The five worst presidents for Black people’s lives, liberty and pursuit of happiness
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news.yahoo.comTexas' border mission grows, but crossings still high
Greg Abbott's massive border apparatus after 53 migrants were found dead or dying in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio. It reflects how, across the nation’s entire southern border, crossings are at or near the highest in about two decades. He said that state troopers would begin inspecting more tractor-trailers in wake of the tragedy. Abbott stopped the checks after signing agreements with governors in Mexico's four neighboring states, but warned he might reimpose them if he didn't see improvement. He also said Texas has turned back more than 22,000 migrants over the last year — a fraction of the attempted border crossings across the southern border in a single month.
wftv.comFormer defense secretary James Mattis rips Putin's 'pathetic' military performance in Ukraine: 'We're watching Russia wither before our eyes'
James Mattis condemned "the immoral, the tactically incompetent, operationally stupid and strategically foolish effort" of Russia's war with Ukraine.
news.yahoo.comConey Island's Luna Park to expand, introduce 3 attractions
Coney Island New Rides Construction is underway in the amusement park district of Coney Island, Friday, June 17, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Luna Park in Coney Island will open three new major attractions this season alongside new recreational areas and pedestrian plazas. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (John Minchillo)NEW YORK — (AP) — Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step right up and witness Coney Island’s Luna Park like you’ve never seen it before. Leti’s Treasure is a throwback to Shoot the Chutes, another Coney Island classic, which opened a year later in 1885. Coney Island's original Luna Park was destroyed by a fire and then sold in the 1940s, but the park was reborn in 2010 with the construction of a new Luna Park, which has been evolving and expanding since then.
wftv.comClimate concerns grow as US helps Europe replace Russian gas
“We have to face the reality that today Europe’s system is dependent on gas,” Hochstein told the AP after the hearing. The European Union received roughly 40% of its natural gas from Russia before the war. Western-led sanctions and Russian cutoffs, as well as Europe's major switch to non-Russian suppliers, are depriving Europe of Russian natural gas. Renewable energy is.”Climate advocates are wary of what they see as Hochstein's support of some infrastructure projects in Europe for liquified natural gas. “Unfortunately, we don't have the clean infrastructure to replace natural gas in the short- or medium-term,” Hochstein told the AP.
wftv.comLive updates | Bad weather forces Biden's early departure
The Group of Seven leading economic powers are meeting in Germany for their annual gathering Sunday through Tuesday. From there, he would fly via Air Force One to Madrid for the NATO summit. Ahead of his early departure, Biden met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi and summit host Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The talks in Germany, which draw to a close Tuesday, want to make sure that Russia pays a high price for its invasion. They also intend to set priorities for the coming decade, with a new focus on checking China’s growing international ambitions.
wftv.comRep. Mary Miller calls Roe decision 'victory for white life'
NEW YORK — (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois, speaking at a rally Saturday night with former President Donald Trump, called the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade a “victory for white life.”Miller's spokesman said the Illinois Republican had intended to say the decision was a victory for a “right to life." Miller is running for reelection in the state’s newly redrawn 15th Congressional District against GOP Rep. Rodney Davis with the former president’s blessing. “President Trump, on behalf of all the MAGA patriots in America, I want to thank you for the historic victory for white life in the Supreme Court yesterday,” she said, drawing cheers from the crowd. During the rally, Trump took a victory lap for the Supreme Court's bombshell ruling Friday ending the constitutional right to abortion. ___For AP’s full coverage of the Supreme Court ruling on abortion, go to https://apnews.com/hub/abortionCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.
wftv.comTensions sparking change in US Olympic world, but how much?
A candidate to replace her is Dexter Paine, a current USOPC board member and former chair of U.S. Olympic sports in the U.S. are run by more than four dozen NGBs that are, in turn, overseen by the USOPC. Some of this can be blamed on the pandemic, which delayed the 2020 Olympics by a year and put a major strain on budgeting throughout the Olympic world. Max Cobb, the CEO of U.S. Biathlon, acknowledged the growing tension between the NGBs and the USOPC. Cobb said 2022 is the right time to realign priorities, with the Paris Games still more than two years off.
wftv.comSupreme Court live updates Court strikes down Roe v. Wade, ending constitutional protection for abortion
The decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health was the most anticipated of the court’s term, with political tension surrounding the fight over abortion erupting in May with the leak of a draft opinion indicating a majority of justices intended to end the long-standing precedent.
washingtonpost.comOfficials: US to send rocket systems, other aid to Ukraine
Russia Ukraine War 100 Days Explainer FILE - An explosion tears a hole in the side of an apartment building after a Russian tank fired a rocket in Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File) (Evgeniy Maloletka)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The U.S. will send another $450 million in military aid to Ukraine, including some additional medium-range rocket systems, U.S. officials said Thursday. The latest package will include a number of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS. The initial four that the U.S. sent have already gone into Ukraine and are in the hand of troops there. The new aid comes just a week after the U.S. announced it will send an additional $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine, as America and its allies send Ukraine the longer-range systems that they believe will allow forces to better fight back against Russia.
wftv.com1/6 panel lawyer urged to run for Missouri US Senate seat
Election 2022 Missouri Senate FILE—John Wood, committee investigative staff counsel, at the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. An effort is underway in Missouri to get Wood to run as an independent for U.S. Senate. Supporters on Monday, June 20, launched a website, and former U.S. Sen. John Danforth said he also supports a run by Wood. A committee on Monday launched a website encouraging John F. Wood to run for retiring GOP Sen. Roy Blunt's seat. Danforth, 85, said in an interview that he had nothing to do with the website but also wants Wood to run.
wftv.com1/6 panel lawyer urged to run for Missouri US Senate seat
Former Republican U.S. Sen. John Danforth and others are urging a former federal prosecutor who now serves as an attorney for the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection to make an independent run for one of Missouri’s Senate seats.
July 4: Quotes about Independence Day, freedom, patriotism
Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania! But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring."
wftv.comInflation taking bite out of new infrastructure projects
Inflation is taking a toll on infrastructure projects across the U.S., driving up costs so much that state and local officials are postponing projects, scaling back others and reprioritizing their needs. Gillett had hoped the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act would finance a boom in highway and bridge construction. In addition to roads, the federal infrastructure bill includes billions of dollars for water projects, railways, airports, broadband internet, electric grids and green-energy projects over the coming years. Officials at Des Moines International Airport were counting on the federal infrastructure money to replace an aging terminal with a modern structure. Though Missouri forged ahead with this year's projects, inflation “will take a bite out of the future,” McKenna said.
wftv.comFlorida lawmakers introduce bill to address baby formula shortage
Several U.S. senators introduced a new bill Monday called the “Urgently Feeding America’s Babies Act,” which would direct President Joe Biden and his administration to invoke the Defense Production Act in response to the ongoing baby formula shortage.
Emirates to again fly Boeing 777 to Orlando, other US cities as 5G rollout slowed
Long-haul carrier Emirates says it will resume its Boeing 777 flights to the U.S. after halting its use of the aircraft there over concerns new 5G services in America could interfere with airplane technology that measures altitude.
Judge signs plan, resolves Puerto Rico bankruptcy battle
Puerto Rico’s nearly five-year bankruptcy battle is ending after a federal judge signed a plan that slashes the U.S. territory’s public debt load as part of the largest municipal debt restructuring in U.S. history and allows the government to start repaying creditors.