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With the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Minnesota will be one of the states where abortion remains legally protected. But legal doesn’t necessarily mean accessible, advocates warn. (Image credit: Christina Saint Louis/KHN)

A third of top judicial body reshaped in conservative image during former president’s term; decision comes as Trump eyes 2024 but faces dip in polls, scrutiny over US Capitol riot

Women turned away in mainly southern states as doctors stop activities over arrest fears, confusion over laws; clinic head: ‘Patients broke down, couldn’t speak through sobbing’

US House speaker reads Ehud Manor poem after seismic Supreme Court ruling; top Democrat previously quoted poet after Jan. 6 Capitol attack, met with his widow in Israel

Eighteen migrants have died in a “stampede” of people trying to cross into Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla, Moroccan authorities have said.

Campaigners on both sides knew the judges’ likely decision, but when it came there was still a flood of emotion outside the Supreme Court.

Remarks by President Biden on the Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade  The White House Biden White House has planned for Supreme Court to overturn Roe for months  CNN Biden says ‘cruel’ Roe v. Wade decision dangerous to women  Reuters.com Biden

24-year-old café owner killed in car near Jisr az-Zarka soccer field, 46th death this year from crime in Arab community; 2 stabbed near Jerusalem-area mosque; 3 injured in At-Tur

Arizona abortion protest: Police release tear gas, lawmakers ‘held hostage’ in Senate building  Fox News Abortion rights activists march onto the 110 Freeway downtown  CBS Los Angeles Austin protestors crowd into downtown to denounce Friday’s Supreme Court decision  KEYE TV CBS Austin Supreme

In concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas says court should review same-sex marriage, criminalization of gay sex and married couples’ right to contraception