Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Lawsuits have been filed in West Virginia and North Carolina challenging the states' restrictions on the use of abortion pills.

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022.

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Judges in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans Wednesday heard arguments in the case against the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone, the drug commonly used for abortions and miscarriages.

A state judge has cleared the way for nearly 200 United Methodist Churches in North Georgia to vote on whether or not to leave the denomination.

Every summer the Georgia Department of Natural resources asks everyday people to count bats on summer evenings. 

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