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By OLEG CETINIC and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Israel’s caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday used his first trip abroad since taking office to urge world powers to step up pressure on Iran over its nuclear activities. He called the Islamic republic a threat to regional stability. Lapid met in
Continue Reading ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police in Turkey’s capital have broken up a LGBTQ Pride march and detained dozens of people. Turkish authorities have banned LGBTQ events. Around 50 people holding rainbow flags nevertheless marched toward a main park on Tuesday to mark the end of Pride Month. Police officers prevented the group from reaching the
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere Debra Messing was fed up. The former “Will & Grace” star was among dozens of celebrity Democratic supporters and activists who joined a call with White House aides last Monday to discuss the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The mood was fatalistic, according to three people on the call, which was
Continue ReadingCNN, LIZ VAN HEEL, GETTY IMAGES By Edward-Isaac Dovere Debra Messing was fed up. The former “Will & Grace” star was among dozens of celebrity Democratic supporters and activists who joined a call with White House aides last Monday to discuss the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The mood was fatalistic, according to three
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM, KATHLEEN FOODY and ROGER SCHNEIDER Associated Press HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — FBI agents peeked into trash cans and under picnic blankets Tuesday as they searched for more evidence at the site where a gunman fired on an Independence Day parade from a suburban Chicago rooftop in an attack that killed at
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CNN, TWITTER, LYNN SWEET, NETWORK VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, MILES ZEMENSKI, WBBM, FACEBOOK, RAINAN LOWREY, ZOE PAWELCZAK, POOL, GETTY IMAGES, FBI, Twitter/Lynn Sweet, Facebook/Rainan Lowrey By Dakin Andone, Steve Almasy and Curt Devine, CNN Hours after gunfire interrupted the Highland Park, Illinois, July Fourth parade, killing seven people and wounding dozens more, police apprehended the man they
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BERLIN (AP) — German biotech company CureVac has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against rival BioNTech for work that it says contributed to the development of the BioNTech-Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. BioNTech said its work is original and it plans to “vigorously” contest the claim. CureVac last year reported disappointing results from late-stage testing of its
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German biotech company CureVac has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against rival BioNTech for work that it says contributed to the development of the BioNTech-Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. BioNTech said its work is original and it would “vigorously” contest the claim. CureVac last year reported disappointing results from late-stage testing of its own
Continue ReadingCNN, LIZ VAN HEEL, GETTY IMAGES By Megan Marples, CNN Angry, upset, depressed, anxious. Those were some of the emotions that flooded over many people when the United States Supreme Court announced it was overturning Roe v. Wade, eliminating the federal right to an abortion. Many others are celebrating the decision, but a majority of
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN Angry, upset, depressed, anxious. Those were some of the emotions that flooded over many people when the United States Supreme Court announced it was overturning Roe v. Wade, eliminating the federal right to an abortion. Many others are celebrating the decision, but a majority of Americans apparently are not. Sixty-one percent
Continue ReadingBy Isil Sariyuce, Yusuf Gezer and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Turkish security forces killed a child on Sunday after opening fire on a vehicle carrying migrants from the eastern Van province near Turkey’s border with Iran, a local official told CNN on Tuesday. The official, who is from the office of the Van governor and who
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday bestowed the nation’s highest military honor to four Army soldiers for their heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Vietnam War. Biden presented the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Edward N. Kaneshiro, Specialist Five Dwight W. Birdwell, Specialist
Continue Reading By FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared victory in seizing an eastern Ukraine province essential to his wartime aims, a city in the path of Moscow’s offensive came under sustained bombardment, The mayor of Sloviansk mayor reported “massive shelling” of the city, which had a
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Both Macy Gray and Better Midler are being accused of being transphobic. Gray, best known for her 1999 hit song “I Try,” seemed to anticipate the backlash during an appearance that aired Monday on Fox Nation’s “Piers Morgan Uncensored.“ “I will say this and everyone’s gonna hate me but as
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago will be auctioned in New York this month, Sotheby’s announced Tuesday. The Gorgosaurus skeleton will highlight Sotheby’s natural history auction on July 28, the auction house said. The Gorgosaurus was an apex carnivore that
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Tom Hanks doesn’t get to battle Tim Allen at the box office and he has feelings about that. In a clip from an interview with CinemaBlend, which was posted on the publication’s Instagram account, Hanks was asked bout his new film “Elvis” being in theaters the same time as “Lightyear.”
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez and Oren Liebermann, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday bestowed the Medal of Honor to four Army veterans who fought in the Vietnam War, upgrading previous honors they had received for their acts of valor. The individuals who received the medal — the most prestigious decoration in the US military — are
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Mallory Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Lawmen called off an intense manhunt Monday afternoon after an hours-long search in Chunchula. Mobile County Sheriff’s deputies and ALEA State Troopers were looking for a suspected car thief who bailed out following a chase. Deputies say he ran off into
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — There is a heavy law enforcement presence this morning in the area of Clearview Drive and Baptiste Road North. That’s near Dauphin Island Parkway in the Belle Fontaine community. We are still working to get more information about why officers
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El presidente electo de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, propuso este martes un cese del fuego bilateral con la guerrilla del Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) con el fin de empezar las negociaciones de un acuerdo de paz, que fueron canceladas durante el gobierno del saliente presidente Iván Duque. “Hoy en
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