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Missouri abortion ban wasn't about lawmakers imposing religious beliefs, judge says 06/15/2024 06:39pm • A judge in Missouri says lawmakers who passed a restrictive abortion ban were not trying to impose their religious beliefs on everyone in the state, rejecting a case filed by more than a dozen Christian, Jewish and Unitarian Universalist leaders who support abortion rights. The groups sought a perma Milan menswear seeks reassurance in nostalgia and artisanal craft, from Fendi to Dolce&Gabbana 06/15/2024 06:22pm • MILAN (AP) — Amid ongoing wars, hardening political divides and accelerating climate change, Milan designers made a play for escapism on the second day Saturday of Milan Fashion Week, mostly menswear previews for Spring-Summer 2025. Many took inspiration from decades that now seem more reassuring, Honduras plans to build a 20,000-capacity 'megaprison' for gang members as part of a crackdown 06/15/2024 04:40pm • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The president of Honduras has announced the creation of a new 20,000-capacity “megaprison," part of the government's larger crackdown on gang violence and efforts to overhaul its long-troubled prison system. President Xiomara Castro unveiled a series of emergency mea Italian activist freed from Hungary returns home after being elected to European Parliament 06/15/2024 03:27pm • ROME (AP) — Italian anti-fascist activist Ilaria Salis returned to her parents’ house in the northern Italian city of Monza on Saturday evening, after being freed from house arrest in Budapest the day before. “A nightmare is over,” her father Roberto Salis told journalists waiting for her at Malfunctioning steam room sets off alarm, prompts evacuation at Rhode Island YMCA 06/15/2024 12:42pm • MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) — A malfunctioning steam room at a YMCA in Rhode Island pumped out so much steam that it triggered an a sprinkler system alarm on Saturday morning, prompting an evacuation. In a statement, the Middletown Police Department said officials rushed to the Newport County YMCA in M Olympic spots are on the line for Patrick Cantlay and Corey Conners at the US Open 06/15/2024 11:26am • PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — David Puig of Spain knew the score even before he teed off in the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. All he had to do was make the cut to move past Jorge Campillo and earn a spot in the Olympics this summer in Paris. “Unless someone like Eugenio Chacarra wins,” Puig said earl UK royals unite on palace balcony, with Kate back at her first public event since cancer diagnosis 06/15/2024 11:21am • LONDON (AP) — Britain put on a display of birthday pageantry Saturday for King Charles III, a military parade that marked the Princess of Wales ’ first appearance at a public event since her cancer diagnosis early this year. The annual event was also a show of stability by the monarchy after a t A timeline of recent British royal events as Kate appears in public while battling cancer 06/15/2024 10:16am • LONDON (AP) — Kate, Princess of Wales, stood alongside King Charles III and other royal family members on a Buckingham Palace balcony on Saturday, making her first public appearance since she was diagnosed with cancer early this year. Her attendance at the King's Birthday Parade comes after a diff Chinese premier lands in Australia on first such visit in 7 years 06/15/2024 06:50am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Australia on Saturday on a relations-mending mission with panda diplomacy, rock lobsters and China’s global dominance in the critical minerals sector high on the agenda. His visit is the first by a Chinese premier in seven years and With hot weather coming, DC gives residents more access to spray parks 06/15/2024 06:28am • The D.C. region is bracing for some extremely hot weather next week, with temperatures above 95 degrees expected multiple days in a row. Clint Osborn, acting director of the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, is reminding residents about places they may want to go to cool off A few midwives seek to uphold Native Hawaiian birth traditions. Would a state law jeopardize them? 06/15/2024 12:04am • HONOLULU (AP) — Ki‘inaniokalani Kahoʻohanohano longed for a deeper connection to her Native Hawaiian ancestors and culture as she prepared to give birth to her first child at home on the north shore of Maui in 2003. But generations of colonialist suppression had eroded many Hawaiian traditions Today In History: June 15, More than 1,000 killed in New York steamboat disaster 06/15/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Saturday, June 15, the 167th day of 2024. There are 199 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 15, 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York’s East River. On this date: In 1215, England 5 children hospitalized, 14 others diagnosed with E. coli after visit to Lake Anna 06/14/2024 11:55pm • Virginia Department of Health officials said several people contracted a bacterial infection while visiting Lake Anna on and after Memorial Day weekend. And while tests show the concentration of E. coli were below a "public health level of concern," no single cause of the outbreak has been identifie Crews rescue 28 people trapped upside down high on Oregon amusement park ride 06/14/2024 10:10pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Emergency crews in Oregon rescued 28 people Friday after they were stuck for about half an hour dangling upside down high on a ride at a century-old amusement park. Portland Fire and Rescue said on the social platform X that firefighters worked with engineers at Oaks Park to Independent report criticizes Cuomo's 'top-down' management of New York's COVID-19 response 06/14/2024 08:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — An investigation into New York’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic found former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's “top down” approach of dictating public health policy through his office, rather than coordinating with state and local agencies, sewed confusion during the crisis. In the stat