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By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily halted lower court rulings that set limits on access to the abortion pill mifepristone, giving the nation’s top judicial body time to weigh a bid by President Joe Biden’s administration to defend the drug amid a challenge by anti-abortion groups. The action by the conservative justice, who handles emergency matters arising from a group of states […]

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has temporarily put a lower court order imposing significant restrictions on the distribution of the abortion drug mifepristone on hold through next Wednesday as the high court considers a request by the Biden administration to block the restrictions. The order stems from a lawsuit brought by anti-abortion groups and doctors seeking to ban the pill. Here is what you […]

(Reuters) – Montana lawmakers on Friday passed a bill to ban popular short-form video app TikTok from operating in the state, the latest threat to the Chinese-owned app’s existence in the U.S. The bill, known as SB 419, would prohibit mobile app stores from offering TikTok for download to users in Montana. The Montana House voted 54-43 to approve the ban. (Reporting by Sheila Dang in Dallas) Brought to you […]

By Hannah Lang, Chris Prentice and Ann Saphir (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors on Friday said it has approved UBS Group AG’s acquisition of the U.S. subsidiaries of Credit Suisse, clearing another major hurdle for the completion of the Swiss-brokered rescue deal.     UBS has committed to give the U.S. central bank an implementation plan for combining its U.S. business and operations with those of Credit Suisse […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily halted lower court rulings that set limits on access to the abortion pill mifepristone, giving the nation’s top judicial body time to weigh a bid by President Joe Biden’s administration to defend the drug amid a challenge by anti-abortion groups. The action by the conservative justice, who handles emergency matters arising from a group of states including Texas, […]

BALLINA, Ireland (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden delighted thousands of locals from his Irish ancestral home of Ballina on Friday when he saved the final words of his Ireland tour to back their Gaelic football team to break a famous decades-long curse. The proud Irish-American, wrapping up a nostalgic three-day visit to Ireland with a rally in the County Mayo town that his great-great-great-grandfather left for the United States […]

BALLINA, Ireland (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden delighted thousands of locals from his Irish ancestral home of Ballina on Friday when he saved the final words of his Ireland tour to back their Gaelic football team to break a famous decades-long curse. The proud Irish-American, wrapping up a nostalgic three-day visit to Ireland with a rally in the County Mayo town that his great-great-great-grandfather left for the United States […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Friday granted a long-awaited license to Elon Musk’s SpaceX for the first orbital launch of the company’s massive Starship rocket system, the regulator said in a statement. (Reporting by Joey Roulette; Editing by Leslie Adler) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – The tech executive charged with stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee to death in San Francisco confronted him earlier in the evening about his ties to the suspect’s younger sister, prosecutors said on Friday in court documents that outlined a possible motive. Nima Momeni, 38, was arrested on Thursday and charged with the April 4 murder of Lee, who was found stumbling through the city […]