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By Paradise Afshar, CNN A community college in Salt Lake City, Utah, is being required to revise its practices after a pregnant student was encouraged to drop a class after asking for accommodations as she was dealing with morning sickness, education officials said. The student filed a complaint with the federal entity, which determined that
Continue Reading By Benjamin Schiller and Rob Frehse, CNN A Massachusetts middle school can no longer be called Catholic after flying Gay Pride and Black Lives Matter flags at the school, the bishop of the Diocese of Worcester of the Catholic Church says. The Nativity School of Worcester, which says the governance and control of school operations
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The Coachella Valley has been feeling the heat, with high temperatures ~5° above normal. Just to our west is a trough of low pressure that is moving in for the close of the workweek. This incoming system will usher in cooler temperatures for the weekend but also bring in gusty conditions. While wind speeds are
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Two people were killed and one injured Thursday when shooting erupted at a small church meeting in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, police said — the latest gun attack to unfold as Americans tried to go about their daily lives. A suspect, who was not identified publicly, is
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Airlines are canceling more than 1,500 flights across the U.S. in one of the worst days yet in the summer travel season. Cancellations were especially high Thursday in the New York City area, where forecasts called for a chance of storms late in the day. At least one-fourth of
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By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — All it took was about two cringeworthy minutes and four putts from 12 feet to bring the golf world back to this: No matter where he plays, or how much money he makes, Phil Mickelson can sometimes remind us — of us. The player who
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat came into ever-clearer focus Thursday, with testimony describing his pressuring Vice President Mike Pence in vulgar private taunts and public entreaties to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the run-up to
Continue Reading By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The final Democratic debate in the primary campaign for New York governor is over. The debate Thursday evening grew tense at times as Gov. Kathy Hochul repeatedly asked U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi to stop interrupting her. Suozzi and New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams criticized
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Cheers and sighs met FIFA’s announcement of the host cities for the 2026 World Cup. There were a number of no-brainers among the 16 World Cup sites, like the Los Angeles area, Mexico City and Toronto. But for some of the cities that were on the bubble, the
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 16 cities of the first World Cup spread across three nations were revealed, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino made a bold statement summing up the goal of the 2026 tournament, to be played largely in the United States. “By 2026, futbol — soccer —
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a bill that extends security protections to Supreme Court justices’ immediate family members. The bill — the Supreme Court Police Parity Act of 2022 — was passed by the House earlier this week and the Senate passed the measure last month. It allows the families
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican immigration authorities said they found a vertiable United Nations of migrants aboard a freight truck. Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said the truck was carrying migrants from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Yemen, Uzbekistan and South Africa. There were also people aboard from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Revlon, a cosmetics maker that broke racial barriers and dictated beauty trends for much of the last century, is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company has been a mainstay on store shelves since its founding 90 years ago in New York City as
Continue ReadingBy Pedram Javaheri, Taylor Ward and Tara Subramaniam, CNN As countries across Europe contend with a potentially lethal heatwave this week, one area in France has set a new record. On Thursday afternoon, the town of St-Jean-de-Minervois in southern France reached 40° C (104° F), the earliest that the country (excluding Corsica) has ever reached
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Jeremy Herb, CNN The House select committee investigating the deadly January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by a pro-Trump mob presented a series of significant revelations during a hearing on Thursday about conservative Trump attorney John Eastman. The revelations provide new insight into Eastman’s role as a central figure
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would be the first state to require gun owners to buy liability insurance to cover the negligent or accidental use of their firearms, if lawmakers approve a measure announced Thursday. “Guns kill more people than cars. Yet gun owners are not required to carry liability
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Airlines are canceling more than 1,500 flights across the U.S. in one of the worst days yet in the summer travel season. Cancellations were especially high Thursday in the New York City area, where forecasts called for a chance of storms late in the day. At least one-fourth of
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed legislation Thursday meant to make shipping goods across oceans cheaper. It’s a move the White House says will help ease logistical costs for retailers that have remained high since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and helped fuel record inflation. The Ocean Shipping
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Más de 65 millones de personas en más de una docena de estados están bajo alerta de calor este jueves. Desde los valles de Ohio y del Mississippi hasta el sureste, las temperaturas estarán por encima de los 32 °C, con niveles de índice de calor que superarán los 37 °C.
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Lyft has agreed to a $25 million settlement with shareholders over allegations that it failed to adequately disclose threats to its reputation and business ahead of going public. The “misstatements and omissions” before its initial public offering include not disclosing the “existential risk” presented by reports of drivers assaulting
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