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Here’s the latest for Saturday, April 8th: Access to abortion pill in limbo; US deploys guided-missile submarine amid tensions with Iran; China slams WHO for “politicizing” COVID origin; Pope Francis…
‘Chaos and confusion’: Abortion rights advocates across US speak out after latest setback
Abortion rights groups, funds and providers have been left to grapple with the uncertain future of medication abortion after a pair of competing federal court rulings Friday. Melissa Fowler, chief…
‘You’ll never forget it’: Total solar eclipse is one year away. Get ready now!
Eclipse lovers, your moment in the sun (or the dark) is just one year away. On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico,…
With Dueling Rulings, Abortion Pill Cases Appear Headed to the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The dramatic dueling rulings by two federal district judges on Friday about access to a widely used abortion pill set up a lower court conflict that legal experts…
Amid Exile and Fire, a Revered Russian Theater Director Is Reborn
“Dima creates a poetry of space that I’ve never seen anyone else achieve,” Diamond said. Born in 1954 in Moscow, Krymov was the only child of two titans of Russian…
Opinion | A New Battle in the War on Abortion Pills
Update, Friday, April 7: This guest essay was first published in March. A preliminary ruling from federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk on April 7 invalidated the Food and Drug Administration’s 23-year-old…
An Opposing View of Affirmative Action and More: The Week in Reporter Reads
This weekend, listen to a collection of articles from around The New York Times, read aloud by the reporters who wrote them. Written and narrated by Anemona Hartocollis Since picking…
China Holds Military Drills Around Taiwan in ‘Stern Warning’
China began three days of military exercises around Taiwan on Saturday in what it called a “stern warning,” after the island’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, met earlier in the week with…
A World Chess Championship Without the World’s Best Player
When Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren face off on Sunday in the first game of the world chess championship, their matchup — tinged with politics — will play out in…
Outrage at G.O.P. Could Propel Expelled Democrats Right Back to House
Expelled by their Republican colleagues for an act of protest, Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson were no longer members of the Tennessee House of Representatives on Friday. They could…