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Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade

Striking down the federal right to abortion, the Supreme Court overruled its landmark precedent in a 6-3 split on Friday.

Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the conservative majority issued a 6-3 split decision overturning Roe v. Wade, striking down the federal right to abortion on Friday, June 24, 2022. (Emily Zantow/Courthouse News)

House sends gun control bill to Biden’s desk

In the wake of the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, and the racially motivated shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan gun violence prevention bill on Friday afternoon in a 234-193 vote.

Wall Street finally turns it around after 3 weeks of steep losses

Wall Street pulled ahead for a much-needed win this week, as the past three weeks of losses still weigh on equities and investors expect the Federal Reserve to once again raise rates aggressively next month.

A sign is shown at the New York Stock Exchange in New York in 2009. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, file)

US solider pleads guilty to plotting rampage with neo-Nazi occultists

An Army paratrooper with ties to a neo-Nazi occult group pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he aimed to ignite a race war beginning with a plot to massacre fellow U.S. soldiers in his platoon.

In an iCloud account for Ethan Melzer, authorities found images such as the one at left, titled “Harvest of the Soldiers," a supposed accounting Islamic State group attacks. A knife and a book about a neo-Nazi group called Order of Nine Angles are pictured on the right. The complaint against Melzer notes that skull masks are a "known neo-Nazi symbol."(Justice Department via Courthouse News)

Regional

Texas high court pares down challenge to statehouse election maps

The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that a multifaceted challenge to state legislative district maps brought by a group of lawmakers, a political candidate and Latino rights groups is mostly barred by governmental immunity and a lack of standing.

The northern face of the Texas Capitol in the early morning on Oct. 6, 2021. (Kirk McDaniel/Courthouse News)

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on making smokable hemp products

Texas’ ban on manufacturing smokable hemp products is in accord with its long history of regulating cannabis, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday, so there is no vested right to this business endeavor under the Texas Constitution.

The Texas Supreme Court building in Austin, which is also home to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. (Kelsey Jukam/Courthouse News)

International

Ukraine given path toward EU but loses ground in East

Ukraine was a step closer Friday to becoming a member of the European Union but that political win after four full months of war was offset by new territorial losses to Russian forces in the East.

Sandbags are shown on June 23, 2022, protecting the sculpture of prominent Italian poet Dante Alighieri on Vladimir's Hill in Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Boris Johnson blamed for crushing special election losses

The United Kingdom’s ruling Conservative Party has suffered a twin blow of two damning special election losses in results announced Friday morning, after voters took to the polls on Thursday.

Union Jack flags are seen in front of the Elizabeth Tower, known as Big Ben, beside the Houses of Parliament in London on Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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