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Kansas votes to keep abortion: The state of Kansas voted ‘No’ on Tuesday to the “Value them both” legislation, that would have given the Republican-controlled state the ability to add more restrictions or implement ban of abortion. In Kansas, 62% voted “No” on the referendum. For context, President Trump won Kansas by 15 percentage points in 2020. More than 900,000 people cast ballots, or about ⅓ of the state’s population.

More: As it stands today, 10 states in the U.S. have abortion rights wriwtten in their constitutions: Arizona, Alaska, Montana, Minnesota, Kansas, New Mexico, New Jersey, California, Massachusetts, and Florida.

Al-Qaeda leader killed: Two U.S. drone strike killed Al Quada’s leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, on Sunday, July 31. The terrorist leader was instrumental in planning the 9/11 attacks with Osama Bin Ladin, and assumed leadership of the group in 2011 after Bin Ladin was assasinated. al-Zawahi…