Lorena O’Neil
@lorenaoneil.com
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NOLA freelancer reporting on repro health, politics, culture, tech Contributing writer at Rolling Stone & nonprofit newsroom @lailluminator.bsky.social Bylines: The GuardianUS, Elle, The LA Times, Marie Claire, Jezebel https://www.lorenaoneil.com
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"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."
In his ruling, Carro revealed that in addition to a letter to the FBI a letter from Luigi Mangione addressed to his family was allegedly found.
Luigi Mangione’s terrorism charges were dismissed today, with Judge Gregory Carro ruling the evidence as “legally insufficient.” Mangione will still face second-degree murder charges in New York. *Pre-trial hearings* will begin on Dec. 1 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Luigi Mangione Terrorism Charges Dropped, Murder Charges Upheld During New York State Hearing
Luigi Mangione appeared in New York State Court on Tuesday, where the terrorism charges against him were dropped.
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“While the defendant was clearly expressing an animus toward UHC, and the health care industry generally, it does not follow that his goal was to ‘intimidate and coerce a civilian population,’ and indeed, there was no evidence presented of such a goal.” -Judge Carro in his decision
Luigi Mangione’s New York State court hearings will begin on Dec. 1. My story for @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Judge Carro dismissed the terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione claiming the evidence was "legally insufficient for these charges." Murder in the second degree charges stand. Motion to dismiss due to double jeopardy ruled premature. LM's motion to stay denied. @rollingstone.com
I’m at Manhattan criminal courthouse today for the Luigi Mangione pre trial court appearance. Mangione's legal team is here, as well as 24 members of the public and about 70 members of the press.
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Axios @axios.com · Sep 4
The Justice Department's acting deputy chief was caught on a hidden camera saying that the government will "redact every Republican" from an Epstein client list and "leave all the liberal, Democratic people."
DOJ deputy chief: government will "redact every Republican" from Epstein client list
The deputy chief later said his comments were not based on what he's learned from his role at the DOJ.
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Before calling New Orleans "quite bad" and threatening to send the National Guard here, Trump once called it a "sexy city" and hyped up a Trump Tower NOLA (which never happened despite post-Katrina promises) @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Screenshot of Donald Trump in a masquerade mask to promote Trump Tower New Orleans with the caption "live it yourself"
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Trump to make an announcement from Oval tomorrow at 2 pm, as it now stands. rollcall.com/factbase/tru...

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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
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Also… please don’t miss the intro website Trump Tower New Orleans had. It featured Trump, Don Jr. and Ivanka in masquerade masks. Just in case you need a pick-me up today for whatever reason.
Also… please don’t miss the intro website Trump Tower New Orleans had. It featured Trump, Don Jr. and Ivanka in masquerade masks. Just in case you need a pick-me up today for whatever reason.
So honored my @pulitzercenter.org and @lailluminator.com fellowship on misoprostol and reproductive health in Louisiana won a Murrow award. Grateful to all of the doctors, nurses and patients who shared their stories with me
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Woman in line in front of me at the post office is not happy about the cost of shipping. She just whipped out her phone, asked ChatGPT how much it thinks the shipping should cost, and is trying to get the mailman to honor that price.
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ACLU @aclu.org · Jun 20
BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional.

We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
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🧪NIH staff have released the Bethesda Declaration, a public statement signed by over 340 scientists and staff, urging their director to depoliticize the agency and reverse significant cuts and freezes to external grants. It comes in response to a proposed 40% budget cut to NIH for 2026. #MedSky
NIH staff and biomedical community sound alarm about agency politicization, funding slowdown
In test of NIH director’s support of dissent, NIH staff sign Bethesda Declaration urging reversal of grant cuts and freezes
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misoprostol before an IUD insertion seems like a good idea. the most painful part of insertion is typically the tenaculum holding your cervix. Misoprostol softens and opens your cervix.
One mother who miscarried said: "I was denied misoprostol, essentially leaving me with my dead baby inside of me even longer because the pharmacist said he couldn’t give it to me. It was more horrific than it needed to be.”
In another instance, a pharmacist refused to fill a prescription for misoprostol ahead of an IUD insertion, telling the patient “he thought she was going to use it for an abortion,” wrote the doctor. 

There were also multiple accounts of misoprostol being prescribed for miscarriages, but pharmacists delayed filling prescriptions until they spoke to the doctor on the phone. In one instance, the mother who miscarried filed a complaint with the city health department. 

“I was denied misoprostol, essentially leaving me with my dead baby inside of me even longer because the pharmacist said he couldn’t give it to me,” the mother wrote. “It was more horrific than it needed to be.”