News of the day from across the nation, Sept. 1
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Antiabortion law: A federal judge has blocked Texas from enforcing new antiabortion measures that the Republican-controlled Legislature passed in response to the U.S. Supreme Court striking down the state’s far more sweeping law. The temporary injunction issued Thursday by Austin-based U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel stops Texas from banning a common second-trimester abortion procedure. Similar bans have also been halted in Alabama, Kansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. The Texas version was set to take effect Friday.