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By TERRY TANG Associated Press In the two years documentary filmmakers shadowed former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, the most jarring moment for them was in the kitchen of her Tucson, Arizona, home. As cameras were rolling, she and her husband, Sen. Mark Kelly, nonchalantly opened the freezer. Kelly grabbed a plastic container and revealed it holds
Continue ReadingCNN By Ariane de Vogue, Tierney Sneed, Chandelis Duster and Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion. The opinion is the most consequential Supreme Court decision in decades and will transform the landscape of women’s reproductive health
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Murtaja Qureiris, once considered by lawyers and activists as the youngest political prisoner in Saudi Arabia, was released on Friday, the European Saudi Organization for Human Rights told CNN. His case was first highlighted in an exclusive CNN report published in 2019, which detailed how Saudi authorities arrested Qureiris when he
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By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — LGBTQ Pride commemorations that sometimes have felt like victory parties for civil rights gains are now grappling with an environment of ramped-up legislative and rhetorical battles over sexual orientation and gender identity, and fears that a Supreme Court ruling on abortion opens the door to rights
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Toyota has issued recalls for its first mainstream electric car and one of its full-sized pickup trucks for problems in which nuts or bolts could loosen and wheels or axles can become disconnected. Toyota warned owners of BZ4X electric SUVs to stop driving them because the wheels might fall off.
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Korn and Clare Duffy, CNN Business Update: This story was originally published on May 6. It has been updated to reflect the Supreme Court’s final decision. The Supreme Court’s Friday ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade is almost certain to spark a wave of new state legislation taking aim at abortion rights,
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn and Clare Duffy, CNN Business Update: This story was originally published on May 6. It has been updated to reflect the Supreme Court’s final decision. The Supreme Court’s Friday ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade is almost certain to spark a wave of new state legislation taking aim at abortion rights, and
Continue ReadingBy Eric Young Click here for updates on this story CARBON COUNTY, Montana (Billings Gazette) — The recent flooding along the Yellowstone River has left major questions for Montana’s largest industry. Lost equipment and livestock on top of rising diesel, fertilizer and seed prices have put Carbon County farmers and ranchers in tougher-than-usual circumstances while
Continue ReadingBy Avani Kalra Click here for updates on this story WESTPORT, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — As a girl growing up on her family’s town of Westport farm, Margaret Walker-Geary spent many afternoons climbing what was then the state’s second-largest white oak. “People used to stop and look at that tree, you know,” said Walker-Geary,
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Durante su carrera por la nominación presidencial republicana en 2016, Donald Trump tenía una manera infalible de disipar las dudas sobre su buena fe conservadora: hablaba de a quiénes podría nombrar, si tuviera la oportunidad, para la Corte Suprema. En mayo de 2016, en medio de las preguntas planteadas por el
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN The Biden administration is set to unveil plans to overhaul the maternal health care system in the United States. The comprehensive plan, called the White House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis, will be announced by Vice President Kamala Harris at an event in Plainfield, Illinois, according to senior administration
Continue ReadingBy Chris Hubbuch Click here for updates on this story DUBUQUE, Iowa (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — Authorities are searching for a Dubuque man who is missing after his boat went adrift in the Mississippi River. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office was notified around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday that 51-year-old Alan Hartig was in the waters off
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MOSCOW (AP) — Officials say a Russian military cargo plane has crashed on a training flight, killing five crewmembers and leaving several others injured. The heavy-lift Il-76 plane went down Friday after refueling and hitting a power line in Russia’s southwestern Ryazan region. The Russian Defense Ministry said the aircraft suffered an engine problem, forcing
Continue ReadingBy Nora Mabie Click here for updates on this story BEARS PAW MOUNTAINS, Montana (Missoulian) — History was made earlier this week when the Chippewa Cree Tribe harvested its first bison in decades. Members of the Rocky Boy Buffalo Project board used a firearm to harvest the bison. The Buffalo Project, which manages the tribe’s
Continue Reading By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police announced Friday that they have arrested a suspect in this week’s fatal shooting of a man on a San Francisco subway commuter train. Javon Green, 26, was arrested Thursday in Pittsburg, a city about 40 miles (64 kilometers) east of San Francisco after police
Continue Reading By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Authorities in Tunisia say a man with a knife attacked police officers stationed near a synagogue in North African nation’s capital. They say one office was injured in the shoulder and another on the hand. An Interior Ministry spokesperson says the attacker fled after the
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Twin 19-year-old brothers accused with an 18-year-old in a robbery that culminated in the shooting death of a 66-year-old shopper at the Desert Hills Premium Outlets in Cabazon pled not guilty to murder and robbery charges Friday morning. Emanuel Rick Burt and Elijah Ray Burt, of Victorville, were extradited to Riverside County last month from
Continue Reading By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Religious Americans are deeply divided in their views on abortion, and reactions from faith leaders ranged from elation to anger after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that made abortion legal nationwide. The ruling issued Friday was hailed by leading Catholic bishops, even
Continue Reading By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press America was convulsed with anger, joy, fear and confusion Friday after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The canyon-like divide across the U.S. over the right to terminate a pregnancy was on full display, with abortion rights supporters calling it a dark day in history, while abortion foes welcomed
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, dijo el viernes que “la salud y la vida de las mujeres en esta nación ahora están en riesgo” después de que la Corte Suprema anuló Roe vs. Wade y eliminó el derecho constitucional al aborto. Biden dijo que la decisión “literalmente hace retroceder
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