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This City’s Sewer System Is Full of Alligators, but It’s Not New York

Researchers found crocodilians, bats, raccoons and other creatures prowling a Florida town’s storm drains, β€œlike something out of β€˜Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,’” one said.
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Texas Judge Fines New York Doctor and Orders Her to Stop Sending Abortion Pills to Texas

It is the first ruling in a case challenging β€œshield laws” intended to protect doctors in states that support abortion rights who send abortion pills to states with bans.
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Abortion Provider Won’t Be Extradited to Louisiana, N.Y. Governor Says

The case could lead to a battle in federal court over whether states that support abortion rights can protect doctors who provide abortion services.
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Trump’s W.H.O. Exit Throws Smallpox Defenses Into Upheaval

Health experts see his retreat from international cooperation as disrupting the safe-keepers of one of the world’s deadliest pathogens.
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Court Halt on Trump Cuts for Medical Research Is Extended Nationwide

The federal order temporarily halts the Trump administration’s plans to slash $4 billion in overhead costs for research at universities and medical centers into diseases like cancer.
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Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.

The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study β€œtoo important to die.”
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Why the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth in 2032 Keep Going Up (and Down)

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.
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