sony and NBCUniversal.
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Sports
He played more than 1,100 minor league games, and finally made an emotional MLB debut
The picture of a baseball journeyman, Drew Maggi had seen 4,500 plate appearances in places like Charleston, Tulsa, Little Rock and Altoona, Pa., before finally getting his big-league shot Wednesday.
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National
Outrage grows over the shooting of a Black teenager who rang the wrong doorbell
Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old high school junior, was shot by a homeowner after he went to the wrong address to pick up his younger brothers, his family says. The shooter has not yet been charged.
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Health
The pharmaceutical industry urges courts to preserve access to abortion pill
As the debate over mifepristone makes its way to the Supreme Court, the pharmaceutical industry has raised concerns that ruling against the FDA could chill the development of new drugs.
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Politics
Justice Department will ask the Supreme Court to restore full access to abortion pill
The Justice Department is seeking emergency relief from the U.S. Supreme Court in a Texas case involving limited access to the abortion drug mifepristone.
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National
What's next for the abortion pill mifepristone?
Access to mifepristone, a medication that is used in about half of all abortions nationwide, hangs in the balance of two contradictory court rulings. A date with the Supreme Court is all but certain.
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Politics
5 things to know about Donald Trump's felony charges
Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover damaging information. Just getting up to speed on the news? Start here.