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Month: June 2023

Ukraine says inspections found nearly a quarter of its air-raid shelters locked or unusable

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Concerns around civilian safety spiked in Ukraine on Saturday, as officials announced that an inspection had found nearly a quarter of the country’s air-raid shelters locked or unusable, just days after a woman in Kyiv allegedly died waiting outside a shuttered shelter during a Russian missile

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Netflix and Athletic Brewing release ‘The Witcher’-themed non-alcoholic beer

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A brew inspired by Netflix’s “The Witcher” has kicked off a partnership between the streaming app and one of the largest nonalcoholic craft breweries in the US. Athletic Brewing Company’s collaboration with Netflix will feature limited edition, co-branded nonalcoholic beers, the brewing company announced in a news release.

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Trump-appointed judge rejects Tennessee’s anti-drag law as too broad, too vague

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional, a federal judge says. The law is both “unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad” and encouraged “discriminatory enforcement,” according to the ruling late Friday by U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker, who was appointed by

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Russia bans ‘unfriendly’ countries’ journalists from showpiece economic gathering

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Saturday that journalists from countries that Russia regards as unfriendly have been banned from covering this year’s economic forum in St. Petersburg, one of the country’s showpiece events. The move underlines the intensifying animosity between Russia and countries that have imposed sanctions connected to the fighting

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