CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is some background information about affirmative action as well as a few notable court cases. Affirmative action policies focus on improving opportunities for groups of people, like women and minorities, who have been historically excluded in United States’ society. The initial emphasis was on education and employment. President John
Continue Reading By Josh Haskell Click here for updates on this story HERMOSA BEACH, California (KABC) — Hermosa Beach police are looking for a man who threw a lit firework into a crowd at a silent disco event marking Pride Month, injuring multiple people. The incident happened around 9:45 p.m. on June 17. Video shows the man
Continue Reading By CBS PITTSBURGH Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Picklesburgh expanding its footprint means there’s more room for not just one iconic pickle balloon but two. Picklesburgh is breaking out the three-story-tall inflatable Heinz pickle ornament to go along with the Cultural District’s Xmas in July celebration. The pickle-themed festival is
Continue Reading By CBS NEWS PHILADELPHIA STAFF Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Philadelphia police are looking for three suspects in connection to Saturday’s shooting of a 5-year-old boy and his 71-year-old grandfather outside a busy gas station in Southwest Philadelphia. More than 50 yellow evidence markers littered the street near 61st and
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While fireworks are now legal to use and sell in Idaho until July 5, you may need to think twice about your neighbors before you buy or set off any large explosions.
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By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — He caused shockwaves around the world when he was filmed apparently carving his name into a wall of Rome’s 2,000-year-old Colosseum – and grinning when he realized he was caught on camera. Now, he’s likely to be in shock himself. The visitor who this week allegedly scratched “Ivan+Hayley 23”
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Washington (CNN) — The special counsel’s office is continuing to investigate around Donald Trump’s handling of documents after his presidency ended, multiple sources tell CNN. That includes continued grand jury activity in Florida and inquiries of witnesses, though it is not yet clear what aspects of the
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are requesting voluntary testimony from nearly a dozen Justice Department officials involved in the investigation of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter. The request in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland comes as GOP lawmakers widen their scrutiny of what they claim is improper interference
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence has made a surprise visit to Ukraine, meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and touring the war-torn country as it fights Russian aggression. Pence spent roughly 12 hours in the country on Thursday, with stops in Moshchun, Bucha and Irpin. He
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died. Her niece, the Rev. Bernice King, tweeted that her “beloved aunt” died Thursday. She was 95. For decades after her brother’s assassination in 1968, Farris worked along with his widow, Coretta Scott King, to preserve and
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bed & Bath & Beyond will live on, online at least, after Overstock.com acquired the bankrupt retail chain’s intellectual property assets for $21.5 million. The online retailer Overstock.com is dumping its name online and will become Bed & Bath & Beyond, which declared bankruptcy earlier
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Kouri Richins, the Utah widow accused of killing her husband with a fentanyl overdose and then writing a children’s book about grief, is being sued by her late husband’s estate, new court filings show. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Eric Richins’ living trust and estate on Tuesday,
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By Deidre McPhillips and Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration recently declared fentanyl laced with xylazine – an animal sedative commonly known as “tranq” – to be an emerging threat facing the United States, and a new analysis of toxicology reports illustrates its sharp rise. In June 2022, xylazine was present in nearly 11% of
Continue Reading By WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Two people are facing felony charges, after an Indiana State Police trooper was killed when he was hit by a stolen vehicle suspected car thief ran over an Indiana State Trooper just west of Indianapolis. Around 8:40 p.m. Wednesday, Trooper Aaron Smith
Continue Reading By JAMAICA PONDER Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A picture’s worth a thousand words, so one local photographer decided to make a whole film. Lawrence Agyei spent a whole summer with the South Shore Drill Team to tell their post-COVID comeback story. “I used to see them perform every summer
Continue Reading By WBZ-NEWS STAFF Click here for updates on this story NEWTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A Newton boy has the honor of representing Boston in LEGO’s Mini Master Model Builder competition this summer. Kellan Rietdyk loves creating funny buildings, monuments and full-scale cities out of LEGO bricks. He’s already decided he wants to be an engineer
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By Jill Martin, David Close and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Inter Miami chief soccer officer and sporting director Chris Henderson said that “terms are agreed” between the club and Argentinian forward Lionel Messi. Earlier this month, in an interview posted by Spanish outlets SPORT and Mundo Deportivo, Messi announced his decision to leave Paris Saint-Germain
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A woman convicted of throwing a Molotov cocktail into a Southern California bank after becoming angry over the wait for a teller was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday, federal officials said. Teranee Millet, 35, threw the firebomb into a bank in Torrance following a dispute with
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Frustrated by an “appalling counterproposal” earlier this week, the head of the union representing 340,000 UPS workers said a strike is imminent and gave the shipping giant a Friday deadline to improve its offer. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters walked away from negotiations Wednesday, demanding that UPS give its
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Style and substance rarely intersect in fashion. In fact, some of the most stylish garments in public memory were woefully impractical. The emerald Versace jungle print dress that Jennifer Lopez wore to the 2000 Grammy awards? It may have been the inspiration for Google Image Search, but it had
Continue Reading By KCAL-NEWS STAFF Click here for updates on this story MOORPARK, California (KCAL) — Crews worked through the night and continued Thursday morning to clear a derailed Amtrak train after its collision with a truck in Moorpark the day before. The passenger train crashed into an irrigation truck while pulling seven cars on Wednesday, causing
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — For a decade now, the world has had highly effective medications for hepatitis C infections. In the United States, they’ve mostly been sitting on the shelf, according to a new study. These drugs, called direct-acting antivirals because they block proteins the virus needs to copy itself, have been hailed as
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — “Qué linda sorpresa que haya sido elegido Martino”, aseguró en 2013 Lionel Messi cuando supo que el Tata sería su nuevo entrenador en el FC Barcelona. Diez años después, jugador y técnico están otra vez juntos, embarcados en un nuevo desafío: volverán a compartir vestuario en el Inter de
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Madonna, musician and actress. Personal Birth date: August 16, 1958 Birth place: Bay City, Michigan Birth name: Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone Father: Silvio Ciccone, engineer Mother: Madonna (Fortin) Ciccone Marriages: Guy Ritchie (December 22, 2000-November 21, 2008, divorced); Sean Penn (August 16,
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — Traffickers in a migrant smuggling cell that authorities busted in a cross-national investigation administered sleeping pills to children to prevent them from making noise as they were carried at night across the Croatian-Slovenian border. Police in the northeastern Italian city of Trieste have identified 26 suspects in the cell, all Albanian and
Continue Reading By WCCO STAFF Click here for updates on this story DULUTH, Minnesota (WCCO) — One tiny home in Duluth has a not-so-tiny price tag. Tiny homes are usually a lower-cost option in the housing market. But a one-bedroom, one-bathroom home is listed at a shocking $195,000. Outside there is a patio and a grill. Inside
Continue Reading By REGINA GARCIA CANO and MATÍAS DELACROIX Associated Press CHUAO, Venezuela (AP) — Dozens of people hop onto boats every day along Venezuela’s vast Caribbean coast to go fishing on 12-hour shifts. Their tanned bodies have scars or are missing fingers after years of fishing. Most of them are men, but in the coastal communities
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The risk of getting sick from E-coli, salmonella, listeria and other foodborne germs rose to pre-pandemic levels in 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday. “Progress in reducing (intestinal) infection incidence was not observed during 2022, as influences of the COVID-19 pandemic subsided,” the CDC
Continue Reading By ADRIAN SAINZ, MICHAEL GOLDBERG and JIM SALTER Associated Press As dangerous heat and humidity smothered parts of the South and Midwest on Thursday, local governments and charities worked to protect poor and elderly residents by opening cooling stations and delivering donated air conditioners. In Florida, where heat index levels of up to 112 degrees
Continue Reading By WCCO STAFF Click here for updates on this story ROCHESTER, Minnesota (WCCO) — A woman’s body was found in a vehicle submerged in a retention pond Wednesday afternoon in Rochester. Police say the discovery was made on the 4000 block of 19th Street Northwest, and it appeared that the vehicle had been in the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Taika Waititi’s soccer comedy “Next Goal Wins” will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall, organizers said Wednesday. The Searchlight Pictures film is based on a true story and stars Michael Fassbender as a Dutch-American soccer coach assigned to help the struggling American Samoa national team
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The president of Turkmenistan inaugurated a vast, multibillion-dollar development hailed as the isolated country’s first “smart city” and named after the president’s father who established a pervasive cult of personality when he was the longtime ruler. The city designed for 70,000 inhabitants is called Arkadag (Protector), a title used by former
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By Matt Egan and Tami Luhby, CNN New York (CNN) — America’s mountain of debt is poised to climb to new heights later this decade even after Republicans and Democrats reached a deal to chip away at the federal deficit. US debt held by the public will climb to a record high of 107% of
Continue Reading By Web staff Click here for updates on this story RICHMOND, California (KPIX) — Authorities briefly evacuated homes Wednesday evening after a possible explosive device was found at a Point Richmond house where a suspect was fatally shot by police earlier in the day. The discovery of the device at the home in the 1200
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Bank of Jackson Hole (BOJH) in partnership with the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Des Moines announced BOJH has received a significant grant from the FHLB Des Moines Member Impact Fund.
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During the 2023 summer boating season, traffic to and from the Salmon River and Middle Fork of the Salmon River will be impacted by road and access improvement projects.
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Virgin Galactic, the venture founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, successfully launched its first paying customers to the edge of space — a milestone two decades in the making. The company’s inaugural commercial flight Thursday was a research-focused mission with Italian Air Force-funded passengers — rather than a group
Continue Reading By MIKE STOBBE and CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writers Americans 60 and older can get a new RSV vaccine but should discuss it with their doctor first, U.S. health officials recommended Thursday. The newly approved vaccines are expected to be ready in the fall, a time when flu shots and updated COVID-19 shots also
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — While they both are “American Idol” winners with great voices, please don’t pit Kelly Clarkson against Carrie Underwood. During a recent appearance on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,” a viewer started to ask Clarkson about seemingly being pitted against Underwood by media over the years. Clarkson
Continue Reading By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence collected a $1.4 million advance for his memoir, which recounted the events of January 6, 2021, and his refusal to buckle to Donald Trump’s demands to overturn the 2020 election results, new filings show. The advance from Simon & Schuster for “So Help Me
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Jo Shelley, Anna Chernova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — One is known as “General Armageddon,” the other as “Putin’s chef.” Both have a checkered past and a reputation for brutality. One launched the insurrection, the other reportedly knew about it in advance. And right now, both are nowhere to be found.
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By Ivana Kottasová, Jo Shelley, Anna Chernova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — One is known as “General Armageddon,” the other as “Putin’s chef.” Both have a checkered past and a reputation for brutality. One launched the insurrection, the other reportedly knew about it in advance. And right now, both are nowhere to be found.
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Jo Shelley, Anna Chernova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — One is known as “General Armageddon,” the other as “Putin’s chef.” Both have a checkered past and a reputation for brutality. One launched the insurrection, the other reportedly knew about it in advance. And right now, both are nowhere to be found.
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Jo Shelley, Anna Chernova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — One is known as “General Armageddon,” the other as “Putin’s chef.” Both have a checkered past and a reputation for brutality. One launched the insurrection, the other reportedly knew about it in advance. And right now, both are nowhere to be found.
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The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced the award of a $3,124,087 low-interest wastewater construction loan to the City of Harrison in Kootenai County.
Continue Reading By Alex McLoon Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Omaha police confirmed that a child found unresponsive in the wave pool at Fun-Plex Sunday has died, but said they do not have any other updates on the investigation at this time. A GoFundMe is online for 6-year-old Kidus Endrias. Fun-Plex
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s landmark decision to bar colleges and universities from considering race as a specific basis for admission will make it more difficult for schools to achieve a diverse student population, civil rights leaders and education advocates say. The gutting of affirmative action upends a long-standing precedent
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — The prolonged shortage of a certain red sauce is making the black market go wild. Prices of Sriracha sauce are as high as $70 on eBay as people look to snap up the spicy sauce — and they’re even steeper on Amazon, up to $124. Huy
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — It’s been six months since Stephen “tWitch” Boss, the amiable DJ for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and dancer who rose to fame on “So You Think You Can Dance,” died by suicide. Now his mother has opened up about her struggle with his death. In an interview with
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling Thursday on affirmative action pitted its two Black justices against each other, with the ideologically opposed jurists employing unusually sharp language attacking each other by name. The majority opinion authored by Chief Justice John Roberts said colleges and universities can no longer take
Continue Reading By Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — China is on track to double its wind and solar energy capacity and hit its 2030 clean energy targets five years early, a new report has found. The country is expected to produce 1,200 gigwatts of solar and wind power by 2025 if all prospective plants are built and
Continue Reading By Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — China is on track to double its wind and solar energy capacity and hit its 2030 clean energy targets five years early, a new report has found. The country is expected to produce 1,200 gigwatts of solar and wind power by 2025 if all prospective plants are built and
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Despite taking longer to fill up this year, Jefferson County Lake is already drawing big crowds.
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, Alicia Wallace and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The housing market showed clear signs of slowing, according to new data released on Thursday. Mortgage rates climbed this week after three weeks of declines, according to the latest survey from Freddie Mac. Separately, a report from the National Association of Realtors
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A white Mississippi district attorney whose practice of excluding Black people from juries caused the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a man’s conviction and death sentence is resigning after more than 30 years. Doug Evans is stepping down Friday. That’s six months before his term
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned a Quran-burning protest in Sweden and signaled that it will be an obstacle to the country joining NATO. Erdogan told members of his Justice and Development Party Thursday that “those who allowed the crime” were as much to blame as those who perpetrated it. Swedish
Continue Reading By Matt Egan and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Federal prosecutors arrested three investors on Thursday on insider trading charges related to a deal to take former President Donald Trump’s media business public. According to the indictment, the three individuals together made more than $22 million in October 2021 by illegally trading on
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A fire has broken out in the basement of the flagship Tiffany & Co. store on New York’s Fifth Avenue. Videos posted on the Citizen app show smoke billowing out of the basement of the iconic store, which reopened in April after an extensive renovation. They also show firefighters battling the
Continue Reading By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Legal Analyst (CNN) — As he began reading excerpts of his decision eviscerating college affirmative action, in a hushed courtroom Thursday, Chief Justice John Roberts delivered on a singular long-held goal. He had won a majority to roll back 45 years of Supreme Court precedent to further his view that
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Russian assets frozen in European accounts could generate billions of dollars a year for rebuilding Ukraine. But can that money be used without breaching international law or damaging the euro’s international standing? European Union leaders grappled with that question at a meeting of the European Council in Brussels
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are dropping charges against two parents whose convictions in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal were overturned by an appeals court, prosecutors said in court papers on Thursday. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in May tossed all the convictions against Gamal Abdelaziz
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he “strongly, strongly” disagrees with the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the use of affirmation action in college admissions, saying justices unraveled “decades of precedent” as the president stressed that race-based discrimination continues to exist in America. He also urged
Continue Reading By Web staff Click here for updates on this story MAILI, Hawaii (KITV) — On Wednesday evening on the west side of Oahu, family and friends of Richianna DeGuzman held a gathering for peace in the community. The 17-year-old is still fighting for her life after being shot in the head a week and a
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination faces millions of dollars in penalties — and potential bankruptcy — after a jury found it submitted more than 300 false asbestos claims to the U.S. government, making patients eligible
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination faces millions of dollars in penalties — and potential bankruptcy — after a jury found it submitted more than 300 false asbestos claims to the U.S. government, making patients eligible
Continue Reading By Zach Fuentes Click here for updates on this story HILLSBOROUGH, California (KGO) — A Bay Area house is getting worldwide attention thanks to its similarities to the White House and is now listed for $38.9 million. The Hillsborough home is equipped with its own version of the Oval Office and other main rooms inspired
Continue Reading By JESSE ZANGER Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Chopper 2 was live over a fire that broke out at the Tiffany & Co.’s newly-renovated flagship store in Midtown. The Fire Department said an underground street electrical fire broke out around 9:30 a.m., and that there were no outages and
Continue Reading By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Snap said Thursday that it has garnered more than 4 million paying customers for its subscription service Snapchat+. The news comes on the one-year anniversary of Snap launching the service on its flagship platform, Snapchat, and shows how it is finding some early success in getting users
Continue Reading By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Snap said Thursday that it has garnered more than 4 million paying customers for its subscription service Snapchat+. The news comes on the one-year anniversary of Snap launching the service on its flagship platform, Snapchat, and shows how it is finding some early success in getting users
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In Idaho, approximately 1500 people are killed or seriously injured each year in crashes that involve an impaired driver and approximately 38% of Idaho’s fatal crashes involve alcohol or drugs.
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Idaho has seen catastrophic wildfires from a flat tire in the past, something state officials hope to avoid in the future.
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MOU outlines commitment to exploring direct air carbon dioxide capture (DAC) industry development.
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos dice que los colegios y universidades ya no pueden tener en cuenta la raza como base específica para conceder una admisión, lo que constituye una decisión histórica que anula un precedente de hace mucho tiempo que ha beneficiado a los estudiantes negros y latinos en la
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAASS Click here for updates on this story BOULDER, Colorado (KCNC) — At 47 years old, Atif Ali thought he would be at the mid-point of his life. Instead, he finds himself planning for his death, as he has been diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which has no known
Continue Reading By JOHN RAMOS Click here for updates on this story SAUSALITO, California (KPIX) — The health of the ocean off the Northern California coast is in trouble, as biologists have seen a massive die-off of the kelp forests that are essential to a healthy ecosystem. Scientists think bringing back sea otters may be one solution.
Continue Reading By CBS MIAMI TEAM Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — A Miami-Dadde attorney caught our attention, but not because of his legal expertise. Hashim Burney volunteers at Miami-Dade Animal Services, he’s been doing it for the past seven years. He said he loves spending time with dogs and taking them out
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The off-screen attention regarding Henry Cavill’s exit can’t help but bleed into the new season of “The Witcher,” which will mark the “Man of Steel” star’s last with the Netflix show. Based on the initial episodes, Cavill could leave on a relatively high note, thanks to a tighter,
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three Florida men have been charged with making $22 million illegally by insider trading ahead of the public announcement that an acquisition firm was going to take ex-President Donald Trump’s media company public. The charges were outlined Thursday in papers unsealed in federal
Continue Reading By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has solidified protections for workers who asks for religious accommodations. The case decided Thursday involves a Christian mail carrier who didn’t want to work Sundays because he said that day is for church and family. The justices made clear in a unanimous decision that
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, Devan Cole and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court says colleges and universities can no longer take race into consideration as a specific basis for granting admission, a landmark decision overturning long-standing precedent that has benefited Black and Latino students in higher education. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the
Continue Reading PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech brewer Budvar, which has been embroiled in a long legal dispute with U.S. beer giant Anheuser-Busch over the use of the Budweiser brand, has registered a fall in its 2022 net profit and exports. The company says it’s due to Russia’s war in Ukraine and high inflation driven by soaring
Continue Reading ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A team of Italian researchers reached the edge of space Thursday morning, flying aboard a rocket-powered plane piloted by Virgin Galactic as the space tourism company prepares for monthly commercial flights. The flight launched from Spaceport America in the New Mexico desert, with two Italian Air Force officers and an engineer
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Italians were supposed to be on a “pasta strike” this week but it was called off after prices for the national staple started to fall. Zoom out, though, and global food prices are still far higher than a year ago, despite precipitous drops in the cost of key
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Viewers aren’t the only ones who appreciate the (brief) reunion of Samantha Jones with her “Sex and the City” friends. In a preview of Kim Cattrall’s upcoming appearance on “Today,” the actress, who portrays the character, talked about her cameo during the second season of “And Just Like
Continue Reading By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Demonstrators breached the perimeter of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad Thursday, a day after a protester burned a copy of the Quran in Sweden. The protests in the Iraqi capital were ordered by the powerful Iraqi Shia cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, who also called for the expulsion of the Swedish
Continue Reading By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Demonstrators breached the perimeter of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad Thursday, a day after a protester burned a copy of the Quran in Sweden. The protests in the Iraqi capital were ordered by the powerful Iraqi Shia cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, who also called for the expulsion of the Swedish
Continue Reading By TARA COPP and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the deputy commander of the Russian group of forces fighting in Ukraine, is believed to have been detained days after mercenaries staged a revolt inside Russia, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday, citing U.S. and
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence told CNN on Thursday that “repelling Russian aggression” is in the United States’ “national interest,” after meeting earlier in the day with the Ukrainian president during a visit to the war-torn country. The show of support for Ukraine comes as Republicans vying for the
Continue Reading By Alex Stambaugh and Hadas Gold, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the most controversial aspect of his government’s proposed judicial reform, a provision allowing the national legislature, the Knesset, to overturn Supreme Court rulings, has been dropped and will not be returning. Pressed on whether the provision to allow a
Continue Reading By Alex Stambaugh and Hadas Gold, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the most controversial aspect of his government’s proposed judicial reform, a provision allowing the national legislature, the Knesset, to overturn Supreme Court rulings, has been dropped and will not be returning. Pressed on whether the provision to allow a
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Manifestantes intentaron entrar este jueves a la embajada de Suecia en Bagdad, la capital de Iraq, tras la quema del Corán en Suecia, muestran videos. Las protestas fueron ordenadas por el poderoso clérigo chií iraquí Muqtada al-Sadr, que también pidió la expulsión del embajador sueco en Bagdad. Vídeos que circulan
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court revived the case of a former mail carrier, an evangelical Christian, who said the United States Postal Service violated federal law by failing to reasonably accommodate his inability to work on Sundays. The court said unanimously that a lower court was too
Continue Reading By CNN staff (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday said colleges and universities can no longer take race into consideration as an express factor in admissions. In a fiery dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by the court’s other liberals, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, said the opinion “rolls back decades of precedent and
Continue Reading By KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story WASHOUGAL, Washington (KPTV) — A recent high school graduate in southwest Washington is heading into the “real world” with a big chunk of change after winning thousands of dollars from a lottery ticket. Lance Wall, 18, won $50,000 in his first time playing the lottery.
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A former champion cyclist who won two gold medals at the 1976 Olympics has been convicted by a German court in a child sexual abuse case. Gregor Braun was found guilty by a regional court in the city of Tuebingen of sexually abusing a child, soliciting the serious sexual abuse of a
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Madonna recibió el alta médica del hospital y viajó a su casa de Nueva York en una ambulancia privada, dijo este jueves a CNN una fuente con conocimiento del asunto. “Está fuera de peligro”, dijo la fuente. La reina del pop sufrió una complicación de salud, por lo que deberá
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog will address a joint meeting of Congress on July 19 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Israel’s statehood. Congressional leaders say the address also will reaffirm Israel’s special relationship with the United States. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Thursday “the world is better
Continue Reading By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Paris (CNN) — The mother of a 17-year-old killed by French police said she blames only the officer who shot her son for his death, a tragedy that has sparked three consecutive nights of destructive unrest and revived a heated debate about discrimination and policing in low-income, multi-ethnic communities. The boy,
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Some of the people who worked with Jamie Foxx on his latest project have shared a positive health update on the actor. Foxx has been off the scene since April, when he experienced an undisclosed “medical complication,” according to his daughter, Corinne Foxx. The star was in Atlanta,
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A German rail workers’ union says it’s prepared to take a long-running pay dispute with the main national railway operator to arbitration, which should head off strikes during the summer vacation period. The EVG union said Thursday that it will discuss an arbitration process with state-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn. Talks between
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