The only abortion clinic in Mississippi, nicknamed The Pink House by patients and supporters, has closed its doors after triggering the legal process that led to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade. ‘Today is a hard day for all of us @ the last abortion provider in Mississippi,’ tweeted the Jackson Women’s Health Organization […]
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris called Brittney Griner’s wife ‘to reassure’ her that they continue working to free the WNBA star from a Russian prison where she is being ‘wrongfully detained’. Biden and Harris spoke with Cherelle Griner on Wednesday about their efforts to get Brittney out of the ‘intolerable circumstances’. ‘The […]
The death toll from the Highland Park Fourth of July parade massacre has risen to seven, after one of the 47 wounded people died in a hospital. Lake County Major Crimes Task Force spokesman Sgt Christopher Covelli confirmed the death on Tuesday. Prior to the latest death, five people succumbed to their wounds at the […]
A grand jury investigating ex-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia has subpoenaed seven of his allies including his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Along with Giuliani, Senator Lindsey Graham and John Eastman, who came up with a plan to assemble alternate slates of electors in the Georgia election, are called to […]
Police have released bodycam footage of the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old unarmed black man, that has sparked violent protests in Akron, Ohio. Jayland Walker was killed during a traffic stop on June 27 after eight police officers shot him at least 60 times. Walker was not armed when cops chased him. Cops tried to […]
President Joe Biden has named 17 people he is giving the highest civilian honor in the US to, including the late Steve Jobs, Olympic champion Simone Biles and actor Denzel Washington. Biden on Friday announced the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is ‘presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the […]
Isabella Grullón Paz Hot dogs. Apple pie. Sweat stains. After a month of intense heat baked much of the United States, the Fourth of July weekend will bring “some typical summertime weather,” in the words of Bob Oraveck, a lead national forecaster with the National Weather Service. That’s code for hot and humid, as it […]
The woman suspected of fatally shooting professional cyclist Anna Moriah ‘Mo’ Wilson has been captured in Costa Rica after 43 days on the run from authorities. Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, was arrested Wednesday at a hostel on Santa Teresa Beach in Provincia de Puntarenas, in connection with the May 11 shooting death of Wilson, 25, […]
Livia Albeck-Ripka A fast-growing fire near South Yuba River State Park in Nevada County, Calif., about 70 miles northeast of Sacramento, has grown to more than 900 acres in two days, prompting evacuation orders for hundreds of residents of nearby communities, the authorities said Thursday. The blaze, named the Rices fire, is one of more […]
A 14-year-old tiger has died at a zoo after contracting the coronavirus, which caused him to develop pneumonia. Jupiter the Amur tiger died on Sunday at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio. The tiger first began appearing unwell on June 22, when he was not interested in eating and did not want to stand, […]