The secret to a successful sports car company? Build more SUVs
Lamborghini(SANT’AGATA BOLOGNESE, Italy) — Enthusiasts scoffed, guffawed and protested when Porsche, maker of the venerated 911 sports car, launched its Cayenne sport utility vehicle in 2002. The large SUV boosted the marque’s sagging sales, winning o…
7 shot, 2 trampled in shooting at nightclub in Kansas
Google Maps Street View(WICHITA, Kan.) — Seven people were shot and two others were trampled when a gunfight involving multiple patrons erupted early Sunday inside a Wichita, Kansas, nightclub, sparking a chaotic stampede for the exit door, according …
High-tech 4th of July displays ditch fireworks over fire and pollution concerns
Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — With the Fourth of July right around the corner, many cities are gearing up for their traditional fireworks displays with many locations opting for innovative alternatives.
Pallavi Pan…
Khanna claims Supreme Court overruled Congress on student loan forgiveness, lauds Biden’s Plan B
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — California Rep. Ro Khanna on Sunday praised President Joe Biden’s continued efforts to cancel federal student loan debt after the Supreme Court struck down his initial plan to forgive up to $20,000 for some borrowers.
Biden sai…
Pence praises Supreme Court effectively ending affirmative action: ‘Those days are over’
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Former vice president and 2024 presidential hopeful Mike Pence on Sunday celebrated the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that effectively ends affirmative action at U.S. colleges, telling ABC “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl t…
Elon Musk announces ‘temporary limits’ for reading Twitter posts
Milamai/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Twitter owner Elon Musk introduced, then quickly amended, new rules to the social media platform on Saturday that set “temporary limits” on how many posts can be read per day.
Musk initially unveiled Saturday afternoo…
Over 1,300 arrested in France in 4th night of protests over fatal police shooting of teen Nahel M.
kolderal/Getty Images(PARIS) — Riots erupted for a fourth night across France over the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M., who was laid to rest on Saturday.
More than 1,300 people were arrested overnight throughout the country, according t…
North Carolina 12-week abortion ban goes into effect, down from 20-week limit
Cyndi Monaghan/Getty Images(NORTH CAROLINA) — North Carolina now prohibits abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, bringing its limit down from 20 weeks.
This comes despite a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood and Dr. Beverly Gray, an abortion provid…
110 million on alert for severe, dangerous weather over holiday weekend
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Between the damaging storm threat from the Midwest to the East and dangerous heat in the West and South, more than 110 million Americans are on alert for dangerous weather over the holiday weekend.
On Saturday, excessively hot te…
Canadian wildfire dangers should prompt more proactive mitigation from government: Experts
shaunl/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As Canada and the U.S. continue to feel the lasting effects of the ongoing wildfires raging in the Great White North, environmental experts are pushing for long-term changes that they say can mitigate the damage from fu…