Questions have arisen after the Kremlin took hours to report what it considers a Ukrainian attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin's life. Also in the news: Multiple bills expanding or restricting abortion access have passed state legislatures this week and Jedi lovers, unite! It's Star Wars Day. |
Now, here we go with Thursday's headlines. |
Russia says drone attack on Kremlin was attempt to kill Putin |
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting the International Criminal Court Thursday, which has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. |
Zelenskyy's visit to The Hague, Netherlands, comes as Russia claimed it foiled an attack by Ukrainian drones on the Kremlin early Wednesday. |
| • | Russia called the attack unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Vladimir Putin and promised retaliation for what it termed a "terrorist" act. The Ukrainian president denied it, saying: "We don't attack Putin or Moscow." | | • | There was no independent verification of the purported attack, which Russian authorities said occurred overnight but presented no evidence to support it. Questions also arose as to why it took the Kremlin hours to report the incident. | | • | Russia has staged false-flag operations to try to justify assaults on Ukraine. Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak dismissed Wednesday's claim as a Russian ruse "to justify massive strikes on Ukrainian cities, on the civilian population, on infrastructure facilities" in coming days. |
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Suspect apprehended in Atlanta hospital shooting |
The 24-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting one woman and injuring four others inside a waiting room at a hospital in Atlanta before carjacking a vehicle and fleeing the scene was apprehended Wednesday evening after an hourslong search, police said. The investigation for the suspect, Deion Patterson, which officials said was at times chaotic, included tips from the community and family members. Read more | Emergency vehicles arrive on West Peachtree in Atlanta on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Police say are investigating an "active shooter situation" in a building in Atlanta's Midtown neighborhood and that multiple people had been injured. Jeff Amy, AP |
Bills expanding, restricting abortion |
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina on Wednesday fast-tracked a package of abortion restrictions, further limiting abortion access in the state by banning the procedure after 12 weeks. Meanwhile, a sweeping bill that allows minors younger than 15 years old to get abortions without parental approval and expands state coverage of medical services for transgender individuals passed in the Oregon House Wednesday. These are the latest developments in the litany of reproductive and transgender legislation sweeping the nation since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in June left abortion access up to individual states. Republican-led legislatures nationwide have since introduced and, in some cases, passed more than 400 anti-LGBTQ bills limiting or blocking access to reproductive and gender-affirming care. Read more |
Tucker Carlson text contributed to his firing |
Text messages that helped lead Fox News to part ways with star host Tucker Carlson included one in which he declared that Trump supporters beating a protester was "not how white men fight," according to The New York Times. The text was one of a trove of messages from Carlson and other Fox News hosts uncovered in a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against the network for airing false allegations that the company's machines were used to steal the 2020 election from former President Donald Trump. While some of Carlson's texts have been publicly released, media organizations continue to try to lift redactions on the messages. Read more |
Piles of smelly seaweed are arriving on Florida beaches |
Waves filled with sargassum continue to wash up on beaches in the Caribbean Sea and southern Florida, and the stacks of seaweed are expected to get worse in the weeks ahead. This forecast comes as a record abundance of the seaweed was seen on satellite images in the Caribbean in April, according to the University of South Florida's Optical Oceanography Lab. Although sargassum can be beneficial in the open ocean, providing habitat for fish, turtles and many other creatures, it can be too much of a good thing. Piles of the seagrass on the beach smell bad and can be labor-intensive and costly to remove. Read more | Sargassum lines Fort Lauderdale Beach in this April 7 image by Seth Platt. @sethplatt.eth |
Photo of the day: 'Star Wars' fans celebrate May the Fourth | The "Star Wars" franchise that launched Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford among others into stardom, includes 15 films. Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox |
Associated Press contributed reporting. | | | |
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