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It's time to once again dive into the week's top headlines.

It's been a busy week for the courts.

Cable network, Fox News and Dominion settled a massive defamation lawsuit.

And the Supreme Court will soon let us know where they stand on a common abortion pill.

And simple mistakes like ringing the doorbell or turning down the wrong driveway

became nightmares for some families this week.

On Wednesday and 84-year-old white man pleaded not guilty to the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl,

who is black. Last week, you're all mistakenly went to the wrong house to pick up his siblings.

Instead of answering the doorbell, homeowner Andrew Lester shot through the door and hit the

teen in the head and arm. Lester's grandson Clint Ludwig, tot CNN, he's not overly surprised by his

grandfather's actions. I feel like a lot of people of that generation are caught up in this

25-hour new cycle of fear and paranoia perpetuated by some other

new stations and usefully into that and watch Fox News all day, every day, blaring in his living room.

And I think that stuff really kind of reinforces this

negative view of minority groups and leads people to be a little bit innocent,

doesn't necessarily lead people to be racist, but it reinforces and galvanizes racist people

in their beliefs. Yarl is recovering at his Kansas City home.

In an Instagram post, the family's attorney said he was a quote,

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