By CNN staff (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approach to regulating the abortion pill mifepristone with a ruling that will continue to allow the pills to be mailed to patients without an in-person doctor’s visit. Read the full ruling below: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A family of gospel singers is releasing their first new music in nearly 50 years. Annie, R.C. and Edward Brown of Aberdeen, Mississippi were barely teenagers when they were inspired by The Staple Singers to form their own band. The Staples Jr. Singers even put out a
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Rafael Nadal says he will miss this year’s Wimbledon, opting to skip the grass court grand slam to focus on preparing for the Paris Olympics. Tennis at this year’s Olympics will take place on the clay at Roland Garros, where Nadal has won the French Open a record 14
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By Tierney Sneed and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approach to regulating the abortion pill mifepristone with a ruling that will continue to allow the pills to be mailed to patients without an in-person doctor’s visit. The ruling is a significant
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The president of California State University, Los Angeles, says demonstrators protesting Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza are no longer welcome on campus after some of them occupied and trashed a building while she was inside. The takeover later ended with no arrests. A university spokesperson says protesters barricaded the building
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press FASANO, Italy (AP) — President Joe Biden and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a 10-year security agreement Thursday that they hailed as a milestone in relations between their countries, but that alone was not enough to stop Zelenskyy from wondering how much longer he could count on
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nicole Kidman’s co-stars like Meryl Streep and Reese Witherspoon paid her tribute as expected when she received the AFI Life Achievement Award in April. But when the telecast of the event airs on TNT Monday night, viewers may be surprised to see young actors thanking
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Rafael Nadal is going to skip Wimbledon, as expected, and instead prepare for the Paris Olympics by entering a clay-court tournament in Bastad, Sweden. The 22-time Grand Slam champion said Thursday he wants to just remain on clay, rather than switching over to grass for the All England Club
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story MADISON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Madison County Sheriff’s Office has arrested three individuals who they said rented a nearby Airbnb and terrorized the community for several weeks. Madison County Sheriff Buddy Harwood said that they arrested the trio on June 5. “The past
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith is set to brief the public on Thursday regarding the death of civil rights leader Ann Brewster who died in 1964. Brewster, 41, was closely involved with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She used her workplace,
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — SpaceX and CEO Elon Musk were sued on Wednesday by former employees who claim they were illegally fired for raising concerns about gender discrimination and sexual harassment at the rocket company. The lawsuit, brought by eight employees who were fired in 2022, alleges that Musk wants
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — An amateur paleontologist has discovered a new species of pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs around 100 million years ago. Kevin Petersen, an avocado farmer and curator of the Kronosaurus Korner fossil museum in northwest Queensland, Australia, unearthed a number of fossilized bones in western Queensland in
Continue ReadingBy A’ali’i Dukelow Click here for updates on this story WAILUKU, Hawaii (KITV) — A high-ranking Maui fire official accused of child sex crimes pled not guilty to the charges during his first court appearance Wednesday. Last month, a grand jury indicted 52-year-old Maui Fire Dept. Battalion Chief Shawn Rogers, who is now facing charges
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A top U.N. official has warned that an estimated 200,000 people in Pakistan are likely to be affected by the upcoming above-normal monsoon rains. Mohamed Yahya, the newly appointed Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, says weather forecasters are predicting heavy monsoon rains, which begin in July before
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — The lead singer of Motown’s legendary Four Tops has sued a Michigan hospital for racial discrimination, claiming that he was treated like he was mentally ill and restrained after he had told staff that he was in the group. Alexander Morris,
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mncwabe and Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — FIFA is facing a legal challenge over the world governing body’s “unilateral” decision to set the international match calendar – notably an expanded 32-team FIFA Club World Cup – unions representing soccer players said in a statement on Thursday. The claim filed by the English Professional Footballers’ Association
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich, jailed in Russia for over a year on espionage charges, will stand trial in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg. Russia’s Prosecutor General’s office said Thursday an indictment of the Wall Street Journal reporter has been finalized and his case was filed to a regional
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — Police say a 9-year-old child has become the fourth young gunshot victim in the city in recent weeks. The shooting occurred just after midnight Thursday. The child died at a hospital. Police say they are searching for “unknown suspects.” A 10-year-old girl was killed May 31 in Milwaukee while sleeping in her
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is calling on Republicans to drop lawsuits targeting mail voting now that Donald Trump has embraced the method. The Republican National Committee has filed multiple lawsuits seeking to limit provisions of mailed ballots, including in states that allow ballots to arrive after
Continue ReadingBy DeJanay Booth-Singleton Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Macomb County real estate developer is ordered to pay $300,000 following a lawsuit over the illegal destruction of a wetland. In a consent judgment filed on June 3, Ingham County Judge James Jamo found Chesterfield 5 LLC in Shelby Township
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