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Volunteer clinic escorts shield a patient from anti-abortion activists outside the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Illinois, last month. Clinics in states like Illinois, which has less restrictive laws, have been reporting an influx of patients from neighboring states.

Even before the Dobbs ruling, more Americans were traveling for abortions

A report from the Guttmacher Institute finds that state abortion restrictions do not necessarily correlate to a lower abortion rate, as more patients travel out of state.

3 people were fatally shot on the campus of the University of Virginia

University officials say an intense manhunt is underway in and around the city Charlottesville for a suspect police described as armed and dangerous. Two other people were wounded.

A customer is handed Powerball tickets purchased at Lichine's Liquor & Deli in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Monday night's drawing is estimated to be a record $1.9 billion.

Someone in California won the $2 billion Powerball jackpot

Monday's Powerball drawing was delayed after one participating lottery needed more time to carry out security procedures. The jackpot had ballooned over three months without a winner.

Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi, left, high-fives teammate Brittney Griner during a 2014 WNBA basketball game in Phoenix. Griner plans to return to the Mercury on a one-year contract.

Brittney Griner signs a one-year contract with the Phoenix Mercury

Griner has re-signed with her longtime WNBA team after missing the 2022 season while detained in Russia. The 32-year-old returned home in December after a high-level prisoner swap.

NPR Legend Susan Stamberg Receives Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame

Friends, family and fans cheered Tuesday as Susan Stamberg — one of NPR's "founding mothers" — received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Actress Annette Bening was one of the people honoring her.

In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov participates in the Raisina Dialogue conference on the sideline of the G-20 foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi on Friday.

Russia's foreign minister gets laughed at over Ukraine remarks at a global conference

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia was not the aggressor in the Ukraine war, but that his country was simply trying to defend itself, to which the crowd laughed and groaned.

Patrick Wojahn, who was on the College Park city council and has been the mayor of the city since 2015, was charged with 16 counts of distributing child pornography and 40 counts of possessing it.

A Maryland mayor has been arrested on more than 50 counts of child pornography

Police were tipped off about a social media account posting child pornography in the county that was tracked back to Wojahn, who has been mayor of the city since 2015.

An error email leaves 9 million student loan borrowers in limbo

Millions of borrowers thought they were approved for debt relief, Federal Student Aid says it was a mistake.

Law enforcement personnel stand at the scene of a shooting Monday, Jan. 23, in Half Moon Bay, Calif. Seven people were killed in two related shootings Monday at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm in a coastal community south of San Francisco, and officials say a suspect is in custody.

A gunman killed 7 people in shootings in Half Moon Bay, California

Seven people were killed at two landscaping nurseries in Half Moon Bay, Calif., about 30 miles south of San Francisco. A suspect has been arrested, officials said.

Fans rush the court at Carver Arena after the Bradley men's basketball team won the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championship Sunday with a 73-61 victory over Drake in Peoria.

Bradley men’s basketball team wins showdown for MVC crown

For the first time since 1996, the Bradley men’s basketball team heads into Arch Madness as the regular-season Missouri Valley Conference champions.

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