Spring brings thunderstorms to parts of the United States, and those storms sometimes bring tornadoes, or in this case, a funnel cloud that didn’t quite make it to the ground. James Hammonds caught the scene in Friendswood, Texas, on Sunday morning, June 1. Credit: Facebook/James Hammonds
The grand jury displayed remarkable independence, even charging two Trump lawyers after prosecutors said they were not under investigation.
Washington said it was trying to keep Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas engaged "if only virtually" in Gaza truce efforts as a U.N. agency warned that humanitarian aid stocks in the devastated enclave have hit "the bottom of the barrel." Hamas said on Friday it would consult with other militant Palestinian factions on its strategy to negotiate a halt to the war triggered by its Oct. 7 onslaught into Israel. The United Nations warned that aid for Gaza could grind to a halt within days after Israel seized control of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, closing the vital route on which the enclave of 2.3 million Palestinians depends.
The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Friday to grant the Palestinians additional rights in the global body and backed their drive for full membership, which is blocked by the United States.The resolution gives the Palestinians "additional rights and privileges" starting in the next session of the General Assembly, in September.
The KP.2 variant now represents 28% of Covid infections in the U.S., up from just 6% in mid-April, according to data released Friday by the CDC.
The Biden administration is expected to try to partially end a 27-year-old agreement that provides court oversight of how the federal government cares for migrant children in its custody, according to an attorney with Children's Rights, which represents children in the case. The anticipated move comes weeks after the Health and Human Services Department published its own rule on safeguards, effective July 1, that Secretary Xavier Becerra said will set “clear standards for the care and treatment of unaccompanied (migrant) children.” Children’s advocates say what is known as the Flores agreement has been instrumental in guaranteeing safe conditions for children, especially amid rising border detentions over the past two years that included nearly 300,000 unaccompanied minors.
The high-profile exodus that’s taken place at Miss USA over the last few weeks is allegedly the result of a toxic work environment.
A Southern California real estate developer bought 14 billboards in Vegas offering a $1 million reward for info on who drugged him at a casino in 2021
Rudy Giuliani was suspended Friday from WABC Radio and his daily show canceled over what the station called his repeated violation of a ban on discussing discredited 2020 election claims. Giuliani said the station's ban is overly broad and “a clear violation of free speech.” Giuliani issued a statement saying he had heard of WABC Radio owner John Catsimatidis' decision through “a leak” to The New York Times. Catsimatidis confirmed his decision in a text message to The Associated Press.
A severe solar storm may supercharge the northern lights from Friday through the weekend, with a chance to see auroras as far south in the U.S. as Alabama.
Residents of a Ukrainian border town, frustrated and angry at an armoured ground attack by Russian troops trying to secure a new foothold, were evacuated from their homes on Friday with an uncertain future ahead. Officials brought together dozens of inhabitants of Vovchansk and surrounding villages during breaks in the fighting and took them to an undisclosed location where they awaited buses to take them to safe locations. "We are leaving because we are dying from the 'Russian world,'" said Valerii Dubskyi, 60, referring to a Russian concept of extending Moscow's influence beyond its borders.
Lesbian and bisexual women die earlier than heterosexual women, according to a study published last month in JAMA.
California has a huge budget problem that could force thorny decisions from Democratic leaders who enjoyed a more than $100 billion surplus just three years ago. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced his plan to address the deficit in the state's budget. The release of his plan kicks off a budget negotiation marathon with Democratic lawmakers, who hold supermajorities in both chambers.
Pregnant Brianna Lucca-Cerezo was in labor at a Florida hospital when she married her fiancé Luis wearing a wedding dress made of bed sheets.
A passenger train crashed into a maintenance train in Buenos Aires on Friday, sending nearly 60 people to hospitals in the Argentine capital, including two in serious condition with head injuries, officials said.Emergency authorities reported 30 people taken to hospitals after the crash, but city health officials updated that figure to 57 at the end of the day.
President Joe Biden is facing blowback at Morehouse College ahead of his commencement address over the Israel-Hamas war.
Several former Biden administration officials who resigned over the U.S. approach to Israel's deadly offensive in Gaza say they welcome President Joe Biden's threat to suspend arms shipments as a "step in the right direction."
U.S. President Joe Biden joked on Friday that he wished former President Donald Trump had injected himself with a little bleach, resurrecting one of Trump's more head-scratching moments from the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Biden, at a fundraising event south of San Francisco for his re-election campaign, said the presidency of his Republican opponent was chaotic and that voters should keep that in mind. Biden and Trump are locked in a close contest ahead of the November election.
General Eric Smith, 58, a U.S. Marine, fell unconscious while on a run near his home. A stranger happened to walk by and performed CPR.
From coast to coast, police on Friday were clearing protesters from college campuses and tearing down the encampments that have been there almost since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
The Orange County Animal Services said that four Bernedoodle puppies were recovered from a car parked in a Disney Springs parking garage.
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