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An NPR/PBS News/Marist poll shows Trump's approval rating when it comes to the economy is lower than it's ever been — just 39%. How are voters feeling about other aspects of his leadership?

NPR's Vicky Que reports that the Food and Drug Administration today moved closer to approving the controversial drug RU 486, the so-called "French abortion pill." The FDA told the Population Council of New York that the agency would approve the drug as an alternative to surgical abortions if the non-profit group adequately addressed questions about the labeling and manufacturing of the drug. RU 486 has been strongly opposed by anti-abortion groups.

The leaking well near Porter Ranch, Calif., has been spewing methane gas into the air for months now. The company already faces civil suits; now, prosecutors are filing misdemeanor criminal charges.

Nearly all of the fatalities were caused by a single gunshot wound, though six died from multiple wounds. The deaths were all ruled homicides.

The storm is expected to hit Florida before crossing overland toward the Carolinas. If it follows predictions, it will be the first hurricane in 11 years to make landfall in Florida.

Polygamist Warren Jeffs is in jail in Utah awaiting a hearing on charges that he arranged plural marriages of underage girls to much older men. Jeffs is confined in a county jail at Purgatory Flats.

NPR's history podcast Throughline examines the evolution of the modern white power movement, starting at the end of the Vietnam War.

The European Union has enshrined a ‘Right to be Forgotten’ principal in law with the underlying assumption that many chapters of a person’s life do not remain relevant or important for the public to know and that undue harm can come to a person’s life or reputation if digital records persist long after they lose public relevance. WGLT recognizes this as a general truth.

After mass protests, Ukraine's government enacts a law restoring independence to anti-corruption watchdogs, quelling what threatened to turn into a domestic political crisis for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.