By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas ban on most abortions is getting a show of support from 18 other states. It comes as clinics and the Biden administration on Thursday waited for a ruling to determine whether the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. can remain in place.
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By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas ban on most abortions is getting a show of support from 18 other states. It comes as clinics and the Biden administration on Thursday waited for a ruling to determine whether the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. can remain in place.
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas ban on most abortions is getting a show of support from 18 other states. It comes as clinics and the Biden administration on Thursday waited for a ruling to determine whether the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. can remain in place.
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ROME (AP) — It’s the end of business for Italy’s bankrupt national carrier Alitalia, and an end of an era for Italy. Alitalia is flying it final flight on Thursday, from Cagliari, Sardinia to Rome, before it formally folds. Alitalia operated in the red for more than a decade will be replaced by a new
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: UnitedHealth, Bank of America rise; Occidental, Boeing fall.
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — It’s the end of business for Italy’s bankrupt national carrier Alitalia, and an end of an era for Italy. Alitalia is flying it final flight on Thursday, from Cagliari, Sardinia to Rome, before it formally folds. Alitalia operated in the red for more than a decade will be replaced by a new
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gary Paulsen, the acclaimed and prolific children’s author who often drew upon his rural affinities and wide-ranging adventures for tales that included “Hatchet,” “Brian’s Winter” and “Dogsong,” has died at age 82. Random House Children’s Books says Paulsen died Wednesday. Literary agent Jennifer Flannery said
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks rallied on Wall Street Thursday as the market shook off several days of wobbly trading. The S&P 500 jumped 1.7%, its biggest gain since March. The wave of buying built on momentum from a day earlier, when the market broke a three-day losing streak.
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund is warning of rising threats to a global recovery posed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and an outbreak of inflation. The lending agency says the Federal Reserve and other central banks must respond quickly if current inflation pressures prove not to be
Continue Reading IRVING, Texas (AP) — Kansas has been tabbed the Big 12 preseason men’s basketball favorite by the league’s head coaches. The Jayhawks got eight of 10 first-place votes from coaches who couldn’t vote for their own teams. Texas got the remaining two first-place votes. Defending national champion Baylor was picked to finish third. AP Big
Continue Reading IRVING, Texas (AP) — Kansas has been tabbed the Big 12 preseason men’s basketball favorite by the league’s head coaches. The Jayhawks got eight of 10 first-place votes from coaches who couldn’t vote for their own teams. Texas got the remaining two first-place votes. Defending national champion Baylor was picked to finish third. AP Big
Continue ReadingBy Stefania Okolie Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston family is mourning the loss of their little girl after she was struck and killed shortly after getting off a school bus in northwest Houston. It happened just before 5 p.m. Wednesday in the 9600 block of West Montgomery
Continue ReadingBy Stefania Okolie Click here for updates on this story SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — A teacher at Klein Collins High School has resigned after a video surfaced of him using inappropriate language with students during a discussion on race culture. According to Klein ISD, Norman Grueneich, who was a theatre arts teacher at the school,
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story BENSONHURST, Brooklyn (WABC) — An off-duty female NYPD officer is accused of shooting her ex-girlfriend and killing that woman’s new partner inside a Brooklyn home Wednesday, and the state Attorney General’s office is now investigating. It happened just after 5 p.m. at the ex-girlfriend’s home
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story ULSTER COUNTY, New York (WABC) — A family dog is home safe after being rescued from a state park in Ulster County where it was trapped for five days. The 12-year-old dog, named Liza, was rescued Tuesday night from a rocky crevice inside Minnewaska State
Continue Reading By SAM METZ AP / Report for America GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — Republican Adam Laxalt hopes to win the race for Nevada’s U.S. Senate seat by drawing stark contrast between his positions and the direction he says Democrats and their allies in Big Tech, Hollywood and the media are taking the country. He launched his
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Story by Reuters A mob lynched a military police officer after he killed a five-year-old girl when he fired on a car at a checkpoint in the capital of Cameroon’s English-speaking South West Region on Thursday, the defense ministry said. The girl’s death sparked protests in Buea, with demonstrators marching her body to the regional
Continue ReadingBy Liz Kreutz Click here for updates on this story EL CERRITO, California (KGO) — An East Bay school district says they are investigating after a video going viral online shows high school football players participating in potentially dangerous and illegal drills during a practice. Two students who were there told ABC7 News the video
Continue Reading ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A U.S. judge has set a two-week deadline for a Libyan military commander to answer questions in a lawsuit accusing him of war crimes. Khalifa Hifter, commander of the self-styled Libyan National Army, is a defendant in multiple federal lawsuits in Virginia accusing him of killings and torture in that country’s
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By Kate Sullivan and Betsy Klein, CNN The US will donate more than 17 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine to the African Union, President Joe Biden announced on Thursday. Biden made the announcement when he met with President Uhuru Kenyatta of the Republic of Kenya on Thursday afternoon at the White
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