Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says troops who were convicted under an old military policy criminalizing consensual gay sex can now apply for full pardons. That could restore their discharges from military service to an honorable status and pave the way for benefits. Potentially thousands of veterans are affected, but many questions
Continue ReadingBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Four Baton Rouge police officers have been indicted by a Louisiana grand jury on charges alleging that they covered up the beating of a suspect in custody in 2020. Baton Rouge news outlets say the four were members of the Baton Rouge Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit, which was later
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A couple in West Virginia is set for trial later this year after some of their adopted children were found locked in a shed. Donald Ray Lantz and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather face charges including civil rights violations, human trafficking and forced labor. Lantz and Whitefeather are white. Four children whose initials are referenced
Continue ReadingSHANGHAI, China (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Beijing says China’s support for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine by providing technology for missiles and other weaponry is a “major mistake.” Ambassador Nicholas Burns made the remark in a speech in China’s financial hub of Shanghai. He also said China “is not neutral, but has effectively
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two astronauts are spending extra time at the International Space Station as NASA and Boeing troubleshoot capsule problems that popped up on the way there. The veteran astronauts expected to stay for a week or so at the space station during a test flight of Boeing’s new Starliner capsule,
Continue ReadingBy Kara Mihm and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A hiker drowned Sunday at Glacier National Park in Montana after slipping into fast-moving water, being swept over several small waterfalls, and getting pinned underwater for several minutes, according to officials. The woman, identified as 26-year-old Gillian Tones, was visiting the park from Pennsylvania, the National Park
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Longtime Sporting Kansas City midfielder Roger Espinoza, who appeared in a pair of World Cups and at an Olympics for Honduras, has retired from professional soccer. Espinoza, whose last game with Kansas City was in the Western Conference semifinals last November, announced his retirement on Wednesday. He’ll be honored on
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — A second Venezuelan man living in the U.S. illegally and accused of killing a 12-year-old Houston girl has been ordered to be held on a $10 million bond. Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel is one of two men charged with capital murder in Jocelyn Nungaray’s death. The other is Franklin Jose Peña Ramos. Martinez-Rangel’s $10 million
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Anticipation is mingling with fear across Haiti as the country welcomes the fourth major foreign intervention in its history to fight gang violence. A couple hundred police officers from Kenya met Wednesday with Prime Minister Garry Conille as they prepare to deploy in upcoming days. No one except high-ranking
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Intentionally releasing a balloon will soon be illegal in Florida. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday creating the new law, which expands the state’s current ban on releasing 10 or more balloons. The law takes effect July 1. The law will exempt children under 7. Anyone else can be
Continue ReadingAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pardoning potentially thousands of former U.S. service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex. The president says he is “righting an historic wrong” to clear the way for these service members to regain lost benefits. Biden’s action grants a
Continue ReadingSoprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Yusif Eyvazov have separated. The couple had been together since 2014, when they appeared together in Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” at Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera. They married in 2015. They say in a statement: “After 10 happy years together, we have made the difficult but amicable decision to separate.” Netrebko, 52, has
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Malala Yousafzai, education activist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Personal Birth date: July 12, 1997 Birth place: Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan Father: Ziauddin Yousafzai, educator and activist Mother: Toorpekai Yousafzai Marriage: Asser Malik (2021-present) Education: Oxford University, 2020, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Other
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Millions of American shoppers are contending with common drugstore items like toothpaste being locked behind Plexiglass these days. If you’re one of them, California may have a solution. Business leaders, law enforcement and Republican politicians are backing a ballot initiative that could once again allow judges to imprison repeat
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Queen Consort Camilla, wife of King Charles III. Personal Birth date: July 17, 1947 Birth place: London, England Birth name: Camilla Rosemary Shand Father: Major Bruce Shand, retired British Army officer, later a wine merchant Mother: Rosalind Cubitt, daughter of the 3rd Baron
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the British Open. July 17-20, 2025 – Scottie Scheffler wins the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland. July 18-21, 2024 – Xander Schauffele wins the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland. About The British Open is one
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — Fighting brain cancer, little Giada Demma was lying in her pediatric hospital bed, her tiny body virtually swimming in a drab green hospital gown. Her cousin Giuliana Demma remembers looking at the 1-year-old and thinking how sad the scene was: a small child awash in an ugly gown several
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The International Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted an al Qaeda-linked leader of crimes against humanity and war crimes that took place in Timbuktu, northern Mali. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, who was a senior member of the Islamic Police, was recruited by al Qaeda leaders,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Marvel star Anthony Mackie swam with sharks in the Gulf of Mexico for the new National Geographic special “Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie” debuting Thursday. The actor loves boating and fishing and is a certified scuba diver who has swam with sharks around the world. New Orleans is his hometown and Mackie says
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) — Local and federal agencies say that a group of more than a hundred Haitian migrants arrived in a sailboat off the lower Florida Keys. The landing Monday morning comes as the Caribbean nation is struggling with a surge of gang violence that has killed several thousand people in recent years
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