US Supreme Court rejects challenge to restrict abortion drug access

Mifepristone is used in medication abortion, the most common method of ending pregnancies in the US.

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New research investigates how short-term space travel affects 'space tourists'

Space tourists experience some of the same body changes as astronauts who spend months in orbit, according to new studies published Tuesday.

Those shifts mostly returned to normal once the amateurs returned to Earth, researchers reported.

Research on four space tourists is included in a series of studies on the health effects of space travel, down to the molecular level. The findings paint a clearer picture of how people — who don't undergo years of astronaut training — adapt to weightlessness and space radiation, the researchers said.

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"This will allow us to be better prepared when we’re sending humans into space for whatever reason," said Allen Liu, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Michigan who was not involved with the research.

NASA and others have long studied the toll of space travel on astronauts, including yearlong residents of the International Space Station, but there's been less attention on space tourists. The first tourist visit to the space station was in 2001, and opportunities for private space travel have expanded in recent years.

A three-day chartered flight in 2021 gave researchers the chance to examine how quickly the body reacts and adapts to spaceflight, said Susan Bailey, a radiation expert at Colorado State University who took part in the research.

While in space, the four passengers on the SpaceX flight, dubbed Inspiration4, collected samples of blood, saliva, skin and more. Researchers analyzed the samples and found wide-ranging shifts in cells and changes to the immune system. Most of these shifts stabilized in the months after the four returned home, and the researchers found that the short-term spaceflight didn’t pose significant health risks.

"This is the first time we've had a cell-by-cell of a crew when they go to space," said researcher and co-author Chris Mason with Weill Cornell Medicine.

The papers, which were published Tuesday in Nature journals and are now part of a database, include the impact of spaceflight on the skin, kidneys and immune system. The results could help researchers find ways to counteract the negative effects of space travel, said Afshin Beheshti, a researcher with the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science who took part in the work.

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Sacramento mass shooting suspect found dead in jail cell while awaiting trial

A 29-year-old man linked to a 2022 mass shooting in Sacramento, California, that killed six people was found dead in his jail cell over the weekend, his attorney confirmed to Fox News Digital on Monday.

Smiley Martin, who was awaiting trial on three felony charges in connection to the April 3, 2022, shooting, died early Saturday morning, his public defender Norman Dawson told Fox News Digital in a written statement.

"It is most tragic that Mr. Martin passed away, fighting to defend his innocence in the preliminary hearing process," the statement said.

Without identifying the deceased inmate, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted on social media that a 29-year-old inmate died while in custody at the Sacramento County Main Jail on Saturday around 2:15 a.m.

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The sheriff’s office said the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office will determine the cause of death and would release the man's name once his next of kin are notified. The sheriff's office said it is continuing to investigate the death.

Jail deputies discovered an unresponsive inmate while conducting a cell check, the sheriff's office said. The deputies immediately attempted life-saving procedures as medical staff and the fire department responded, but the sheriff's office said he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Martin was awaiting trial on felony charges of murder, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession and transport of a machine gun, related to the April 3, 2022, shooting.

More than 100 shots erupted around 2 a.m. in a downtown entertainment area near the state Capitol building as bar patrons were filling the streets at closing time. Video from witnesses posted on social media showed rapid gunfire for at least 45 seconds as people screamed in terror and ran to escape the bullets.

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Three women and three men were fatally shot and 12 others were injured during the shooting, including two of the alleged shooters. At least five gunmen were involved, police said.

Martin, who was 27 at the time, was arrested while hospitalized with gunshot wounds and later charged.

Martin’s brother Dandrae Martin, 26 at the time, was also arrested as a suspect on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. He suffered minor wounds in the shooting.

A third man, Mtula Payton, also was charged in connection with the shooting.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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McGinn's schuhplattler lights up Scots' Euros arrival

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Some Portland statues are being permanently retired after 2020 riots, while Lincoln, others make a comeback

Some historical statues in Portland, including one of pioneer Harvey Scott and another of a White settler with his family, are being permanently decommissioned, according to local reports. 

"The Monuments Project has been a long and complicated process — much like our nation’s long and complicated history — and while this process has been lengthy, we are finally making progress," Portland Commissioner Dan Ryan said in a statement, KGW8 reported. "The Elk is returning, The Promised Land is retired, and the presidents are getting repaired." 

Statues of former presidents, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, are being repaired and are slated to return to Portland, according to a local NBC affiliate.

The statue of former Oregonian editor-in-chief Scott, which protesters knocked down in October 2020, won't be restored, however, KGW8 reported. Neither will "The Promised Land," which shows a White settler with his wife and child.

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Other historical statues, notably the Thompson elk statue, will be returned after being toppled in 2020. The statue, erected in 1900, was located in downtown Portland and is slated to return to its original spot, according to the city.

"Portlanders will have many more opportunities to engage as we continue this dialogue — I am hopeful that when the monuments are returned with interpretations, they will serve to both inform and heal our community," Ryan said.

Several statues were toppled during Portland's 2020 protests and riots. They also resulted in numerous buildings getting their windows smashed, including the Oregon Historical Society.

Andy Ngo, a journalist who documented the unrest in the city, posted images of the destruction on X. The Oregonian reported that protesters brought down statues of Lincoln and Roosevelt.

The police department announced at the time that those "trying to pull down a statue with a chain" or taking part in vandalism are "subject to arrest." They later declared a riot.

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"These are Biden fools. ANTIFA RADICALS. Get them FBI, and get them now!" then-President Trump wrote on social media.

The Portland Arts and Culture Council did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. 

Fox News' Edmund DeMarche and Pilar Arias contributed to this report.

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Wife of Michael Mosley pays tribute to 'wonderful, funny, kind' husband

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Yale Law professor outlines potential Trump legal strategy following guilty verdict: 'What the nation needs'

A Yale Law professor suggests there is another strategy former President Donald Trump's legal team could pursue to limit the impact of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case on the 2024 presidential election, after a New York jury found the former president guilty of 34 felony counts of falsified business records.

In a newly-created podcast, titled Straight Down the Middle, Yale Law Professor Jed Rubenfeld took a look at what legal options Trump's defense team have been left with following the jury's verdict, as well as the appeal process that is slated to soon take place.

The most obvious path for Trump's legal team to take in an effort to challenge the conviction is that of an appeal through the New York Appeals Court system in hopes of ending up at the Supreme Court – a process that Rubenfeld argued will take years to complete and could result in "irreparable harm."

"Of course that would take years, and that's a problem here. Why is it a problem? It's a problem because the election will have taken place and if this conviction is unlawful and unconstitutional, it could have an effect on that election," Rubenfeld, a Constitutional law professor, said on his podcast.

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Pointing to surveys that show a "substantial number" of voters from the American electorate who say they will still vote for Trump in the upcoming presidential election if he is a convicted felon, Rubenfeld said, "If that's true, an unlawful conviction in this case could interfere with, and in fact decide the outcome of, the next election of the next President of the United States."

"Even if the conviction were reversed on appeal years later, that effect could not be undone. In legal terms, that's called irreparable harm," Rubenfeld said.

If the conviction were to be reversed on appeal down the road, Rubenfeld suggested that Bragg and Judge Juan Merchan would have "unlawfully interfered with the election and decided the outcome of the next election through unconstitutional means."

"And no years-long appeal could have any effect on that," he added.

Despite media reports, Rubenfeld insisted that it's "not true" that Trump is already a "convicted felon," arguing that one is "not a convicted felon because of a jury verdict."

"You are not convicted until the judge enters that judgment of guilt. Now, in New York, it's very likely that Judge Merchan will enter that judgment of guilt against Trump on the same day that he issues sentencing. That'd be July 11th."

Rubenfeld insisted there's "one other avenue" Trump's attorneys could take in combating the conviction — to sue in federal court and "ask for an emergency, temporary restraining order."

Outlining what that effort would look like, Rubenfeld said: "In this federal action, Trump would sue District Attorney Bragg and other state actors and ask the judge, the federal judge, for an emergency temporary restraining order halting Judge Merchan from entering that judgment of guilt until the federal courts have had an opportunity to review and rule out the serious constitutional arguments that exist here."

Rubenfeld, expressing concern over how it's a "bad look for this country" to criminally target former presidents for "unclear" crimes, also outlined what he believed to be problems with the case surrounding Trump.

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"Going after, criminally, a former president of the United States and somebody who is running for president now, that's a very bad look for this country," he said. "It's an especially bad look when the folks bringing the case and the judge deciding it are members of the opposing political party. And it's an even worse look when the crime is so unclear that the state is hiding the ball about what the actual charges are right up through the trial and indeed into the trial."

'"Even now, we don't know exactly what the jury found Trump guilty of," Rubenfeld added.

Rubenfeld said those who criminally target members of opposing political parties, in this case Trump, the "poll-leading candidate," then they "better have the goods."

"You better not be pursuing some novel legal theory where you have to hide the ball [and] it's not even clear what the charges are," he said. "That could be a very dangerous precedent for this country. A very bad and dangerous precedent."

"That's why it's so important for a federal court to review the constitutionality of this prosecution and decide was it constitutional or was it not," he added. "The only way to achieve that before the election takes place is for the Trump team to file an action in federal court and ask the federal court to temporarily hold off the entry of the judgment of guilt until the federal courts, and maybe the Supreme Court itself, can, on an emergency basis, adjudicate the likelihood of success of these constitutional arguments."

If that doesn't happen, Rubenfeld said, then "that 'irreparable harm' danger that I mentioned before, well, that's where we are."

"But if it does happen, the nation could get a ruling from the federal courts, even the Supreme Court of the United States, before the election takes place," he said. "Maybe that's what the nation needs, and maybe that's what the law requires here."

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Last week, at his trial in Manhattan, Trump was found guilty by the jury on all 34 counts of falsifying business records related to the hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the lead up to the 2016 presidential election.

Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11 and could be sent to prison, just days before the Republican National Convention is slated to take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Giorgia Meloni gets personal as Italy votes in EU poll

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Emma Roberts granted restraining order against man who broke in, called actress from inside her home

A judge granted Emma Roberts a restraining order against a man the actress claimed broke into her home while she was out of town.

According to Roberts' application for protection, filed in Los Angeles May 14 and obtained by Fox News Digital, the man broke into her home and used a landline phone to call the "American Horror Story" star.

Roberts reportedly locked her home May 7 as she left the state of California for work. The man allegedly broke into her home between May 7 and May 8, the actress said in the filing.

"While still present in my residence, the Respondent used my landline to call my cellphone," the court documents state. "During the conversation, I realized the caller was a stranger and he confirmed he was still in my residence."

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Roberts specifically claimed she received a missed call from her landline and called back thinking it was a family member. The man, who Roberts did not know, answered and referred to her as "Emma." He allegedly told her she had given him permission to stay in her home.

The "Scream Queens" star denied knowing the man or giving him permission to be inside her home.

Law enforcement was "immediately contacted," but the 33-year-old man reportedly eluded arrest. Now he continues to send the actress "disturbing text messages," according to the filing.

"I am in sustained fear and am afraid to return to my own home," Roberts' court documents stated.

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The judge also granted protection for Roberts' son, Rhodes Robert Hedlund. The 3-year-old was included in the application for the restraining order after the alleged stalker "mentioned [Roberts'] child by his name."

Roberts said she's "concerned" about the man's "intentions."

Fox News Digital has reached out to Roberts' representative for additional comment.

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The man allegedly told Roberts he would return within two weeks.

According to Roberts' lawyer, the man "appears to be obsessed with stalking" the actress, who is concerned he might "potentially cause physical harm" to her and her child.

The judge granted Roberts five years of protection Wednesday. The man must stay 100 yards away from the actress and her son, including their home, work and school.

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Confident Putin warns Europe is ‘defenceless’

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Biden's old age concerns aren't going away soon, CNN reporter says: 'This isn't Benjamin Button here'

CNN reporter Jackie Kucinich said doubt around President Biden's mental sharpness will not go away after The Wall Street Journal reported that some lawmakers and other officials are concerned the chief executive has slowed down. 

"It's not going away," Kucinich said. "He's not going to age backwards."

"This isn't Benjamin Button here," she added, referencing the eponomyous 2008 movie character who ages in reverse. "This is Joe Biden."

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Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, one of the 45 people the Journal interviewed, provided his impression of Biden's mental ability. 

"I used to meet with him when he was vice president. I’d go to his house," he said. "He's not the same person."

Kucinich said it was clear Biden's advisers are concerned his age is an issue for his presidential campaign. She pointed to reports that the White House reached out to lawmakers to call the Journal back about their statements.

"You don't keep tabs on Democrats that The Wall Street Journal is interviewing and then have them circle back to highlight Biden's strength if … you don't think this is a vulnerability," Kucinich said. "All [the Biden campaign] can do is present him in as strong of a position as they can."

She also said the first debate between Biden and former President Trump, scheduled for June 27 on CNN, will be critical for convincing voters of Biden's mental fitness.

Biden, 81, is the oldest person to hold the presidency and has faced skepticism from voters and Republican lawmakers about his ability to do his job, especially as he battles Trump in the lead up to November. Many Republicans and even some Democrats, along with administration officials, said the president showed his age in private meetings, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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When meeting with congressional leaders in January to negotiate a deal to send additional funding to Ukraine, Biden spoke so softly at times that some people struggled to hear him, five people familiar with the meeting told The Wall Street Journal. He also relied on notes to make obvious points and paused and closed his eyes for extended periods.

The Biden campaign did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. 

Fox News' Landon Mion contributed to this report. 

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