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A DePaul University student carries a bag of contraceptive supplies at Oz Park in Chicago on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Heidi Zeiger)

At Catholic colleges, student activists go underground to boost access to contraception

September 29, 2025

At DePaul University, a Catholic school in Chicago, students have created a covert contraceptive delivery network called “the womb service.” The group has continued after the university banned their Planned Parenthood Generation Action chapter. Many Catholic universities restrict contraceptive access, citing religious values. Student activists who have stepped in to provide contraception argue they fill gaps in reproductive health care. DePaul prohibits the distribution of any kind of birth control on its campus and says it reserves the right to restrict the distribution of health supplies it “deems to be inappropriate from the perspective of the institution’s mission and values.”

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Immigration agent who shot man in Chicago-area traffic stop says injuries were ‘nothing major’

September 23, 2025

A federal immigration agent called his injuries “nothing major” in police body camera footage released Tuesday, showing the moments after the agent shot and killed a Mexican immigrant during a traffic stop this month. Immigration officials had previously said the agent was “seriously injured” by being dragged behind a car. The local police footage was released as Chicago-area advocates and officials including Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker have called for more transparency and accountability in the case, which escalated tensions in the country’s third-largest city amid a federal immigration crackdown.

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FILE - President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order relating to clemency for anti-abortion protesters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

What to know about how Trump’s judicial picks could reshape abortion rights for decades

August 10, 2025

A review by The Associated Press shows that several of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the federal courts have revealed anti-abortion views, been associated with anti-abortion groups or defended abortion restrictions. Some have helped defend their state’s abortion restrictions in court and some have been involved in cases with national impact, including on access to medication abortion. Legal experts and abortion rights advocates warn of a remaking of the federal courts in a way that could pose enduring threats to abortion access nationwide.

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FILE - Protesters hold competing signs outside Manhattan federal court during an abortion-rights demonstration in New York, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)

Trump has said abortion is a state issue. His judicial picks could shape it nationally for decades

August 10, 2025

Many of President Donald Trump’s picks to be federal judges have revealed anti-abortion views, been associated with anti-abortion groups or defended abortion restrictions. With Senate confirmation, they’d have lifetime appointments and be in position to roll back abortion access long after the Republican president leaves the White House. Of the 17 judicial nominees so far in Trump’s second term, an Associated Press review finds at least eight have argued in favor of abortion restrictions or against expanded abortion access. No such records could be found for the other nine, nor did the AP review find evidence that any nominees support increased access to abortion.

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FILE - This frame grab from video, provided by the Mexican government, shows Ovidio Guzman Lopez being detained in Culiacan, Mexico, Oct. 17, 2019. (CEPROPIE via AP File)

Son of ‘El Chapo’ expected to plead guilty in drug trafficking case in rescheduled hearing

July 10, 2025

A son of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is expected to plead guilty in a U.S. drug trafficking case. Court records show Ovidio Guzman Lopez plans to change his not guilty plea during a Friday hearing. Guzman Lopez was arrested in early 2023 and extradited to the U.S. He faces charges of drug trafficking, money laundering and firearms offenses. Prosecutors say he and his brother led a Sinaloa cartel faction responsible for large-scale fentanyl trafficking into the U.S. If finalized, the plea deal would make him the first of El Chapo’s sons to reach such an agreement with federal prosecutors.

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Los Angeles County Sheriffs arrest a demonstrator during a protest Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

What to know about debate over protesters and ICE agents wearing masks amid immigration crackdowns

June 23, 2025

People fearful of being arrested for wearing masks while protesting immigration raids in Los Angeles and other cities have voiced anger over Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents covering their faces. The protesters and First Amendment advocates say it’s a double standard. A senior legal adviser with the International Center for Not-For-Profit Law says at least 18 states and Washington, D.C., have laws that restrict face coverings. The center says since October 2023 at least 16 bills have been introduced in eight states and Congress to restrict masks at protests. Democratic lawmakers in California have introduced legislation aiming to stop federal agents from wearing face masks. Republican federal officials maintain masks protect agents from doxing.

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FILE - Protesters confront police on the 101 Freeway near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

How covering your face became a constitutional matter: Mask debate tests free speech rights

June 23, 2025

President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have repeatedly called for masks at protests to be banned and for protesters wearing masks to be arrested. Meanwhile, legal experts and First Amendment advocates are warning of a rising number of laws banning masks being wielded against protesters and their impacts on people’s rights to protest and privacy amid mounting surveillance. Images of protesters wearing masks alongside footage of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents covering their faces have sparked anger among protesters claiming there’s a double standard. One legal scholar says the rationale for the officers wearing masks should apply to the protesters.

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