By CLAIRE SAVAGE and ALEXANDRA OLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A lawsuit filed by 17 states challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions lacks standing, a federal judge in Arkansas ruled on Friday. Republican attorneys general from each state, led by Arkansas and Tennessee, sued the Equal Employment
Continue ReadingOpinion By Carrie Sheffield (CNN) — Thursday’s unanimous Supreme Court ruling against the plaintiffs in US Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine means the current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations allowing the use of the abortion drug mifepristone remain in place. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court’s rejection was based on standing – whether the
Continue ReadingCNN Opinion By Carrie Sheffield (CNN) — Thursday’s unanimous Supreme Court ruling against the plaintiffs in US Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine means the current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations allowing the use of the abortion drug mifepristone remain in place. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court’s rejection was based on standing – whether
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press/Report for America The U.S. Supreme Court Friday struck down a ban on the rapid-fire rifle bump stock used by the gunman who rattled off over 1,000 bullets in 11 minutes in Las Vegas in 2017. Some of those who survived the shooting or lost loved ones said
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El papa Francisco pidió la prohibición del uso de armas automáticas, instando a los líderes del G7 a garantizar que la inteligencia artificial sirva a la humanidad en lugar de destruirla. El pontífice de 87 años hizo historia este viernes después de convertirse en el primer papa en dirigirse a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cuando el sol desató una tormenta solar extrema y golpeó Marte en mayo, envolvió el planeta rojo con auroras y una afluencia de partículas cargadas y radiación, según la NASA. El Sol ha mostrado una mayor actividad durante el último año, a medida que se acerca al punto más alto de
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El pleno de la Asamblea Nacional de Ecuador rechazó este viernes la solicitud enviada por la Corte Nacional de Justicia que pedía autorizar el procesamiento penal de la vicepresidenta de la República, Verónica Abad, por su presunta participación en el delito de concusión. No hubo los 92 votos necesarios
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By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s attorneys on Friday ridiculed special counsel Jack Smith’s gag order request in the former president’s classified documents case in Florida, calling it an unconstitutional attack on the 2024 Republican candidate and a ploy to help Joe Biden keep the presidency. “In Jack Smith’s most recent shocking display
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen; Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Reps. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio; Microsoft founder Bill Gates; Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. ___ CNN’s
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state government is demolishing a building that once housed a Coca-Cola museum. Excavators continued Friday to knock down the former World of Coca-Cola in downtown Atlanta near the state capitol. The site will become a parking lot. The Coca-Cola Co. moved the attraction across downtown to
Continue ReadingREYNOLDS STATION, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police detectives found the decomposed body of a baby Friday that they believe is an 8-month-old girl who has been missing for weeks. State police found “an infant’s body consistent with Miya Rudd” in an Ohio County residence in western Kentucky. The body was “hidden in a concealed
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new proposal by Gov. Kathy Hochul to ban masks on the New York subway is drawing pushback from disability advocates and civil liberties, who say the measure could violate the right to protest anonymously. Hochul floated the measure this week in response to an event involving
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By Cassandra Garcia Click here for updates on this story OKEECHOBEE, Florida (WPTV) — Law enforcement is looking into who took items from a cemetery in Okeechobee County. Several stolen items from Evergreen Cemetery in Okeechobee County have been recovered and deputies are working to charge the suspect and reunite the items with owners. Evadean
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas prosecutors says an Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent was justified when he fatally shot the Little Rock airport’s director during a raid in March. Pulaski County Prosecutor Will Jones on Friday said no charges would be filed in the shooting
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By Derek Heid Click here for updates on this story VILLAGE OF CATTARAUGUS, New York (WKBW) — After her septic tank collapsed, 80-year-old Sherry Camilloni has gone over a month without a working shower or toilet inside her house – with nowhere left to turn, her grandson is asking for help. For Sherry, spraying Febreze
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A girl traveling to Chicago with her family on a commercial airline died on Thursday morning after becoming ill during the flight, according to Peoria County Coroner’s Office. “The child, 8-year-old Sydney Weston, of Carl Junction, MO, was traveling with her family for vacation when she suddenly became ill
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former post office branch manager who campaigned to expose a vast miscarriage of justice has been given a knighthood by King Charles III. Alan Bates is among more than 1,000 people, including artist Tracey Emin, actress Imelda Staunton and Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon, recognized
Continue ReadingBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana U.S. Rep. Garret Graves says he will not run for reelection after a new congressional map dismantled his district. The Republican said Friday that the new map transformed it into the state’s second majority-Black district. Up until now, the congressman had remained adamant that he would run again. But
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Una persona fallecida y varios heridos dejó un accidente en el que se vio involucrado este viernes un automóvil de la comitiva de seguridad de Claudia Sheinbaum con otro vehículo local en Monclova, en el norteño estado fronterizo de Coahuila, informó este viernes el equipo de la ganadora de las elecciones presidenciales
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A weekend of commencement ceremonies at a half-dozen California universities is underway with no immediate sign of the major campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza that have led to clashes with police and numerous arrests. Officials appealed Friday for celebrations of graduates without disruptions
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