Baltimore Bridge Collapse, U.S.-Israel Rift, SCOTUS Abortion Pill Case

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🗓️ 26 March 2024

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A one-and-a-half mile bridge in Baltimore has collapsed a large container ship crashed into it and caught fire, with several vehicles falling into the waters below. Israel has canceled a high-level delegation to Washington, after the U.S. declined to block a United Nations resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza. And a challenge to FDA regulations that make abortion pills more accessible reaches the Supreme Court.

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0:00.0	A one and a half mile bridge in Baltimore has collapsed.
0:05.0	It snapped when a large container ship crashed into it and caught fire.
0:10.0	Several vehicles fell into the waters below.
0:13.4	I'm Leela Faldil.
0:14.4	That's Debbie Elliott, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:18.0	The rift between Israel and the U.S. grows deeper. The U.S. allows a United Nations ceasefire resolution to pass
0:26.2	Israel cancels a delegation's visit to Washington. They don't need to do that.
0:30.5	And the Supreme Court hears oral arguments today in a new abortion case.
0:35.0	It's about FDA rules that make abortion pills more accessible,
0:38.0	but there's even more at stake.
0:40.0	It could threaten the entire structure the FDA uses to regulate drug companies.
0:45.0	This is a dagger at the heart of the entire industry.
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