Новости за 04.07.2022

President Biden pledged federal assistance in capturing the shooter who opened fire at a Fourth of July parade in a suburb of Chicago on Monday, killing at least six people. Biden said in a statement that he has spoken to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) and Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering (D), offering the “full...

A July 4 weekend fireworks incident left an 11-year-old boy from Indiana dead, officials said on Monday. The boy has been identified as Mount Vernon resident Camrynn Ray McMichael, Indiana State Police said in a statement.  Officials responded to a call they received about the situation just before 10:00 p.m. local time on Sunday, but...

Illinois lawmakers and leaders reacted with horror and sorrow on Monday after a mass shooting in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park left at least six people dead. “Today a shooter struck in Highland Park during the Independence Day parade. My campaign team and I were gathering at the start of the parade when shooting...

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) asked the state's Supreme Court on Sunday to reinstate an abortion ban that briefly went into effect following the overturning of Roe v. Wade but was later blocked by a lower court. A judge on Thursday had temporarily blocked the implementation of two state laws, which would effectively ban...

Abortion rights activists say the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe v. Wade will reverberate around the world, possibly restricting access to the procedure in other countries and weakening the global movement for reproductive rights. As part of the so-called Green Wave movement that started in Argentina, majority-Catholic countries across Latin America — including...

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The U.K. Embassy in Washington, D.C., shared a playlist to commemorate the United States's Independence Day on Monday, including only one song on repeat by the band Player: “Baby Come Back.” “Baby come back, any kind of fool could see/There was something in everything about you/Baby come back, you can blame it all on me/I...

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) said on Monday that members of its pilots’ unions were going on strike as the airline saw dozens of flights canceled by that morning. Data from the flight tracking website FlightAware showed that SAS was the airline with the second-highest number of canceled flights on Monday morning, with more than 120 nixed...

The City of Orlando, Fla., apologized on Saturday for its Independence Day message that declared the nation was in “strife” and questioned why people would want to celebrate the holiday in the city’s weekly newsletter. “A lot of people probably don’t want to celebrate our nation right now, and we can’t blame them,” the Friday...

Celebrating Independence Day 2022 conveys a lot of emotional burden for many Americans on all sides of the political spectrum, as they feel their freedom and independent agency eroding at an accelerating pace. Many Americans felt their freedoms taken away by overreaching government during COVID-19. Other Americans felt freedoms of life choices suddenly wrenched away...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) pardoned a woman on Friday who was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole after she killed a man when she was a teenager after he had trafficked her for sex and abused her. Sara Kruzan received that sentence in 1995 for fatally shooting the man responsible for trafficking...

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Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is encouraging Americans to join him in giving up added sugar throughout the summer.  “I have been running now for almost seven months straight, but my weight has been going up and down because you can't outrun a bag of Oreos, you can't outrun a late night pint of vegan ice...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) returned from a visit to Turkey over the weekend saying he will do everything in his power to close a sale of F-16 fighter jets to Ankara. President Biden signalled his support for the weaponry sale to Turkey in a statement on Thursday, expressing optimism that Congress will pass this measure. ...

President Biden will return from Camp David on Monday in time to host an Independence Day celebration at the White House for the second year running. Starting at 5 p.m., Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will host a July 4 barbecue for military families, during which the president will deliver remarks to celebrate the...

Fourth of July celebrations across the country are returning to their normal format after the COVID-19 pandemic forced many to go virtual for the past two years. From Grammy-winning musical performances to elaborate firework shows, America's birthday parties are back with a bang. Here are the largest July 4 celebrations taking place around the country....

Furiously watching the Supreme Court dismantle what for almost 50 years was a constitutional right, Democratic operatives and activists have been begging the White House to do everything in its power to ensure people still have access to abortion. They view President Biden’s announcement last week that he supports a carveout to ending the Senate...

Former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Sunday that the recent congressional hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol have been a "profile in courage" for the women who have taken center stage. During an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Johnson named Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), former...