Court blocks Louisiana abortion law in major round up
The Supreme Court blocked enforcement of Louisiana's 2014 clinic regulation law that would require doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. Two clinics that closed will reopen, a third will stay open, and Louisiana vows to press the case. Separate reports from Turkey and Yemen cover a human trafficking verdict and a deadly attack on a Mother Teresa retirement home.
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Louisiana
Texas
Federal Appeals Court
New Orleans
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Baton Rouge
Shreveport
Center For Reproductive Rights
Jeff Landry
Anthony Kennedy
Ankara
Turkey
Aylan Kurdi
Bodrum
Aylan
Galip
Rihan
Kos
Alan
European Union
Sanaa
Yemen
Mother Teresa
Aden
Rebels rally as Syria cease-fire holds amid calls for Assad ouster
Rebels in Aleppo Homs and Idlib rallied against President Bashar Assad during a weeklong cease-fire calling for detainee releases and lifting sieges. Opposition chief Riad Hijab said talks in Geneva should not resume yet, while France aims to accelerate a political transition with the truce. The cease-fire remains fragile as ongoing operations and aid limits persist.
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Bashar Assad
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France
Syria
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Idlib
Assad
Riad Hijab
High Negotiations Committee
United States
Russia
Damascus
Paris
Francois Hollande
Germany
Britain
Italy
Knife found at Simpson home probes old murder case
Police examine a knife reportedly found at the Los Angeles property where O J Simpson lived at the time of the stabbings. The blade, passed to an off duty officer by a construction worker, is under DNA analysis as investigators weigh its possible link amid renewed public interest in the case.
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Brentwood
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Police Department
Andy Neiman
Simpson
Loyola Law
Laurie Levenson
O’hare International
Chicago
EU leaders push joint plan to curb migrant crisis
Merkel and Hollande urged Europe to cooperate with Turkey to stop migrant flows and protect outer borders. France will supply a ship to NATO’s Aegean mission as EU states reimpose temporary border checks amid rising asylum claims from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. EU funds aid for Turkey, with 3.3 billion pledged and 100 million for education and food.
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Angela Merkel
Europe
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Francois Hollande
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Macedonia
Turkey
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France
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NATO
Aegean Sea
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European Commission
Zika links widen to include more fetal defects
Researchers report preliminary Brazil study tracking 88 pregnant women with Zika like symptoms. Of 72 actively infected, 12 showed fetal brain abnormalities. one baby born with severe microcephaly. Study notes findings are not proof of causation but strengthen links between Zika and adverse fetal outcomes.
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Brazil
Karin Nielsen
University of California, Los Angeles
Fiocruz Institute
Latin America
Caribbean
New England Journal of Medicine
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Rio de Janiero
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