Latest News: Trump Admin Moves to Enforce Abortion Restriction

Catch all the latest news updates of the day here.(At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. Because the truth is worth it.)Three people were killed Thursday when a small aircraft crashed into the backyard of a home in a residential neighbourhood near Philadelphia, US police said.The single-engine propeller plane came down shortly after 6:00 am in Upper Moreland, Pennsylvania, around 20 miles from Philadelphia, according to local police.They said in a statement that they received a call from a resident "reporting a plane crash in their backyard." "The police department was able to determine that the plane had three passengers, all of whom were deceased," the Upper Moreland force said.(Source: AFP)The Samjhauta Express which was stopped at the Wagah border by Pakistani authorities on Thursday reached Delhi station at 8 am on Friday, four-and-a-half hours behind schedule, the railways said.The train that runs between Indian and Pakistan came with 117 passengers, including 48 Pakistanis, it said.On Thursday, these passengers were stranded at Wagah on the Pakistani side after it was stopped there by the neighbouring country's authorities citing security concerns.The Indian railways had sent one engine along with crew and guard to escort the train from Wagah to Attari on the Indian side.(Source: PTI)Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a state visit to Bhutan on 17-18 August.(Source: ANI)South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday appointed a new ambassador to the US who has described Donald Trump as "treacherous", only a month after Britain's envoy to Washington had to step down over his criticisms of the US president.In the early 2000s, Lee Soo-hyuck, a career diplomat before becoming a ruling party lawmaker, was Seoul's chief negotiator in the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme.Now he will be responsible for guiding the relationship between Seoul and Washington, who have not always seen eye-to-eye over the nuclear-armed North or their own ties.(Source: AFP)US President Donald Trump has announced that his respected Deputy Director of National Intelligence was resigning, the latest chapter in a broad reshuffle at the top of the country's spy agencies.Sue Gordon spent a quarter-century in the CIA before becoming second-in-command to outgoing Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and was in line to serve as acting director.(Source: AFP)The Supreme Court order upholds the financial creditor's tag to home buyers. SC said that Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act has to be read harmoniously with Consumer Protection Act & Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. IBC will prevail in case of any conflict.(Source: ANI)BJP President and Home Minister Amit Shah appoints Union Minister Prakash Javadekar as election In-charge, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai as election co-Incharge, for the upcoming Delhi Assembly Elections.Narendra Singh Tomar has been appointed as election In-charge for Haryana. Uttar Pradesh Minister Bhupendra Singh has been appointed Election co-Incharge for the polls.(Source: ANI)Bhubaneswar Kalita, senior Congress leader who resigned from Rajya Sabha and quit the party likely to join the BJP today.Fire broke out in a room on the third floor at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital in Delhi after a short circuit in an air conditioner. Five fire tenders had rushed to the spot. The fire under control now.(Source: ANI)Bombay High Court grants bail to the three accused doctors Bhakti Mehre, Hema Ahuja and Ankita Khandelwal. The three will have to submit a surety of Rs 2 Lakh and appear before crime branch every alternate day. They will not be allowed to go inside Nair Hospital.The BCCI will now come under the ambit of NADA (National Anti-Doping Agency). Sports Secretary RS Julaniya says “BCCI does not have discretion to say no. All are same, everyone has to follow the same rules.”(Source: ANI)A minor fire broke out on the third floor of the LNJP hospital. Fire department officials said the fire broke out due to a short circuit in the air conditioner.(Source: PTI)Thousands of pro-democracy activists chanted for reform on Friday as they staged a sit-in at Hong Kong airport, hoping to win international support for their movement after two months of protests. "No rioters, only tyranny," the demonstrators chanted.(Source: PTI)The British economy shrank in the second quarter of the year for the first time in six and a half years largely because Brexit uncertainties weighed heavily on business investment, official figures showed.(Source: PTI)Ahmed Patel, KC Venugopal, and A K Anthony met Sonia Gandhi at her residence.(Source: ANI)Former parliamentarian G Vivekananda, who recently quit the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), joined the BJP on Friday in the presence of party general secretary Arun Singh.(Source: PTI)Japan's former empress Michiko has been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and will soon undergo surgery, according to the Imperial Household Agency (IHA).(Source: PTI)A group of 20 female bikers will lead a convoy of over 200 super bikes this Independence Day to create road safety awareness.(Source: PTI)A Mumbai-based delivery boy was arrested for allegedly sending threat mails to senior political party leaders, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.(Source: PTI)The parole plea of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is lodged in a Rohtak jail for raping his two disciples, is rejected.(Source: PTI)A Delhi court Friday extended the interim protection from arrest granted to former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in Aircel-Maxis cases filed by the CBI and the ED.(Source: PTI)Industrial production growth dropped to 2 per cent in June, mainly on account of poor show by mining and manufacturing sectors, according to official data.(Source: PTI)The government has received more than 16,000 nominations for the prestigious Padma Awards to be given next year .(Source: PTI)The former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been admitted to AIIMS.(Source: CNBC-TV18)An Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 hit Nepal-India border region at 6:10 PM.(Source: ANI)1 person dead, 1 injured and three others were rescued from the building collapse site at Masjid Bunder, Mumbai.(Source: ANI)NDTV founders Radhika and Prannoy Roy were prevented from leaving the country; they were scheduled to spend a week abroad and their return was booked for the 15 August.(Source: NDTV)A Delhi court Friday issued non-bailable warrants (NBW) against businessman Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, in connection with a money laundering case related to the AgustaWestland chopper scam.(Source: PTI)The Uttar Pradesh government said it has entered the Guinness World Records for distributing 66,000 plants simultaneously in a stipulated time frame on the 77th anniversary of the Quit India Movement.(Source: PTI)Indian Coast Guard vessel Sangram has been diverted to render assistance to a Singapore flag vessel MV APL LE HARVE which has reported a fire on-board. The vessel with 26 people on-board is about 40 nautical miles south-west of Porbandar Coast, Gujarat.(Source: ANI)A 3-storey apartment building in Gujarat’s Pragatinagar, Nadiad, Kheda district has collapsed. Several feared trapped, rescue operation underway.More details awaited.(Source: ANI)Moving ahead despite objections, the Trump administration has set a timetable for federally funded family clinics to comply with a new rule that bars them from referring women for abortions.The action is part of a series of efforts to remake government policy on reproductive health to please conservatives who are a key part of President Donald Trump's political base.(Source: AP)]The El Paso shooting suspect confessed after surrendering and said he had been targeting Mexicans.(Source: AP)North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into the sea of eastern coast, South Korea’s news agency Yonhap said.(Source: AFP)

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Latest News: Trump Admin Moves to Enforce Abortion Restriction

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Trump Administration Moves to Enforce Abortion Restriction

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