Northern California wildfire threatens 500 buildings

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 02:18:03 -0400

A wildfire in Northern California has forced evacuations as it threatens about 500 homes and other buildings

New York's 1st legal marijuana crop sprouts under the sun

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 02:16:47 -0400

New York’s recreational marijuana market is beginning to sprout, literally.

Clinics scramble to divert patients as states ban abortion

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 02:30:37 -0400

The Supreme Court's ruling has set off a travel scramble in parts of the U.S.

Today in History: June 29, first trans-Pacific flight

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:23 -0400

Today in History Today is Wednesday, June 29, the 180th day of 2022. There are 185 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 29, 1613, London’s original Globe Theatre, where many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed, was destroyed by a fire sparked by a cannon shot during a performance of “Henry VIII.” On this date: In 1520, Montezuma II, the ninth and last emperor of the Aztecs, died in Tenochtitlan (tay-nohch-TEET’-lahn) under unclear circumstances (some say he was killed by his own subjects; others, by the Spanish). In 1767, Britain approved the Townshend Revenue Act, which imposed import duties on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and tea shipped to the American colonies. (Colonists bitterly protested, prompting Parliament to repeal the duties — except for tea.) In 1776, the Virginia state constitution was adopted, and Patrick Henry was made governor. In 1927, the first trans-Pacific airplane flight was completed as U.S. Army Air Corps Lt. Lester...

51 migrants die after trailer abandoned in San Antonio heat

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 23:10:30 -0400

Desperate families of migrants from Mexico and Central America are seeking word of their loved ones as authorities begin identifying 51 people who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer without air conditioning in the sweltering Texas heat

Ukraine's president: Russia has become 'a terrorist' state

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 22:22:45 -0400

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is accusing Russia of becoming “a terrorist” state carrying out “daily terrorist acts” and is urged Russia’s expulsion from the United Nations

New indictments returned in Texas against convicted murderer

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 21:15:58 -0400

New capital murder indictments have been returned against a convicted murderer from the Dallas area whom authorities now allege is responsible for 22 deaths

In flurry of court activity, rulings on abortion bans mixed

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 21:07:42 -0400

A federal court has allowed Tennessee to ban abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy

Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years for helping Epstein

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 20:12:00 -0400

Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls

2 workers presumed dead after trench collapse in Texas

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 20:52:35 -0400

Officials say two workers are presumed dead after a trench they were digging for a sewer line collapsed in Texas and buried them