NAACP urges Abbott to skip this week's NRA conference
The NAACP is urging Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to skip his scheduled appearance at the National Rifle Association (NRA) conference this week in wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. “You say you 'don’t know the answer' to the endless, senseless school shootings. We have the answer: gun regulations. Where do you begin? By skipping this week’s National Rifle Association conference,” NAACP president Derrick Johnson wrote in a letter to Abbott on Wednesday. “Mass shootings are preventable. The evidence is undebatable: it is far too easy to access assault rifles in
Read MoreOklahoma governor signs law banning abortion at conception, becomes strictest in the US
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law Wednesday that bans abortion at conception in his state, the strictest anti-abortion law in the nation. Stitt signed House Bill 4327, which prohibits physicians from performing abortions at any point
Read MoreZelensky rips Kissinger over suggestion Ukraine cede territory to Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday slammed former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger for suggesting earlier this week that Ukraine cede some territory to Russia in the name of peace. In a Wednesday address, Zelensky said Kissinger "emerges from the deep past and says that a piece of Ukraine should be given to Russia
Read MoreCuban president says he won't attend Summit of the Americas
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Wednesday that "under no circumstances" will he attend the Summit of the Americas set to be held in Los Angeles in June. In a thread on Twitter, Díaz-Canel said "it is known that the United States had conceived early on that the Summit of the Americas would not be inclusive." "I can assure you that, under no circumstances, will I attend," wrote Díaz-Canel. "As it has happened often times in the past, the voice of #Cuba will be heard at the Ninth Summit of the Americas," he added. The Biden administration, which i
Read MoreZelensky calls for 'total help' as Russia advances in Ukraine's east
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday called for “total help” from other counties as Russian forces continue to advance in the eastern region of Ukraine amid Moscow’s ongoing invasion of the country. In an address, Zelensky stressed Ukraine's need for aid from other countries, saying that Russian forces have significantly more equipment and soldiers than Ukraine in some places and adding that Moscow's “desire to fight still remains.” “The A
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