Hungary activists vow to resist LGBT law, symbol of EU rift
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Activists in Hungary have erected a large rainbow-colored heart opposite the country’s neo-Gothic parliament, vowing to wage a civil disobedience campaign against a new law that they say discriminates against LGBT people and that has raised questions about what values the European Union stands for. The law came into effect Thursday…
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As New York salutes health workers, Missouri fights a surge
New York is throwing a ticker-tape parade for the health care workers and others who helped the city get through the darkest days of COVID-19, while authorities in Missouri are struggling to beat back a surge blamed on the fast-spreading delta variant and deep resistance to getting vaccinated. The contrasting scenes could be a glimpse…
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28 feared dead in plane crash in Russia’s Far East
MOSCOW (AP) — A plane carrying 28 people has crashed, apparently as it came in for a landing in bad weather in Russia’s Far East. Everyone aboard was feared dead. Officials say wreckage from the An-26 was found on a coastal cliffside and in the sea near the airport in the town of Palana. The…
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Storm Threat Hangs over Renewed Search at Florida Condo Site
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — A ramped-up rescue effort at the collapsed South Florida condo building is facing new threats from the weather as a tropical storm approaches the state. Officials say lightning forced crews to pause the search Monday for victims of the June 24 collapse in Surfside, and a garage area in the rubble…
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Demolition Preparations Begin at Condo with Storm Looming
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Rescuers have suspended their search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed South Florida condo building to allow crews to begin preparing the remainder of the structure for demolition ahead of a tropical storm. A top Miami-Dade fire official tells relatives of people missing in the debris that workers began…
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