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Gun policy researcher the impact of gun law changes from Congress and Supreme Court

6:00pm June 28, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Daniel Webster of Johns Hopkins University's Center for Gun Violence Solutions about the likely effect of gun law changes coming from Congress and the Supreme Court.

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VP Harris responds to SCOTUS ruling that there is no constitutional right to abortion

5:40pm June 28, 2022

by Asma Khalid

Vice President Harris has a long history working on reproductive rights. NPR's Asma Khalid talks with her about what the White House will do now that the Supreme Court has overturned 'Roe v. Wade.'

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Megan Thee Stallion, performing at Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, U.K. on Sat. June 25, 2022. During her set, Megan spoke out against the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Musicians react to Supreme Court decision on right to abortion

5:25pm June 28, 2022

by Ann Powers

After Friday's Supreme Court decision, artists from around the world spent the following days sharing their reactions and plans for the immediate future.

In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell gives her statement in federal court, in New York, on June 28, 2022.

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Ghislaine Maxwell is sentenced to 20 years in prison

5:24pm June 28, 2022

"Today's sentence holds Ghislaine Maxwell accountable for perpetrating heinous crimes against children," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a tweeted statement.

After state court victories, clinics have resumed abortions in some states with bans

5:00pm June 28, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Abortion remains illegal in multiple states after the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade. But some clinics are running again after winning at least temporary victories in state court.

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In this aerial view, members of law enforcement investigate a tractor trailer on Monday in San Antonio, Texas.

With 51 people dead in Texas, here's what you should know about migrant smuggling

4:25pm June 28, 2022

The trapped people were found after a worker heard someone crying for help. Two experts — one a former Homeland Security Investigations agent — tell NPR how it happened.

Protesters hold up signs during an abortion-rights rally on Saturday in Austin, Texas.

Adolescents faced obstacles getting abortions. The Supreme Court just made it harder

11:49am June 28, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

The legal and logistical obstacles young people face in accessing reproductive health care became more complicated with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, experts say.

The waiting room at the Women's Health Center of West Virginia in Charleston, W.Va., in February.

This is how life in post-Roe America is starting to shape up

11:48am June 28, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

As the Supreme Court prepared to issue its decision overturning Roe, NPR spent weeks speaking to experts and activists about what will likely happen next.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks to abortion-rights protesters Friday at a rally outside the state capitol in Lansing, Mich., following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Michigan shapes up as one of the next abortion battlefronts

10:25am June 28, 2022

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tells NPR that abortion-rights supporters are fighting on all fronts to keep a 1931 ban from going back into effect.

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Protesters gather outside the U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles to defend abortion rights on May 3, 2022, after a Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked.

Californians can vote to add abortion to the state's constitutional rights

10:23am June 28, 2022

by Ayana Archie

The amendment, which comes three days after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case, will go to midterm elections on Nov. 8.