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AP correspondent Mark Sherman reports the Supreme Court was asked to decide whether restrictions imposed by lower courts should remain in effect while a challenge to the FDA approval of an abortion pill, mifepristone, plays out in the federal courts. ((mifepristone is pronounced mihf-uh-PRIH-stohn))

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What's next for abortion pill after Supreme Court's order
By MARK SHERMAN AND JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press
Fri,04/21/23-11:24PM , 251 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nothing will change for now. That's what the Supreme Court said Friday evening about access to a widely used abortion pill.
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Biologist Paul Rudell pulls a derelict crab pot aboard, June 12, 2014, in Port Townsend, Wash. The U.S. government is launching a new program to combat the scourge of abandoned traps for catching crabs and lobster, which can dilute harvests and kill other fish in coastal waters from Maine to Alaska. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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New federal program targets abandoned crab, lobster traps
By BEN FINLEY - Associated Press
Fri,04/21/23-3:43PM , 139 Reads
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government is launching a new program to combat the scourge of abandoned crab and lobster traps, which can dilute harvests and kill other fish in coastal waters from Maine to Alaska.
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2 vie for top job at Southeastern Louisiana University
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,04/21/23-12:32PM , 63 Reads
HAMMOND, La. (AP) — Two finalists are vying to be the next president at Southeastern Louisiana University.

The Louisiana Board of Regents meets next week and is expected to name a successor to Dr. John Crain, who announced his retirement in January after 35 years in higher education.
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In this image from video provided by the U.S. Senate, Judge Greg Guidry speaks during a hearing for district court nominees held by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in Washington, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Guidry donated tens of thousands of dollars to New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese and consistently ruled in favor of the church amid a contentious bankruptcy involving nearly 500 clergy sex abuse victims, The Associated Press found, an apparent conflict that could throw the case into disarray.(U.S. Senate via AP)

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Judge stays on Catholic bankruptcy despite church donations
By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Thu,04/20/23-11:47PM , 168 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge refused Friday to recuse himself from the New Orleans Roman Catholic bankruptcy after an Associated Press report that he donated tens of thousands of dollars to archdiocese charities and consistently ruled in favor of the church in the contentious case involving nearly 500 clergy sex abuse victims.
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