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Union wants statement against COVID vaccine misinformation after CDC shooting
A Georgia man who had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal has been identified as the shooter who opened fire late Friday on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, killing a police officer. The 30-year-old suspect, who died during the incident, had also tried to get into the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta but…
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An Afghan interpreter evaded death during the war but met a grim fate in Texas
News of Abdul Niazi’s death arrived in a chilling phone call. It was March 26, nearly the end of Ramadan, and his wife wanted to know when to expect her husband, a former U.S. military interpreter who lost both legs in a bomb blast in Afghanistan and became one of Houston’s most well-known advocates for new Afghan migrants. It was…
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Storms kill 1, injure another and displace hundreds of inmates in Nebraska
Facebook Tweet Email Link Omaha, Nebraska AP — Strong storms before dawn Saturday in eastern Nebraska killed one person and seriously injured another in a state park and displaced hundreds of inmates after two prison housing units were damaged, officials said, even as other Midwest states also braced for bad weather. The Waterloo Volunteer Fire Department was called to Two…
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Trump news at a glance: Lutnick threatens Harvard patents; former Fox commentator bound for UN | Trump administration
The Trump administrations has threatened Harvard’s lucrative portfolio of patents amid its long-running dispute with the university, accusing it of breaching legal and contractual requirements tied to federally funded research. In a letter, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick demanded that Harvard provide within four weeks a list of all patents stemming from federally funded research grants, including how the patents are…
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Sen. Ruben Gallego charges up Iowa crowd as he attacks Trump’s tax bill
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of people cheered Sen. Ruben Gallego at a town hall meeting in eastern Iowa Saturday as the first-term Arizona Democrat assailed the massive, Republican-backed tax bill signed by President Donald Trump as likely to make “America poorer and sicker.” Gallego’s upbeat event struck the opposite tone from Rep. Mike Flood’s town hall meeting earlier in…
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Teenager arrested after three shot in New York City’s Times Square
A 17-year-old suspect has been arrested after three people were shot in New York City’s Times Square in the early hours of Saturday. Gunfire rang out at around 01:20 EDT (05:20 GMT) at West 44th Street and Seventh Avenue, below the towering billboards in one of the world’s busiest tourist hotspots. The teenager has not been named by police, and…
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Whitmer to Trump: Change course on tariffs to help Michigan’s auto jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met privately in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump to make a case he did not want to hear: the automotive industry he said he wants to save were being hurt by his tariffs. The Democrat came with a slide deck to make her points in a visual presentation. Just getting the…
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Zelenskyy rejects formally ceding Ukrainian territory : NPR
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a press conference during his visit to Vienna, Austria, June 16, 2025. Heinz-Peter Bader/AP hide caption toggle caption Heinz-Peter Bader/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Saturday the planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning that any peace deal excluding Kyiv would lead to “dead solutions.” The…
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Evacuation orders lifted as firefighters make progress on Canyon fire
Firefighters are continuing to make progress battling a wildfire burning in the hills near the Los Angeles and Ventura county line, allowing thousands of evacuated residents to return to their homes Friday evening as public health officials warned of potentially unhealthy air in the area through the weekend. By 6 p.m. Friday, crews had reached 28% containment on the 5,370-acre…
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Gunman dead in Atlanta shooting near CDC and Emory University; officer killed, police say
Police in Atlanta say the gunman is dead after an active shooting situation Friday near Emory University, outside the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A DeKalb County police officer who was shot has died of his injuries, officials said. The mayor said no civilians were shot. At about 5 p.m., Emory University posted an emergency…
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