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Alex Murdaugh could face life in prison if he's convicted for the double murders of his wife and son. He's seen here being escorted into the the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., on Monday. Jeff Blake/The State via AP, Pool hide caption

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Vanessa Bryant, center, Kobe Bryant's widow, leaves a federal courthouse with her daughter Natalia and soccer player Sydney Leroux in Los Angeles, Aug. 24, 2022. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption

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Student loan borrowers and advocates gather Tuesday for a rally during the Supreme Court's arguments on President Biden's student debt relief plan. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for People's Rally hide caption

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Conservative and liberals split at Supreme Court over Biden student loan plan

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Karla Renée was 18 weeks into her pregnancy when she and her husband Sam learned that the fetus had a serious genetic anomaly that could lead to severe physical and mental disabilities. They were faced with an enormous and pressing decision. In North Carolina, where they live, the current law forbids abortion after 20 weeks gestational age. Maxwell Posner/NPR hide caption

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President Biden speaks about student debt relief at Central New Mexico Community College Student Resource Center in Albuquerque, N.M., on Nov. 3, 2022. His plan to forgive up to $20,000 of student debt is being challenged at the Supreme Court. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Biden's student loan relief faces its biggest test yet at the Supreme Court

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments next term about whether Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, set up after the 2008 financial crisis to protect consumers from predatory lending practices, is funded constitutionally. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Supreme Court to hear case that threatens existence of consumer protection agency

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Idaho removed nearly 10,000 people from Medicaid in the pandemic's first years when enrollees couldn't be reached. The episode previews what could occur in other states after April 1, when a COVID-era coverage mandate ends. Eric Harkleroad/KHN hide caption

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In this image taken from Pueblo County Sheriff's police body camera provided by attorney Darold Killmer, Richard Ward sits in the backseat of a vehicle as he is questioned by Pueblo County Sheriff's Deputy Charles McWhorter on Feb. 22, 2022. AP hide caption

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at the U.S. Federal Court in New York for a hearing on Feb. 16, 2023. As he awaits trial, the disgraced former CEO is defending himself in the court of public opinion. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has another big problem: He won't shut up

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch (left) stands next to Chief Justice John Roberts outside the court in 2017. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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How a Supreme Court justice's paragraph put the Voting Rights Act in more danger

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Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, seen speaking at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., last March, is one of a dozen state attorneys general arguing for expanded access to an abortion pill that carries extra FDA restrictions. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption

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Washington state attorney general says FDA rules on abortion drug are unreasonable

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Mifepristone was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2000 to induce first-trimester abortions in combination with a second drug, misoprostol. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption

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Democratic state attorneys general sue Biden administration over abortion pill rules

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Disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh faced hours of cross-examination by prosecutor Creighton Waters during his murder trial in the 2021 deaths of his wife and son. Joshua Boucher/The State via AP hide caption

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Proposal 3 flyers are situated in boxes on Nov. 6, 2022, in Dearborn, Mich. Voters in Michigan passed Prop 3, enshrining the right to abortion in the state constitution. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption

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Ilyasah Shabazz (C), daughter of African-American activist Malcolm X, speaks alongside civil rights attorney Ben Crump (L) and co-counsel Ray Hamlin (R) during a press conference in New York on February 21, at the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, formerly known as the Audubon Ballroom, where Malcolm X was shot dead at 39 on Feb. 21, 1965. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Malcom X's family is suing the CIA, FBI and NYPD

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Alex Murdaugh is testifying in his murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. He is seen here on Tuesday, listening to his defense attorneys Phillip Barber, left, and Dick Harpootlian. Jeff Blake/AP hide caption

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A sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed in the Brooklyn borough of New York in July 2020. A new report highlights how poorly the federal government is tracking reports of deaths in law enforcement custody in the U.S. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption

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West Virginia's legislature has passed a bill that would allow concealed carry of firearms on public college campuses, including West Virginia University (pictured here). Ray Thompson/AP hide caption

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Zeus looks out of the car window as his owner picks up pet food at a Miami-Dade County Animal Services Department Drive-Thru Pet Food Bank, Thursday, June 4, 2020, at Lake Stevens Park in Miami Gardens, Fla. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption

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