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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Supreme Court is leaving access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug mifepril. The order prevents restrictions on the medication imposed by a federal appeals court from taking effect. For now, women seeking abortions can still visit a doctor remotely, and the pill can be mailed to them. The EU says it will sanction Israeli settlers over their violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports. It comes after Hungary's new government stopped blocking the measure.
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Today we reached a political agreement to sanction Israeli extremist settlers, said the EU's top diplomat, Kaya Kallis. On X the measures, which include asset freezes and travel bans, are against three main settler organizations and their leaders. One of the groups worked to halt and disrupt humanitarian aid into Gaza. The measure will also target members of Hamas, which the EU designates as a terrorist organization. Settler violence in the occupied west bank has increased dramatically since the 2023 war in Gaza began, and Israel has expanded settlements at a rapid pace. According to Israeli peace advocacy group Peace now, more settlements have been approved in the last year than in the last two decades. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
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President Trump will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week in Beijing. The Iran war is likely to be a main topic, and NPR's Adipa Shivaram reports. The AI race is also expected to
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come up when it comes to AI technology from American companies like OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. Experts say those models are better than what China's putting out. The US is by some estimates about six to 12 months ahead of China. So Trump is right that the US Is leading the AI race in that regard. But where China is inching ahead is on AI adoption, how integrated AI is in their society, and how accessible their AI products are. In the meeting this week, Trump and Xi are expected to talk about global risk management when it comes to the rise of AI. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News.
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A Texas man who was pardoned by President Trump for assaulting Police in the January six attack on the U.S. capitol has been arrested on new charges. NPR's Tom Dreisback reports.
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During the January 6th attack, Ryan Nichols assaulted police with pepper spray, called for revolution and recorded this video.
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So if you want to know where Ryan Nichols stands, Ryan Nichols stands for violence.
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Nichols was sentenced to more than five years in prison for his actions on January 6, but received a full pardon from President Trump. Now the Harrison County Sheriff's Office in Texas alleges that Nichols repeatedly confronted someone in a church parking lot and put his hand on his gun in a threatening manner leading to his arrest. Nichols is one of Dozens of pardoned January 6th defendants who have since been charged or convicted of new crimes. Tom Dreisbach, NPR News.
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And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. The Supreme Court has sided with Alabama, vacating a lower court decision that blocked a 2023 congressional map and allowed the creation of a second majority black district in the state. The decision sends the case back to a lower court for consideration. It comes after the Supreme Court's recent ruling that weakened the VOT Rights Act. Alabama has argued that the decision should free the state to redraw its own map. Some plants appear to have a special trick to survive periods of environmental upheaval. Ari Daniel has more.
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There are species whose entire genomes get duplicated and stuffed into every one of their cells. It can ultimately impact survival, but it's pretty common today, especially in plants. Why is that? Researchers scoured the DNA of several hundred plants for evidence of genome duplication events that occurred long and look to see when they happened.
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They do not occur randomly. They are clustered in time.
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In particular, says Ghent University plant biologist Eve Vanderp, they cluster during periods of turmoil over the last 150 million years, times of dramatic cooling or warming or widespread extinction. Genome duplication appears to allow plants to survive extreme environmental stress. For NPR News, I'm Ari Daniel.
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Sales of previously occupied homes were essentially flat in April, another lackluster showing for the housing market during what's traditionally its busiest time of the year. The latest figure fell short of the pace economists were expecting. The national median Sales price increased 0.9% in April from a year earlier to $417,700. It's NP.
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