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Abortion Law Struck Down

The US Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law yesterday placing restrictions on abortion providers. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court's liberal justices in the 5-4 decision.

The law required doctors to have admitting privileges, or relationships with local hospitals in case of emergency, within 30 miles of their clinic. Proponents of the law have argued it's a commonsense safety measure protecting women's health. Critics say the difficulty in obtaining privileges forces clinics to close, and the plaintiffs said the restrictions would leave Louisiana with a single operating clinic. Four justices found the law created an undue burden on a woman's access to abortion, while Roberts cited a stare decisis doctrine—deferring to a 2016 case in which a similar law in Texas was struck down. 

Separately, the court declined to hear a challenge to the federal death penalty, allowing executions to resume. 

Reddit Issues Super Ban

Social media platform Reddit will close down at least 2,000 forums for violating its newly updated content policy, which explicitly bans hate speech. The list of banned communities includes two popular right- and left-wing subreddits, The_Donald and ChapoTrapHouse. Despite its relatively small size of 800,000 users, the former—which has no formal connection to the president—became notorious for promoting violence and fueling conspiracy theories. The decision is the latest in a long turn for Reddit, which has historically argued its loose restrictions enabled free speech.

The news comes amid a broader boycott by advertisers, largely focused on Facebook, pushing social media companies to more tightly moderate paid content on their sites. Adidas, Clorox, and others joined the growing list of companies pausing spending yesterday.

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Golden State Killer Pleads Guilty

One of the country's most notorious serial killers admitted to his crimes in court yesterday, as 74-year-old James Joseph DeAngelo pleaded guilty to 13 murders and multiple rapes and burglaries across California during the 1970s and '80s. The move allows DeAngelo to avoid the death penalty.

DeAngelo's crimes long baffled investigators. His early crimes near Sacramento were attributed to the East Area Rapist, but he shifted to the greater Los Angeles area in 1979, where he was known as the Original Night Stalker. The last known crime occurred in 1986—some think he possibly aged out of killing—though 2001 DNA analysis revealed the two killers to be the same person, with their crimes consolidated under the single moniker of the Golden State Killer. 

The 2018 book "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" revived interest in the case, and DeAngelo was nabbed in one of the earliest instances of using genetic genealogy to solve cold cases. 

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IN THE KNOW

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture

> New York City’s Broadway to remain closed for the remainder of 2020; production shutdown affects more than 30 musicals and plays (More)

> Netflix is planning a six-episode scripted series on former NFL QB and activist Colin Kaepernick’s life from “Selma” director Ava DuVernay (More)

> AMC Theatres, the largest movie chain in the world, pushes back reopening two weeks to July 30 (More)

Science & Technology

> Study finds monkeys are capable of learning recursive cognition patterns, which helps in communicating complex thoughts to others; findings shed light on the evolution of language (More)

> The New York Times pulls out of Apple News, saying the app prevents a direct relationship with readers (More) | India bans TikTok, dozens of other Chinese apps amid border dispute (More)

> Laser-welded sugar networks provide template for intricate, 3D-printed blood vessel networks; researchers demonstrate cells can be kept alive for up to two weeks using the technique (More, w/video)

Business & Markets

> US stock markets up (S&P 500 +1.5%, Dow +2.3%, Nasdaq +1.2%) as May home sales spike 44% over April; sales remain down 5% year-over-year (More) | Seven die in attempt to take hostages at Pakistan Stock Exchange (More)

> Boeing shares surge 14% after regulators test flight 737MAX in step to potentially return planes to the air by year-end (More)

> Biopharmaceutical giant Gilead announces prices for COVID-19 drug remdesivir, with a government pricing of $2,340 for five-day treatment; private insurers to pay $3,120 (More) | Home fitness startup Mirror to be acquired by fitness apparel retailer Lululemon for $500M (More)

Politics & World Affairs

> Arizona reverses reopening plans, shuts down bars, movie theaters, gyms, and more for 30 days as the coronavirus spikes in the state; Oregon and Kansas to require facemasks in most or all public spaces (More) | See where cases are rising (More)

> China formally passes Hong Kong national security law (More) | China accused of forcing Uighur women to take birth control, implant intrauterine devices, and undergo sterilization in an effort to suppress the Muslim minority population (More)

> Tentative trial date for officers involved in George Floyd death set for March 8, 2021; judge threatens to move trial from Minneapolis unless both sides limit pretrial publicity (More) | Sources say White House was aware of Russian bounty scheme in Afghanistan as early as 2019 (More)

IN-DEPTH

The Painful Truth

Detroit Free Press | Kristen Jordan Shamus. In March, Denise Chandler left her husband, stricken with severe COVID-19 symptoms, at the door of Detroit's Sinai-Grace Hospital—and never saw him again. It took a call from a nurse at the hospital, where whistleblowers allege mismanagement led to unnecessary deaths, for Chandler to learn the painful truth. (Read)

Are States Ready for November?

American Press Institute | Susan Benkelman. From long lines to mountains of mail-in ballots, recent primaries foreshadow a potential catastrophe in November's general election. Stanford law professor Nate Persily breaks down what officials need to do to prepare. (Read)

This Coronavirus Mutation Swept the World

Washington Post | Sarah Kaplan, Joel Achenbach. At some point in the early stages of the US outbreak, a random mutation swapped instructions for a single amino acid. But this sole change was located on the virus's spike protein, and came along with dramatic consequences. (Read, $$)

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The best photos of the year celebrating the environment.

More than 110 years ago today, a mysterious explosion flattened Russia's Tunguska River region.

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