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Four people were killed, including two juveniles, in a series of shooting incidents over a three-hour period Tuesday in the Kansas City area, officials said. The latest burst of deadly violence comes as the US faces a wave of shootings, with more than 8,500 people dead so far this year, according to the Gun Violence
Continue ReadingThe private investigator hired by Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell to serve a civil lawsuit against Republican Rep. Mo Brooks related to the US Capitol insurrection has described, for the first time, the tense situation that unfolded at Brooks’ home when he handed over the legal papers. The lawsuit was filed in March by Swalwell, a
Continue ReadingBritain’s antitrust regulator is investigating whether Ryanair and British Airways broke the law by refusing to refund customers for flights that they could not legally take during coronavirus lockdowns. In a statement on Wednesday, the Competition and Markets Authority said that the airlines may have breached consumers’ legal rights by refusing cash refunds on flights
Continue ReadingSenate Republicans are holding up President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Office of Personnel Management over concerns about her stance on critical race theory. GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri has placed a hold on Kiran Ahuja’s nomination to lead the federal personnel agency “because of her history promoting radical critical race theorists,” Hawley
Continue ReadingIf you’re planning to travel to Canada, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics Canada continues to ease out of its third Covid-19 wave and is now reporting an average of 2,000 cases a day. There are strict rules on entry for all,
Continue ReadingIf you’re planning to travel to Thailand, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics Thailand has recorded over 1,300 deaths and more than 185,000 cases of Covid-19 as of June 9. All travelers must quarantine for 14 days in a government-approved quarantine facility
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French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face by a man in a crowd as he spoke to the public during a visit to southeast France on Tuesday, video of the incident posted on social media showed. The footage, shared by CNN-affiliate BFM, showed Macron walking up to a metal fence and clasping the
Continue ReadingAt first glance, they seem like an odd couple — Sen. Bernie Sanders, the progressive and quintessential outsider, and President Joe Biden, moderate politician and political insider. And yet, the 79-year-old Vermont senator has become a key voice in the Biden administration: called upon, consulted and indispensable in keeping the liberal Democratic flock in line.
Continue ReadingTwenty five years ago, when England hosted Euro 1996, the nation was in thrall to a team that reached the European Championship’s semifinals playing an exciting brand of soccer to the soundtrack of fans singing “Football’s Coming Home,” the chorus to the “Three Lions” song. Ahead of Euro 2020’s start on June 11, England plays
Continue ReadingA group of Houston Methodist Hospital workers protested on Monday the health care system’s requirement that staffers be vaccinated against Covid-19, according to CNN affiliate KTRK. Employees had to get the Covid-19 vaccine by June 7, according to Houston Methodist. More than 100 staffers at Houston Methodist filed a lawsuit on May 28 against the
Continue ReadingThe New York Police Department (NYPD) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will form a partnership in an effort to reduce gun violence and stop the flow of illegal guns into New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. The program will allow ATF agents to be embedded directly within
Continue ReadingInfrastructure negotiations between President Joe Biden and a Senate GOP group led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito broke down on Tuesday, and now the White House is shifting its focus toward an impending proposal from a bipartisan Senate group led by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin. And late Tuesday, a bipartisan group of 58 House members
Continue ReadingThe top Republican negotiator of a broad policing reform bill said that the two sides remain far apart on a number of issues that go beyond the key sticking point of qualified immunity and include many other issues that they’re finding “really hard” to resolve. GOP Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina also said the
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A DC Metropolitan Police officer who defended the US Capitol on January 6 said Tuesday evening that characterizing the incident as an “insurrection” has become “triggering” to some lawmakers seeking to downplay the violent episode. Michael Fanone, who was stun-gunned several times and beaten with a flagpole during the attack, told CNN’s Jake Tapper on
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The Senate passed rare bipartisan legislation on Tuesday aimed at countering China’s growing influence by investing more than $200 billion in American technology, science and research. The final vote was 68-32. Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont was the only member of the Democratic caucus to vote against the bill. Nineteen Senate Republicans joined Democrats
Continue ReadingTesla’s best-selling Model 3 sedan lost two designations from Consumer Reports after the company made changes to the car’s automatic braking and front collision warning systems. The car also was stripped of its designation as Top Safety Pick+ from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The moves came after Tesla announced that, as of May
Continue ReadingThe Franklin County, Ohio, Prosecuting Attorney’s office announced Tuesday it filed the necessary documents to appoint two special prosecutors to assist in its investigation and prosecution involving the fatal shooting of Casey Goodson, Jr., and other cases involving law enforcement use of force. Goodson, a 23-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in December by
Continue ReadingEnes Kanter, a center for the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, called for “normal gun control measures” after he said his brother was robbed in Atlanta over the weekend. “I’m shocked and disgusted,” Kanter wrote in a tweet on Sunday. “My little brother (Ahmet) walking around Atlanta, gets a gun pulled on him, and robbed. When
Continue ReadingSenate Democrats, growing impatient as they watch their ambitious agenda imperiled in the evenly divided chamber, are prepared to go it alone on President Joe Biden’s sweeping infrastructure package — and pressure Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema into backing a Democratic-only approach. At a closed-door lunch on Tuesday, Sinema, an Arizona Democrat, informed her
Continue ReadingJack Ciattarelli will win the Republican nomination for New Jersey governor, CNN projected Tuesday, setting him up to take on Gov. Phil Murphy in the fall. Ciattarelli, a former state assemblyman and the establishment-backed candidate, edged out three other Republican candidates — engineer Hirsh Singh, pastor Phil Rizzo and former Franklin Mayor Brian Levine —
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