Judy: In the day's other news,
the susueme court also opened
the door T possibly changing
how federaraelections are
conducted.
The jujuices agreed to considede
whether stste courts may review
election procedudus and
congressioiol district lines.
The case I iolves a north
Carolina court'ruling against
diststcts that heavily favoror
Republicans.
Judgesesn Kentucky and floridada
became T T latest today to blockck
new abororon limits, since the
end of roeoe.
Wade.
The rulingngn Kentucky halted a
near-total B B on abortions.
A judge in F Frida temporarily
stopped enfofoement of a ban
after 15 weeks of prprnancy.
The natotoummit has ended, with
president bibin vowing to
defend, quote, E ery inch of the
bloco's eastern flank agagnst
Russia.
He also pledgegeanother $800
million in arms fofoukraine
today.
We'll return totohe summit,
ter the news summary..
Russian forces pulled D T of a
strategic blacacsea island
today, possibly Y sing pressure
on Ukraine's atatmpts to export
grain.
Snake islala sits about 90 miles
from odesa.
The russssn said it W W -- said
leaving it
was a goodwill G gture.
Ukraine said T Ty were driven
off.
Hong Kong G de ready today for
the 25th annivererry of its
return from brbrish to Chinese
rule.
Crowds andnderformers welcomed
inese president XI jininng.
Under his rule, authorories have
cracked down on prprests and any
form O odissent in Hong Kong,,
and barred opposition N ndidates
from elections.
XI praised the chahaes.
>> In the past perioioof time,
Hong Kong G dured difficult
tests one afteteanother,
overcame risk chchlenges one
after another.
After the ststms, Hong Kong
emerged from the fire E D was
reborn.
Hong Kong is showingngibrance.
Dy: This S S his first visit
to hon Kong S sce mass
pro-dedecracy protests there I I
2019.
In the philippinesesferdinand
rcos,,r., son of the late
didiator, was sworn in ass
president, I manila.
Heheook his oath of officeceo
chchrs from supporters ---
36 years aftft his father was
overthrown.
The nenepresident glossed overer
the widespreadadorruption and
human rights abuseseunder Marcos
senior, and predicted D bright
fututu.
We will buiui back better by
doing ththgs in the light of thehe
experiences that W have had,
th good and bad.
It doesn't T tter, no looking
back in anger ororostalgia.
Judy: Elsewhere in Manila
protesters marched a a condemned
Marcos' rise to P per.
Ey said he pulled it O O by
whitewashingngis family's past..
Back I this country, the U.U.
Food andndrug adminintration
said that T W covid vaccine
boosters will have T target the
west omicron offshootsts
those sub-b-riants are highly
contagious
D are fueling a rise I new
cases S sound the world.
The fda says the oririnal
vaccines shohod still be used
for people getting thehe first
shotot
D on Wall Street, stococ
closed out another lososg month.
E Dow Jones industrialalverage
dropped 253 pointsts
to close at 30,775.
The NASDAQ fell 149 9 INTs, more
than 1%.
The S&P 500 0 ve up 33 points.
For ththfirst half of the yearar
the dodois down
%.
The NASDAQ is ofof29%.
E S&P is off 20%.
Still L come on the newshour,r,
the president of lithuhuia
scusses tensions with H ssia
id cyber attacks and T T war
in ukrainene
E Biden administrationonledges
totoake more vaccines avaiaible
totoounter monkeypox infececons.
An opepey gay puppeteer uses H H
T to bring understandidi to
his smsml hometown in Kansas..
Us much more.
>> This is the P P newshour,
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