Nation

Court blocks mailing of abortion pill

A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone prescriptions.

Friday’s unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is requiring that the abortion pill be distributed only in person and at clinics, overruling regulations set by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

Texas

Pickleball players die in plane crash

AUSTIN — A small plane carrying pickleball players crashed among trees in Texas Hill Country, killing all five people aboard, authorities said Friday.

The crash happened about 11 p.m. Thursday in Wimberley, a city about 40 miles southwest of Austin, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

World

Lebanon

Israel strikes kill 10 as Hezbollah wounds 2

TYRE — Israel carried out several airstrikes Friday on southern Lebanon that killed at least 10 people, while the militant Hezbollah group said it fired rockets and drones at northern Israel where two soldiers were wounded.

Israel’s military and Hezbollah kept up their attacks despite a ceasefire in place since April 17.

Mali

Rebels claim to capture key military camp

BAMAKO — Separatist rebels in Mali said Friday they captured a strategic military camp in the northern town of Tessalit after the withdrawal of the army and their Russian allies, as the militants launch their biggest round of attacks in over a decade.

The claim by the Azawad Liberation Front separatist group was the latest setback for Mali’s ruling junta, which lost control of the major city of Kidal earlier in the week as part of attacks that killed Malian Defense Minister Sadio Camara.