The Associated Press The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant denominations in the U.S., mirroring in many ways the broader fight for LGBTQ+ inclusion in civic life. Within these theologically moderate-to-progressive Protestant groups, the decades of wrestling over whether to reaffirm or
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It took just a few days for United Methodist delegates to remove a half-century’s worth of denominational bans on gay clergy and same-sex marriages. But when asked at a news conference about the lightning speed of the changes, the Rev. Effie McAvoy took a longer view.
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks ended in Cairo after “in-depth and serious discussions,” the Hamas militant group said Sunday, reiterating key demands that Israel again rejected. After earlier signs of progress, the outlook appeared to dim as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed
Continue ReadingOpinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — “A safe pair of hands is of paramount importance,” wrote William John Abbott Davies in his 1933 book, “How to Play Rugby Football.” Davies had reason to know. He has been called one of the greatest rugby players of all time and was acclaimed for captaining England’s team
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial is full of terms you don’t typically hear in a courtroom. Centering on allegations Trump falsified his company’s records to conceal the nature of hush money reimbursements, it’s the first ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president and
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A teenager has surrendered to police over an attack on a candidate from the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz that has fueled concern about intimidation and violence in the run-up to next month’s election for the European Parliament. The 17-year-old turned himself in at a police station in the eastern city of
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Virtually every day of his hush money criminal trial, former President Donald Trump talks about how he can’t talk about the case. A gag order bars Trump from commenting publicly on witnesses, jurors and some others connected to the matter. The New
Continue ReadingSofía Narváez (CNN Español) — El Cinco de Mayo es una fecha muy importante en Estados Unidos, en especial en las zonas fronterizas con México. Los olores de los platos tradicionales, el sonido de las rancheras y los colores envuelven las ciudades de una manera única, pero —a pesar de lo que muchos estadounidenses piensan—
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Guacamole y fajitas; banderas de México y mariachi; margaritas, cerveza y… más cerveza. En Estados Unidos la fiesta mexicana por excelencia es el Cinco de Mayo. En México también se conmemora esa fecha, pero los tributos locales palidecen al lado de la enorme celebración que se lleva a cabo en Estados Unidos:
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A church volunteer stood at an apartment door, beckoning inside a Congolese family for their first look at where they would live in America. “Your new house!” volunteer Dan Davidson exclaimed as the couple and the woman’s brother stepped into the two-bedroom apartment in South Carolina’s
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press Students protesting the war in Gaza abandoned their camp at the University of Southern California early Sunday after being surrounded by police and threatened with arrest, while Northeastern University’s commencement ended peacefully at Boston’s Fenway Park. Developments in both places were being watched closely following scores of
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The global economy is at risk of stagnating in the coming years — and America’s robust economic strength may not be enough to save it. “Without a course correction, we are indeed heading for ‘the Tepid Twenties’ — a sluggish and disappointing decade,” Kristalina Georgieva, the International
Continue ReadingLONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Police are searching for suspects in a late-night shooting that wounded seven people, four critically, in Long Beach, California. Police say at least two gunmen were suspected of opening fire on a group of people around 11:15 p.m. Saturday. All of the victims were adult men. The suspects fled before
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — On a Sunday morning in 2020, while Rev. Andi Woodworth welcomed her congregation to the Neighborhood Church in Atlanta, Georgia, she had an epiphany. For years, Woodworth said she and her wife and co-pastor, Anjie, worked to build a United Methodist Church community that was “radically inclusive” of everyone
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Real Madrid sealed a record-extending 36th La Liga title on Saturday after rival Barcelona suffered a second-half collapse against Girona, succumbing to a 4-2 defeat which ensured that Los Blancos cannot be overtaken at the top of the table. Real had secured a 3-0 victory over Cádiz earlier in
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close. The move Sunday escalates a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance.
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By Michael Schwartz, Tim Lister, Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Israel shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in the country and seized some of its communication equipment Sunday, prompting condemnation from the United Nations and rights groups over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s moves to restrict press freedoms. The closure comes as ceasefire
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El Ministerio del Interior de Rusia añadió al presidente ucraniano Volodymyr Zelensky a la lista de personas buscadas en virtud de un artículo del Código Penal, informó el medio estatal ruso TASS. El predecesor de Zelensky, el expresidente Petro Poroshenko, y el comandante del ejército ucraniano Oleksandr Pavliuk también fueron agregados
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By Jeremy Herb, Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle, Way Mullery, Annette Choi and Gillian Roberts, CNN (CNN) — In the first criminal trial of a former president of the United States, jurors found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Judge Juan Merchan has set a sentencing hearing for July
Continue Reading By Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN Washington (CNN) — GOP Rep. Don Bacon has had it with the far-right of his conference. They’ve thrown out one House speaker and are trying to dump another one, all while scuttling their leadership’s agenda and now actively campaigning against incumbent Republicans — including himself. After House Freedom
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