An Idaho doctor and four residents are challenging a new state law that halts some of the few public benefits available to people living in the U.S. unlawfully, including a program that provides access to life-saving HIV and AIDS medication for low income patients. The ACLU of Idaho filed the …
Read More »Daniel Park, suspect linked to Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing, dies in federal custody, Bureau of Prisons says
Daniel Park, a suspect charged earlier this month in connection with the bombing outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, has died in federal custody, the Bureau of Prisons said Tuesday. The 32-year-old from Seattle was found unresponsive at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, according to a …
Read More »Lawmakers move to limit Trump’s war powers as Israel
Washington — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are looking to limit President Trump’s ability to order U.S. strikes on Iran amid its ongoing war with Israel, emphasizing that only Congress has the power to declare war under the Constitution. “This is not our war,” Republican Rep. Thomas Massie …
Read More »Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman killed, state Sen. John Hoffman injured in targeted shootings. Here’s what we know.
A suspect in custody has been charged with murder following targeted shootings that killed one Minnesota lawmaker and injured another. Gov. Tim Walz called the shootings “politically motivated” in a news briefing on Saturday. State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were fatally shot at their home in Brooklyn Park, Walz …
Read More »Death toll in Air India plane crash rises to 270 as more bodies are located by recovery teams
Search and recovery teams continued scouring the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for a third day after the Air India flight fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday. The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel in …
Read More »MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is using his defamation trial to sell goods: “Use promo code JURY”
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is using his defamation trial over statements he made about a former Dominion Voting Systems official to boost sales of his pillows, linens and other products, as well as to raise money for his legal defense. On June 4, Lindell wrote on social media that “My …
Read More »Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty defeats Journalism again to take the 157th running of the Belmont Stakes
In a rematch that lived up to its billing, Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty galloped to victory over Journalism in muddy conditions at the 157th Belmont Stakes in Saratoga Springs, New York, on Saturday in the third leg of the Triple Crown. Sovereignty, who entered the race with 2-to-1 odds, defeated …
Read More »3 dead, 21 injured in Russian drone and missile attacks on Kharkiv
A large Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding 21 others, according to local officials, as hopes for peace dimmed further. The warring sides also accused each other of trying to sabotage a planned prisoner exchange, nearly a week …
Read More »11 stabbed at Salem, Oregon, mission that aids homeless people
Eleven people were stabbed Sunday evening at a Salem, Oregon, mission that aids homeless people, and a male suspect was in custody, police said. All the victims were brought to a local hospital with “varying types of injuries,” police said. It happened at the Union Gospel Mission, which helps “men, …
Read More »Car crashes into roof of veterans hall in Missouri — again
A car has crashed through the roof of a Missouri veterans hall for the second time in three months. Video shows a car careening off a nearby road and crashing into the Clay-Ray Veterans Memorial Hall in Excelsior Springs. The vehicle collides with the roof of the building and sends …
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