By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge struck down Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for children as unconstitutional Tuesday, the first ruling to overturn such a prohibition as a growing number of Republican-led states adopt similar restrictions. U.S. District Judge Jay Moody issued a permanent injunction against the
Continue ReadingGLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Heavy rain and a waterlogged field led to play being suspended for about 1 hour and 40 minutes in Scotland’s European Championship qualifying game against Georgia. The game started with puddles on the Hampden Park pitch in Glasgow and the ball kicking up sprays of water as it splashed around. Scotland’s
Continue ReadingBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Checking-line forward Zemgus Girgensons is returning to the Buffalo Sabres for a 10th season after signing a one-year, $2.5 million contract. The 29-year-old Girgensons is the team’s longest-serving active player and was eligible to become an unrestricted free agent next month Buffalo finished with 42 wins, its most since 2010-11, despite
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man seving a hit-and-run sentence in a California prison until his release earlier this year remains jailed pending charges after a crash in Minneapolis that killed five young women. Police say a speeding driver blew past a state trooper on Friday night, ran
Continue ReadingBy MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A grisly riot at a women’s prison in Honduras Tuesday left at least 41 women dead, most burned to death, in violence the country’s president blamed on “mara” street gangs that often wield broad power inside penitentiaries. Most victims were burned but there also were reports
Continue ReadingWARREN, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit police officer has been charged with assault after video shows him punching a young man in the face and slamming his head to the ground at the jail. The incident happened on June 13 in Warren after a 19-year-old man was arrested for multiple felonies. Video shows him
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Much has been made of Wes Anderson’s often-recurring troupe of actors like Bill Murray, Adrien Brody and Owen Wilson. But for many young actors, Anderson’s film sets have been their first real blush with moviemaking — or, at least, Anderson’s elegant style of it. Since
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Criminal defendants are routinely advised to avoid commenting on pending charges against them. But Donald Trump, the former president and current White House hopeful, is no ordinary defendant. In his first televised interview since his arraignment last week on federal charges, the former president acknowledged that he
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk says it has begun legal proceedings against some US medical spas, weight loss or wellness clinics and compounding pharmacies “to cease and desist from false advertising, trademark infringement and/or unlawful sales of non-FDA approved compounded products claiming to contain semaglutide,” the active ingredient in its
Continue ReadingBy Vedika Sud, Sania Farooqui and Anil Kumar, CNN (CNN) — Officials in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are investigating the deaths of at least 68 people in the district of Ballia between Thursday and Sunday as temperatures soar in northern and eastern parts of the country. The surge in deaths this months
Continue ReadingCNN By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon announced Tuesday that the accounting error revealed last month was significantly more than previously stated and aid provided to Ukraine was overvalued by $6.2 billion rather than $3 billion. The accounting error includes fiscal years 2022 and 2023 and occurred because “in a
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN New York (CNN) — Americans got less generous in 2022, as soaring inflation and the slumping stock market took a significant toll on charitable giving. Total giving fell to $499 billion, down 3.4% from a record year of donations in 2021, according to Giving USA 2023: The Annual Report on Philanthropy
Continue ReadingBIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Britain’s Katie Boulter couldn’t bring along her title-winning form to Birmingham Classic. Two days after winning a first WTA title at the Nottingham Open, Boulter lost in the first round of another grass-court event on home soil. She was defeated 7-5, 7-5 by Lin Zhu of China. Fellow Briton Jodie Burrage
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — The Georgia State Election Board dismissed the years-long investigation into alleged misconduct by Fulton County election workers during the 2020 election, saying it had found no evidence of conspiracy. “Over the course of the investigation, it was confirmed that numerous allegations made against the Fulton County Department of Registration
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Millions of Americans are at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage in coming months, but residents in Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, New Hampshire and South Dakota will be the first to bear the brunt of the terminations. States have been barred by Congress from winnowing their Medicaid rolls since the
Continue ReadingHALLE, Germany (AP) — Hubert Hurkacz withstood a strong challenge from American Christopher Eubanks before starting his Halle Open title defense with a 6-4, 6-7 (11), 6-3 win. The sixth-seeded Polish player hit 22 aces and needed more than two hours to overcome the 77th-ranked Eubanks. Hurkacz next faces Tallon Griekspoor at the grass-court tournament.
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — Firefighters pulled off a dramatic rope rescue early Tuesday morning in Brooklyn. It happened after flames broke out inside the kitchen of an apartment in a building on 16th Street and 8th Avenue in the Park Slope neighborhood. Citizen app video
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday launched a Senate investigation into working and safety conditions at Amazon warehouses, adding to federal scrutiny on the labor practices of one of the country’s largest employers. Sanders, the chairman of the Senate committee on health, education, labor and pensions, also unveiled a website
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — People across the nation and the Tri-State marked Juneteenth with celebrations and observances on Monday. In New Jersey, lawmakers commemorated the fall of slavery by discussing plans to study reparations. The New Jersey Institute of Social Justice announced the launch of
Continue ReadingBy Nicky Robertson and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Senate Democrats intend to mark the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade by pushing a collection of abortion rights messaging bills. Ahead of the anniversary on Saturday, Senate Democrats will ask for “unanimous consent” on legislation which would seek to expand abortion
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