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New York’s ‘equal rights’ constitutional amendment restored to ballot by appeals court
By The Associated Press on June 18th, 2024
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution barring discrimination based on “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” was restored to the November election ballot Tuesday by a state appeals court. In a short decision, a panel of midlevel appellate judges overturned a May decision by an upstate judge to strike the proposed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas megachurch pastor resigns after woman says he sexually abused her in the 1980s
By The Associated Press on June 18th, 2024
DALLAS (AP) – The pastor of a Texas megachurch has resigned after a woman said he had sexually abused her on multiple occasions in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12. Gateway Church’s board of elders said in a statement Tuesday that they’d accepted the resignation of Robert Morris, the church’s senior pastor and founder. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thousands flee New Mexico wildfires that have damaged 500 structures; governor declares emergency
By Morgan Lee, The Associated Press on June 18th, 2024
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Thousands of residents fled their homes as a wildfire swept into the mountain village of Ruidoso in southern New Mexico on Tuesday, destroying or damaging more than 500 structures. The governor declared a county-wide state of emergency that extended to neighboring tribal lands and deployed National Guard troops after residents ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire damages hundreds of structures in New Mexican village after residents flee
By Morgan Lee, The Associated Press on June 18th, 2024
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency in southern New Mexico on Tuesday after wildfires destroyed or damaged hundreds of structures in the mountainous village of Ruidoso. The governor’s declaration applies to Lincoln County and the Mescalero Apache Reservation. She also deployed additional National Guard troops to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region’s Native tribes
By Gene Johnson, The Associated Press on June 18th, 2024
SEATTLE (AP) – The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes. It issued a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US government, for the 1st time, details how Northwest dams devastated the region’s Native tribes
By Gene Johnson, The Associated Press on June 18th, 2024
SEATTLE (AP) – The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes. It issued a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The 911 system across Massachusetts is restored after going down for hours
By Michael Casey, The Associated Press on June 18th, 2024
BOSTON (AP) – The 911 system across Massachusetts was restored Tuesday after going down for several hours, which made it impossible for anyone to reach emergency services through the call number. The Massachusetts State Police announced around 3:45 p.m. that the system had been restored and that people could resume calling emergency services. They didn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Massachusetts suffers statewide outage of its 911 services
By The Associated Press on June 18th, 2024
BOSTON (AP) – The 911 system across Massachusetts went down Tuesday afternoon, making it impossible for anyone to reach emergency services. Dozens of communities reported the outage, but its cause was unclear. Several communities, including Boston, confirmed the outage and advised people to either pull a fire box or call a police department directly Several ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The shooter who killed 5 at a Colorado LGBTQ+ club pleads guilty to 50 federal hate crimes
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press on June 18th, 2024
DENVER (AP) – The shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at a nightclub in Colorado Springs pleaded guilty to 50 federal hate crime charges on Tuesday. Anderson Lee Aldrich, 24, is already serving life in prison after pleading guilty to state charges in the 2022 shooting last year. Federal prosecutors have focused ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New York’s top court declines to hear Trump’s appeal of gag order in hush money case
By The Associated Press on June 18th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – New York’s top court declined on Tuesday to hear Donald Trump’s gag order appeal, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. The Court of Appeals found that the order does not raise “substantial” constitutional issues that would warrant an immediate intervention. The decision is the latest legal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a new plan from Biden
By Seung Min Kim, The Associated Press on June 18th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is taking an expansive election year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S., aiming to balance his own aggressive crackdown on the southern border earlier this month that enraged advocates and many Democratic lawmakers. The White House announced Tuesday ... Read More »
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