9/2: Ida slams the Northeast with historic rain, flash flooding and tornadoes. SCOTUS votes not to block a new TX abortion law.

Ida is currently over New England after cutting a destructive path, affecting at least 57 million people. President Biden is expected to visit Louisiana tomorrow to survey Ida's catastrophic impact there. Firefighters in California braved severe weather conditions overnight to protect the resort town of South Lake Tahoe from the massive Caldor Fire. In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court refused to block a new Texas law that is the most restrictive abortion law in the country. A federal judge has conditionally approved a plan for Purdue Pharma to dissolve, and to settle its lawsuits over its role in America's opioid crisis.

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