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South Florida is drenched, and more severe storms are coming. The Supreme Court threw out a challenge to a common abortion drug. And a Montana town faces a reckoning over Pride Month. |
👋 Hey, Thursday! Laura Davis here. Got any plans for the weekend? It's hot as heck here in Denver, so my plans mostly involve keeping cool. While we're chillin', let's get caught up on the news. |
Days of record-breaking rain |
Thunderstorms reemerged over rain-soaked South Florida on Thursday, further inundating the region with floodwaters, forcing road closures and disrupting hundreds of flights as a daylong stretch of severe weather rages on. |
What's going on? The storms, which began Tuesday and are the result of a slow-moving low-pressure system, pummeled South Florida with upwards of 2 feet of rain, the National Weather Service said. Multiple people were rescued in the downpour, and officials issued urgent warnings of "life-threatening floods." More severe storms are on the way. ⛈️ Here's a look at the situation. | A person rides their bike through a flooded road as rain falls in Naples, Florida, on Tuesday. Jonah Hinebaugh, USA TODAY Network |
Abortion pill access survives SCOTUS |
Two years after erasing the constitutional right to an abortion, the Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a challenge to the widely used abortion drug mifepristone that would have curbed access to the drug and jeopardized the independence of the Food and Drug Administration. |
What to know: The court unanimously said the anti-abortion doctors who brought the challenge lacked legitimate standing to sue. |
What is mifepristone? First approved in 2000, mifepristone is now used in nearly two-thirds of abortions in the nation and is a reason the total number of abortions has increased even after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. 👉 We break down the decision. |
More Supreme Court decisions: | Protesters rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on March 26, 2024, as justices hear oral arguments over access to mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions. Josh Morgan/USA TODAY |
IVF protections fail in Senate |
The Senate on Thursday rejected a push to protect access to in vitro fertilization, a vote that was expected to fail in the face of nearly unanimous opposition from Republicans. |
What's going on? Democrats have promised to bring up a series of votes over reproductive health protections this summer in an effort to put Republicans on the record in the lead-up to the November election. |
What about the measure? It would have barred states from adding restrictions to IVF and required insurance plans to cover the treatment. It failed to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to move forward. 👉 See why. |
Pride becomes a local litmus test |
Pride proclamations have become mainstream in recent years – even as anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes skyrocketed. But in small cities and rural towns every June, disputes often crop up over recognizing Pride Month, and Great Falls, Montana – population around 60,000 – is now facing a similar conundrum. |
Here's what's going on: After a February 2023 anti-LGBTQ+ attack, the city's longtime mayor declared June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month, a landmark for Great Falls. But now, the city has a new mayor, Cory Reeves, who says he believes local government should neither "condemn nor celebrate" personal relationships. 🏳️🌈 What to know. | | | | The Gaza Health Ministry said more than 270 Palestinians perished in Israel's hostage rescue mission, most of them civilians. | | | |  | President Biden told reporters he won't commute the future sentence of his son Hunter Biden after a White House official hadn't ruled it out. | | | | Feral hogs cause approximately $2.5 billion in agricultural damages each year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. | | | | Caitlin Clark, who has already achieved several WNBA rookie milestones in the league, was not selected for the Olympic team that Reeve will coach. | | | | The NFL ruled Thursday that the Falcons violated the league's tampering rules when Atlanta had impermissible contact with QB Kirk Cousins. | | | | Donald Trump made the unusual political calculation of calling Milwaukee – which hosts next month's 2024 Republican National Convention – 'horrible'? | | | | Beyoncé and Jay-Z's twins, Rumi and Sir Carter, are turning 7. Here's a flashback to Bey's pregnancy announcement and a look at their budding lives. | | | | Andrew McCarthy tracks down most of the '80s Brat Pack (except Molly Ringwald and Judd Nelson) for his Hulu documentary "Brats." It was life-changing. | | | | Researchers say there's a clear through line of why gay men still sniff poppers today – just as much as there's reason for anyone to heed warnings. | | | | Astronauts Tracy C. Dyson and Matt Dominick are scheduled to embark on a 6-hour spacewalk to gather scientific evidence. | | | | | Brighten your day with one of our games. | | | | | |
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