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[3] I'm Daily Wire, editor -in -chief John Bickley with Georgia Hal.
[4] It's Tuesday, April 9th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[5] The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 160 -year -old law that heavily restricts abortions in most cases, with the only exception being a threat to the life of the mother.
[6] The law officially takes effect in two weeks.
[7] Existing law allows abortions up to 15 weeks.
[8] Planned Parenthood says they will continue to provide abortions up to 15 weeks, as allowed by the Arizona courts, but will have to wind them down in the coming months.
[9] Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is putting to bed arguments that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
[10] Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has more.
[11] During a Senate Armed Services Committee budget hearing, Austin was asked whether Israel was committing genocide.
[12] Here's what he said.
[13] Senator Cotton, we don't have any evidence of genocide being created.
[14] So that's a no. Israel's not committing genocide in Gaza.
[15] We don't have evidence of that, to my knowledge.
[16] Austin's comments come as the Biden administration has faced mounting pressure from progressives over U .S. support for Israel.
[17] During the hearing, Austin stopped short of calling Hamas' October 7 attacks against Israel a genocide.
[18] He called it a horrific terrorist attack and said it cross the line of being a war crime.
[19] Meanwhile, Democratic committee member Elizabeth Warren warned that Israel, Israel's actions in the conflict could still be declared a genocide by international officials.
[20] Regarding aid in the region, Austin said the U .S. will start work on a pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza later this month.
[21] A Louisiana bill that allows law enforcement in the state to arrest and jail people who enter the U .S. illegally is one step closer to becoming law.
[22] The law, which resembles a similar bill in Texas, was passed by the state senate today and now heads to the statehouse.
[23] Louisiana joins a growing list of legislatures seeking to expand states.
[24] authority over border enforcement.
[25] Opponents argue the bill is unconstitutional, while proponents of the bill accused the federal government of neglecting its immigration law enforcement responsibilities.
[26] Under Louisiana's bill, anyone who violates the proposed law would face up to a year in prison and a $4 ,000 fine for the first offense and up to two years in prison and a $10 ,000 fine for a second offense.
[27] A last -ditch effort made by Donald Trump's legal team to delay his hush money trial has been rejected by a New York judge.
[28] The decision clears the way for jury selection to begin next week.
[29] Trump's legal team wanted the trial to be delayed until an appellate court could hear arguments on lifting or modifying a gag order that currently bans him from talking about individuals connected to the trial.
[30] Lawyers representing Trump argue that the order is unconstitutional and limits the former president's free speech rights.
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[35] The FBI has arrested an 18 -year -old in Idaho after uncovering his plot to attack churches on behalf of ISIS.
[36] According to the Justice Department, Alexander Mercurio faces federal charges for attempting to provide support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization after devising a plot to incapacitate his father and steal his firearm.
[37] The DOJ says Mercurio planned to use.
[38] the firearm in an attack on churches in the city of Cordillane, Idaho.
[39] Mercurio now faces up 20 years in federal prison if convicted of the federal charge.
[40] The parents of a Michigan school shooter were sentenced to at least 10 years in prison today for their failure to prevent the attack that killed four students.
[41] Daily Wire reporter Amanda Presta Giacomo has the latest.
[42] The historic ruling makes Jennifer and James Crumbly the first parents convicted of involuntary manslaughter in a U .S. mass shooting.
[43] The two were found guilty after prosecutors presented evidence of an unsecure gun at home and neglect toward the teen's mental health.
[44] During today's hearing, parents of the victims were able to address the crumblies.
[45] Here's the mother of Madison Baldwin, who was killed in the attack.
[46] When you knew the gun was missing, you called the police, knowing it was your son who took it.
[47] I was having family call every hospital describing what she looked like.
[48] When you texted, don't do it.
[49] I was texting Madison.
[50] I love you.
[51] Please call home.
[52] The Crumblies also delivered prepared statements before the court.
[53] To drag me weight, this is taken on my heart and soul cannot be expressed into words.
[54] Just as I know, there's nothing I can say that's going to ease the pain and suffering of the victims and their families.
[55] Please know that I am truly very sorry.
[56] I am sorry for your loss as a result of what my son did, I cannot express how much I wish that I had known what was going on with him.
[57] Before the shooting, their son, who will not be named per company policy, drew troubling images of a gun and wounded man on a math worksheet, which was accompanied by despondent phrases.
[58] Oxford High School did not require him to leave that day, but did meet with his parents to address the issue.
[59] Later that same day, their 15 -year -old son pulled a handgun from his backpack and began shooting.
[60] More than a year after the fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Norfolk Southern has agreed to a $600 million settlement in a class action lawsuit.
[61] During the derailment, more than three dozen cars went off the tracks, including several cars containing hazardous chemicals which caught fire.
[62] Three days later, officials set fire to an additional five cars containing vinyl chloride in an attempt to thwart an explosion.
[63] The fire sent massive plumes of black smoke in the air causing health concerns for residents.
[64] If approved, the settlement will resolve all class action claims within a 20 -mile radius of the derailment and personal injury claims within a 10 -mile radius.
[65] And?
[66] It is a Yukon Coronation.
[67] The Huskies make history.
[68] Back -to -back, national champions.
[69] Yukon beats Purdue becoming the first team since two.
[70] 2007 to win back -to -back men's basketball championships.
[71] The Huskies won by a score of 75 to 60 due to their strong defense.
[72] Yukon limited the country's second -best three -point shooting team to a mere seven shots.
[73] Those are your drive -home updates this afternoon.
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