Thursday morning top stories: Man arrested after climbing cell tower

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - On Daybreak Today,

No ruling yet in abortion medication lawsuit

• An Amarillo federal judge heard the first arguments in a lawsuit aiming to ban an abortion medication
• The plaintiffs claim the FDA did not properly vet the medication when it was approved more than 20 years ago
• Read more here: Long-used abortion pill in US under threat in Texas lawsuit

Man arrested after climbing cell tower

• 49-year-old Chad Coffey is in jail after climbing a cell tower in Central Lubbock and prompting a shelter in place warning
• It took SWAT nearly an hour to convince him to come down
• Here’s what we know: Lubbock police identify man who climbed cell tower in medical district

Texas Rent Relief applications close today

• Applications for the Texas Rent Relief program are due today at noon
• The state bumped up the deadline after getting about 70,000 applications once the portal was opened — the highest one-day number recorded
• Apply here: https://texasrentrelief.com/

Source: Russia OK’d downing of U.S. drone

• U.S. Intelligence sources say the Kremlin approved the actions that damaged a U.S. drone
• On Tuesday, a Russian jet hit the propeller of a drone in the black sea, causing it to go down
• Details here: US releases video of Russian jet dumping fuel on its drone

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