Woman raped as a child campaigns with first lady on abortion

Woman raped as a child campaigns with first lady on abortion

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 22-year-old woman who became abortion rights advocate After being raped by her stepfather as a child, she will campaign this weekend alongside first lady Jill Biden in Pennsylvania in the 2024 election around the anniversary of the fall of Roe v . Wade. Hadley Duvall of Owensboro, Kentuckyfirst told her story … Read more

Law of the Ten Commandments: Gov. Jeff Landry’s efforts to move Louisiana further to the right

Law of the Ten Commandments: Gov.  Jeff Landry’s efforts to move Louisiana further to the right

Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (AP) – Louisiana has long been reliably red. The Bayou State has voted for the Republican candidate in every presidential election since 2000, with residents overwhelmingly supporting Donald Trump in the last two, and the Republican Party has held a majority in the state for years. But state politics have shifted even … Read more

Juneteenth, monument dedicated in Alabama to those who endured slavery

Juneteenth, monument dedicated in Alabama to those who endured slavery

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of family names adorn the imposing monument, representing more than 4 million slaves freed after the Civil War. The Equal Justice Initiative, a criminal justice reform nonprofit, invoked Juneteenth holidays – the day that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States – dedicated its National Monument to Liberty … Read more

New law requires all Louisiana public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

New law requires all Louisiana public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (AP) – Louisiana has become the first state to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms, the latest move by a GOP-dominated Legislature pushing a conservative agenda under leadership of a new governor. The legislation passed by the Republican governor. Jeff Landry signed a law Wednesday requiring … Read more

Tropical Storm Alberto: First named storm of the season forms in the Gulf

Tropical Storm Alberto: First named storm of the season forms in the Gulf

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto formed in the southwest Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, the first named storm of what is expected to be a busy hurricane season. Alberto, which brings strong winds, heavy rain and flooding along the coasts of Texas and Mexico, is expected to make landfall in northern Mexico on … Read more

Immigrant families rejoice at Biden’s expansive approach to citizenship, while some are left behind

Immigrant families rejoice at Biden’s expansive approach to citizenship, while some are left behind

HOUSTON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of immigrants had reason to rejoice when President Joe Biden unveiled a highly ambitious plan to extend legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens but, inevitably, some were left out. side. Claudia Zúniga, 35, got married in 2017, 10 years after her husband arrived in the United States. He … Read more

Russian court sentences American soldier to nearly four years in prison for theft

Russian court sentences American soldier to nearly four years in prison for theft

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in the far-eastern Russian city of Vladivostok on Wednesday sentenced a U.S. soldier arrested earlier this year to three years and nine months in prison for robbery and threats of murder, reports said. Russian media reported. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, traveled to Vladivostok, a Pacific port city, to see … Read more

New Mexico wildfires: Governor declares state of emergency as thousands flee

New Mexico wildfires: Governor declares state of emergency as thousands flee

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Thousands of southern New Mexico residents fled a mountain village as a wind-driven wildfire ravaged homes and other buildings and killed at least one person . The authorities warned that the danger was not over. The governor of New Mexico. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency covering Ruidoso … Read more

Watch Live: Boeing CEO Tests Before Senate Committee

Watch Live: Boeing CEO Tests Before Senate Committee

The United States emphasized and pressed The CEO of Boeing On Tuesday, he spoke about the company’s plans to resolve its manufacturing problems and its willingness to heed warnings from whistleblowers, while relatives of those who died in two Boeing 737 Max jetliner crashes were present in the room to remind him of the issues. … Read more

Judge orders BNSF to pay Swinomish Tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains

Judge orders BNSF to pay Swinomish Tribe nearly 0 million for trespassing with oil trains

SEATTLE (AP) — BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding the company intentionally trespassed when it ran trains to several times 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik initially ruled last year that … Read more