By Jen Christensen, CNN In new clarifying guidance announced Monday, the Biden administration said that federal law preempts state abortion bans when emergency care is needed and that the federal government can penalize institutions or providers that fail to provide abortions as needed to treat medical emergencies. “Under the law, no matter where you live,
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — When an officer pulled Brandy Bottone over for driving by herself in a high occupancy vehicle lane in Texas just days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, she pointed to her pregnant belly and told him her unborn daughter now counts as a person. Bottone, who was eight months
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ, JENNIFER McDERMOTT and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The implications of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade are reverberating nationwide as states reemerge as the new battlefields for abortion rights. A Utah judge on Monday granted a request from Planned Parenthood to delay implementing the state’s
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU. (DHS por sus siglas en inglés) extenderá una forma de ayuda humanitaria para Venezuela, anunció este lunes el secretario Alejandro Mayorkas. “Como una de mis primeras acciones como secretario, designé a Venezuela para el TPS”, dijo Mayorkas. “Después de una cuidadosa consideración, y en consulta
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police in Warsaw say they have detained a 31-year-old man who placed an explosive device in a downtown street where over 300 people were taking part in a remembrance march for the victims of World War II massacres of Poles. The police said Monday they evacuated the area within 200 meters
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Discovery Channel’s upcoming “Shark Week” will have some extra muscle. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will host this year, and has the honor of being first-ever Master of Ceremonies. “Our Seven Bucks Productions has partnered with Discovery to bring you a very special (and badass) Shark Week. I filmed exclusively in my home
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who fled their country’s humanitarian crisis and are in the United States under temporary legal protection will be allowed to remain for another 18 months. The Biden administration announced Monday that an estimated 343,000 Venezuelans already in the United States and
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Supporters of a one-year extension of humanitarian aid deliveries from Turkey to 4.1 million Syrians in the rebel-held northwest have given in to Russia’s demand for a six month extension, paving the way for approval of a UN resolution on Tuesday. Ireland and Norway, who
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Talk about a great warmup act for the 150th British Open at St. Andrews. Monday was the “Celebration of Champions.” Tiger Woods isn’t big on ceremonial golf, but this would be considered a big exception. He played with Rory McIlroy, Lee Trevino and former
Continue ReadingBy DARLEENE POWELLS Click here for updates on this story CULVER CITY (KCAL, KCBS) — Culver City is dealing with a spike in crime that includes three armed robberies in as many days. According to Culver City police, there has been a 90% increase in crime in 2021 and 2022, compared to numbers from 2018
Continue ReadingBy KOVR Staff Click here for updates on this story MODESTO (KOVR) — A suspect who allegedly killed his own neighbor went on to shoot and kill himself after an hours-long standoff in Modesto over the weekend, police say. The Modesto Police Department says the shooting happened around 2 p.m. Sunday on the 2900 block
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell 70 cents to $104.09 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for September delivery rose 8 cents to $107.10 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for August delivery rose 1 cent to $3.46 a gallon. August heating oil rose 10 cents to $3.77 a gallon. August natural gas
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press A fact-finding commission of the Episcopal Church will research the history of the denomination’s role in operating boarding schools for Native American children — part of a system the church now acknowledges was rooted in white supremacy and caused generations of trauma. The denomination’s General Convention, meeting in Baltimore, approved
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press A fact-finding commission of the Episcopal Church will research the history of the denomination’s role in operating boarding schools for Native American children — part of a system the church now acknowledges was rooted in white supremacy and caused generations of trauma. The denomination’s General Convention, meeting in Baltimore, approved
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Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina signed an executive order Monday seeking to protect the nation’s ninth-busiest port from pollution. Now a national historic landmark, a navy aircraft carrier that served in World War II and the Vietnam War is experiencing corrosion in
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Reese Witherspoon was an early champion of “Where the Crawdads Sing,” a coming-of-age story, romance and courtroom drama about a young girl growing up alone in the marshes of costal North Carolina, and set out to make a feature film with the help of screenwriter Lucy Alibar and director
Continue ReadingBy AADIT TAMBE, STEPHEN NEUKAM, KATE SELTZER, RACHEL LOGAN, HENRY KUCZYNSKI, EMMETT GARTNER, TRISHA AHMED, ABBY ZIMMARDI, MICHAEL PURDIE, SHREYA VUTTALURU, JAMIE LIN PINZON / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for Investigative Journalism WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Lottery retailers in nearly every state are clustered in lower-income neighborhoods, driving a wealth transfer from
Continue ReadingBy SHAWN CHITNIS Click here for updates on this story FAIRFIELD (KPIX) — The family of a grandfather who was attacked while trying to enter their Fairfield home offered a warning Sunday to their community and others around the Bay Area to be vigilant against neighborhood crime. “When I actually watched the full video from
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore police are looking into the possibility that someone deliberately set fire to a house in Elwood Park on Monday, according to authorities. Baltimore’s firefighters were sent to extinguish a house fire n the 600 block of North Robinson Street as the
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