Supreme Court allows Idaho abortion ban to be enacted, first such ruling since Dobbs Idaho’s “Defense of Life Act” would would make it a crime for “every person who performs or attempts to perform an abortion,” even when the woman’s health is greatly endangered. Read more on NPR

Supreme Court takes up Colorado’s decision to kick Trump off its primary ballot The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a dispute about whether Donald Trump should be disqualified from the ballot after the Capitol riot three years ago. Read more on NPR

Heavy snow and ice are expected to frost the East Coast, from Virginia to Maine States across the East Coast, including North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Vermont, are expected to see wintry conditions that could lead to power outages and slippery roads. Read more on NPR

Azerbaijan names a former oil executive to lead 2024 climate talks Mukhtar Babayev, has been named to lead the United Nations’ annual climate talks later this year, prompting concern from some climate activists over his former ties to the state oil company. Read more on NPR

Longtime NRA leader Wayne LaPierre steps down LaPierre leaves as he and other former NRA officials stand accused of misappropriating funds from the nonprofit to bankroll opulent lifestyles. LaPierre has denied those allegations. Read more on NPR

North and South Korea conduct provocative military drills along their sea boundary The rival Koreas fired artillery rounds into the sea as part of provocative drills along their disputed sea boundary Friday, in violation of the fragile 2018 inter-Korean agreement. Read more on NPR

China promises pandas for the U.S. on the 45th anniversary of the two nations’ ties Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the United States and China must insist on peaceful coexistence and promised that giant pandas would return to the U.S. — specifically California — by year end. Read more on NPR

David Soul, of TV’s ‘Starsky and Hutch,’ dies at 80 Soul was a 1970s heartthrob who co-starred as the blond half of the crime-fighting duo “Starsky & Hutch” and topped the music charts with the ballad “Don’t Give Up on Us.” Read more on NPR

FDA approves Florida’s plan to import cheaper drugs from Canada The Food and Drug Administration’s authorization of Florida’s plan to import prescription medicines from Canada is a first. But the state still has hurdles to clear before imports could begin. Read more on NPR