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State Judge Overturns North Dakota’s Near-Total Ban on Abortion
Abortion rights advocates say the ruling has given them “hope” about the future of reproductive rights in the state.
![People watch as Springfield Police Department officers investigate the Springfield City Hall after bomb threats were made against buildings earlier in the day in Springfield, Ohio, on September 12, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0913-ohio-400x300.jpg)
Haitians in Ohio Face Harassment, Bomb Threats After Trump Spreads Racist Lie
“We're all victims,” said one Haitian resident of Springfield, Ohio, following targeted vandalism to their property.
![In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, on September 13, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0913-putin-400x300.jpg)
Putin Warns of Direct War With NATO as US Mulls Long-Range Missiles for Ukraine
The potential escalation and spread of the war comes as a diplomatic resolution appears nonexistent.
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This Company Said It Was Going Green. It Sells as Much Fossil Fuel as Before.
Oregon’s NW Natural has more retail gas customers than ever. It supplies them little, if any, renewable natural gas.
![Former President Donald Trump addresses the Economic Club of New York on September 5, 2024, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0913-trump-400x300.jpg)
Project 2025 Holds a Plan to Make Prosecutors Do the Bidding of the Right
Deep in Project 2025 is a measure to repress democratically elected district attorneys.
![Citizens place stones, olive branches and a picture of the Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, killed by Israeli forces, at the place where she was shot in Beita town of Nablus, West Bank, on September 8, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0912-g-400x300.jpg)
Turkey Probing Israel’s Killing of Aysenur Eygi, Seeking Arrest Warrants
US officials, by contrast, have referred only to Israel’s debunked claims about her death.
![Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance introduces former President Donald Trump during a rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on July 27, 2024, in St Cloud, Minnesota.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0912-vance-trump-400x300.jpg)
J.D. Vance Mocks Taylor Swift for Being “Billionaire Celebrity”
The GOP vice presidential nominee was reacting to news that Taylor Swift had endorsed Kamala Harris for president.
![A Palestinian man on crutches walks on the dirt of a destroyed road past collapsed buildings after the Israeli military withdrew following a two-week offensive from the Shujaiya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, on July 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0912-gaza-c-400x300.jpg)
22,500 Palestinians Now Have Life-Changing Injuries Due to Israel’s Genocide
At least 3,000 Palestinians have had their limbs amputated as a result of Israeli attacks, WHO estimates.
![Crowds are gathered at Lake Merritt to commemorate Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and to protest Israel, in Oakland, California, on September 9, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0912-memorial-400x300.jpg)
Democrats Call for Independent US Probe Into Israel’s Killing of Aysenur Eygi
US officials have so far indicated that they will do nothing to pursue accountability for Eygi’s killers.
![Associate Justice Elena Kagan, with Associate Justice Clarence Thomas and Chief Justice John Roberts in front of her, stands during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0912-elena-kagan-400x300.jpg)
Justice Elena Kagan Says She Backs Enforcement Rules for SCOTUS Ethics Code
Multiple ethics scandals currently plague the High Court, but rules are self-enforcing so they aren't being examined.