By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — French lawmakers reelected Yaël Braun-Pivet as president of the National Assembly Thursday, overcoming a political deadlock after the hung parliament of July’s parliamentary elections. Braun-Pivet, a lawmaker from French President Emmanuel Macron’s own centrist party, also served as the last assembly president. But her reelection was far from
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A Seattle police officer has been fired over the “dehumanizing laughter” and “cruel comments” he made after the 2023 death of an Indian graduate student who was struck by a police vehicle, the police chief says. Seattle interim Police Chief Sue Rahr terminated former officer Daniel Auderer on Wednesday and justified her decision to the department
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State University Chancellor Randy Woodson announced his retirement at the university’s board of trustees meeting. Thursday’s announcement comes after almost 15 years in the role. Woodson says his term will officially conclude at the end of next June. He told reporters after the meeting that it felt
Continue ReadingHELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials are asking the state Supreme Court for an emergency order to block a ruling that allowed signatures from inactive voters to count on petitions for several proposed November ballot initiatives, including one to protect abortion rights. Thursday’s request comes after a district court judge said Montana’s Secretary of State
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle police officer and union head has been fired over his callous remarks about the death of a graduate student from India after she was struck by another officer’s vehicle in a crosswalk. The Seattle Times reports Seattle interim police Chief Sue Rahr fired Officer Daniel Auderer on Wednesday for his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas isn’t enforcing a new law requiring abortion providers to ask their patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies. The pause comes as a lawsuit proceeds against the rule and other, older requirements. For not enforcing the law, the state will get an extra four months to develop
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Former president Donald Trump is set to accept the Republican presidential nomination Thursday night.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York judge has ruled that author Salman Rushdie does not have to turn over private notes about his stabbing to the man charged with attacking him. Suspect Hadi Matar’s lawyers had sought material related to Rushdie’s recently published memoir about the attack as part of trial preparations.
Continue ReadingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is going on her second trade mission to Europe, with a trip that will include a visit to an airshow in the United Kingdom. The Republican governor on Thursday announced she’s going to the Farnborough Air Show to pitch the state as a location for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GOOCHLAND, Va. (AP) — A recount of the votes cast in the Republican primary in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District has been scheduled for July 31. The recount will decide whether state Sen. John McGuire will hold onto his narrow victory over U.S. Rep. Bob Good, one of the most conservative members of Congress.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A jury has found that a commuter railroad is mostly at fault for a fiery and deadly 2015 collision between a train and an SUV at a suburban New York crossing. Tuesday’s verdict lays out how the bill for any damages will be split. The jury found that the Metro-North Railroad bore 71%
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Former President Donald Trump will take the stage at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night to accept the GOP nomination for president.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis has approved a contract that would make the city’s police officers among the highest paid in the region. The contract was approved Thursday. It comes years after a movement to defund the Minneapolis Police Department and a severe officer shortage in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. A majority
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Former co-stars and famous fans are paying tribute to comedian and actor Bob Newhart, who died Thursday at age 94. Actors including Carol Burnett, Mark Hamill, Kaley Cuoco and Jamie Lee Curtis took to social media to share tributes to Newhart, making note of his comic greatness, generosity and kindness. Directors
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has announced a broad tax plan for an upcoming special legislative session billed to cut property taxes in half. But critics of the plan say it represents a tax shift from wealthy home and landowners to lower income residents who will have to pay sales
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Lou Dobbs, the conservative political pundit and veteran cable TV host who was a founding anchor for CNN and later was a nightly presence on Fox Business Network for more than a decade, has died. He was 78. His death was announced Thursday in a post on his official X account,
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ABC 17 News is interviewing candidates in the August primary ahead of the election.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Downtown Aquarium in Denver has a new resident — a rare orange lobster that was rescued from a shipment of crustaceans delivered to a Red Lobster restaurant in Pueblo, Colorado. A long-term employee who is a dishwasher and head biscuit maker spotted the bright orange lobster while unpacking a shipment last Friday
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ABC 17 News is interviewing candidates in the August primary ahead of the election.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democrats are suing to overturn the ability of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and others to raise and spend unlimited political contributions. The Democratic Party of Georgia on Thursday sued the governor in federal court in Atlanta. It’s asking a judge to declare that a 2021 law that created leadership
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