But under the new changes, five religious sisters will join five priests as voting representatives for religious orders.
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High court temporarily blocks restrictions on abortion pill
The Supreme Court is temporarily keeping in place federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it takes time to more fully consider the issues raised in a court challenge.
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Massachusetts guardsman accused of leak appears in court as U.S. spells out case against him
Friday’s new details about the highest-profile intelligence leak shed light on how investigators came to zero in on Jack Teixeira, even though a motive for the disclosures remains publicly unexplained.
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Landmark law saved whales through marine industries’ changes
The drive to protect vanishing whales has brought profound impacts to marine industries and those changes are accelerating as the Endangered Species Act approaches its 50th anniversary.
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China vows not to sell arms to any party in Ukraine war
China has maintained that it is neutral in the conflict, while backing Russia politically, rhetorically and economically.
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Massachusetts guardsman arrested in leak of classified military documents
A top Pentagon spokesman told reporters earlier this week that the disclosures present a ‘very serious risk to national security.’
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U.S. jobless claims increase to 239,000, led by jump in California
California – the epicenter for many tech layoffs in recent months – accounted for more than a third of the increase.
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Biden says he’s expanding some migrants’ health care access
The administration is expanding eligibility for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges to immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
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First image of a black hole gets a makeover with AI
The image released in 2019 gave a peek at the enormous black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy.