Boeing Starliner crew ‘not stranded,’ but ‘not in any hurry’ to get home from ISS (2024)

President Joe Biden's widely panned debate performance Thursday night in Atlanta has many prominent Democrats asking a simple question:

A judge has acquitted 28 people accused of money laundering in an international case known as the Panama Papers. Among those acquitted Friday was Jürgen Mossack. He's the co-founder of a law firm authorities say was at the center of a conspiracy to hide money linked to illegal activities. A Panamanian judge found that the evidence against Mossack didn't comply with the chain of custody after authorities raided the office of the now-defunct firm. The judge also noted that other evidence in the Panama Papers case “was not sufficient and conclusive to determine the criminal responsibility of the accused.”

Alejandro Tabilo has become the first Chilean man to win a grass-court title in the Open era at the Mallorca Championships. Tabilo defeated Sebastian Ofner of Austria 6-3, 6-4 in the final on Saturday. A single break decided each set as Tabilo saved all three break chances against him. He will rise five places to a career-high 19 in the rankings on Monday, the first time in 19 years Chile will have two top-20 players. Nicolas Jarry is the other. After his second title of the year and career, Tabilo will play local Daniel Evans at Wimbledon. Ofner follows his first tour final by facing Aleksandar Vukic of Australia at Wimbledon.

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Police in upstate New York say an officer has shot and killed a teen who was fleeing while pointing a replica gun. The Utica Police Department said Saturday that the shooting happened Friday night after officers stopped two youths at around 10:18 p.m. Police say one youth fled and pointed what appeared to be a handgun at the officers. One of the officers fired a single shot at the youth, who was taken to the hospital, where he died from his injuries. The department said officers later recovered a replica handgun with a detachable magazine from the scene. Police haven’t identified the officer or the 13-year-old youth who was killed.

Taylor Fritz of the U.S. has become the first three-time men’s champion of the Eastbourne International. Fritz beat Australian qualifier Max Purcell 6-4, 6-3 in the final, capturing his eighth career title without dropping a set on Saturday. He also won Eastbourne in 2019 and 2022. Daria Kasatkina won the women's final. Her first title on grass ends a frustrating run of losing five straight finals, including three this year. The Russian beat Leylah Fernandez 6-3, 6-4 and extended her record against the Canadian to 3-0. Kasatkina was the runner-up at Eastbourne last year to Madison Keys, whom Fernandez knocked out on Friday. Kasatkina has won her seventh career title, and first since 2022.

The former president of a Philadelphia labor union has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in what federal prosecutors said was embezzlement of more than $600,000 of union funds. Brian Burrows of Mount Laurel, New Jersey, is former president of Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The 64-year-old Burrows was also ordered to forfeit almost $136,000 and pay restitution. Prosecutors said Burrows and longtime leader John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty, the union’s business manager, used the money for items including home renovations, concerts, groceries and even a cookie tray for the christening of a relative’s baby. Dougherty is to be sentenced July 11.

Jamaica’s newest 100-meter national champion sent a message after his victory, insisting he was slowing down 60 meters into a race where he ran the fastest time in the world in two years. Kishane Thompson won Jamaica’s 100-meter national championship in 9.77 seconds, setting himself up as a threat to join his country’s greatest sprinter, Usain Bolt, as an Olympic champion next month. Thompson says his coach wanted him to go hard only for 60 or 70 meters, just to ensure he'd make the top three and qualify for the Olympics. His time puts him in the mix for the Olympic podium, along with Americans Noah Lyles and Fred Kerley and another Jamaican, Oblique Seville.

The United Nations says workers have begun moving tons of humanitarian aid that had been piled up at a United States-built pier off Gaza's coast and distributing it to warehouses in the besieged territory. It's an important step as the U.S. considers whether to reconnect the pier whose functioning has been challenged by heavy seas. It is not clear when the aid might reach Palestinians in Gaza, where experts have warned of high risk of famine in the war between Israel and Hamas. Meanwhile, the U.S. has presented new language to intermediaries Egypt and Qatar aimed at trying to jump-start stalled Israel-Hamas negotiations.

Two-time podium finisher Romain Bardet has won the opening stage of the Tour de France and claimed the yellow jersey as cycling’s biggest race began in Italy for the first time. One of the most challenging opening legs in recent memory created problems for Mark Cavendish and many other riders on Saturday. But in the extreme heat, favorites Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard both finished safely in the main pack. Bardet attacked with slightly more than 50 kilometers to go and caught up with his DSM-Firmenich PostNL teammate Frank van den Broek and the pair just barely held off the onrushing peloton in the flat finish.

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Animal rescuers were trying to keep dozens of dolphins away from shallow waters around Cape Cod after 125 of the creatures earlier stranded themselves. Teams in Massachusetts found one group of 10 Atlantic white-sided dolphins swimming in a dangerously shallow area at dawn on Saturday, and managed to herd them out into deeper water. That is according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Scouts also found a second group of 25 dolphins swimming close to the shore near Eastham, with herding efforts there ongoing as the tide dropped throughout the morning. Ten dolphins died during the stranding Friday at The Gut — or Great Island — in Wellfleet, at the Herring River.

Diana Schnaider has won her second WTA singles title this year in her Bad Homburg Open debut after beating Donna Vekic 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 in the final. In a final of unseeded players, Schnaider took four of her six break chances and saved 10 of 13 against Vekic of Croatia. Schnaider won her maiden tour title at Hua Hin in February. The 20-year-old Russian started the grass tournament at a career-high ranking of 47 and will rise to 30 on Monday. She’s drawn 2021 runner-up Karolina Pliskova in the Wimbledon first round. Vekic has drawn Wang Xiyu.

The Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals got a head start on Day Two of the NHL draft by making a trade before any selections were made. The Sabres got fourth-line winger Beck Malenstyn from the Capitals for the 43rd pick. Malenstyn gives Buffalo valuable forward depth as it tries to end the league's longest playoff drought. The 26-year-old is a restricted free agent with arbitration rights this summer. The Capitals stayed busy after trading a 2025 second-round pick to Calgary earlier in the week for winger Andrew Mangiapane.

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Two months before the U.S. Supreme Court shot down an attempt to ban abortion medication, a San Diego County doctor who was a plaintiff in the case stepped onto a stage in Texas and warned that another civil war is coming — this time over an issue "deeper than" slavery.

BIRNAMWOOD, Wis. — The land of fried cheese curds and the Green Bay Packers is among a half-dozen battleground states that could determine the outcome of the expected November rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump — a contest in which the cost and availability…

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Sheriff's officials in Georgia say a man killed three people at a home near Atlanta before fatally shooting himself. Coweta County Sheriff's deputies found two bodies in the driveway when they arrived at the home early Saturday morning. Another body was spotted in the doorway. Officials say deputies saw a man run into the home before hearing a gunshot. A SWAT team secured the home and found the man dead inside. Sheriff’s officials said it appears to be a “murder-suicide.” Officials have not released names of the victims or the suspected shooter pending notification of family members.

Max Verstappen followed up his victory in the sprint race with another dominant performance in qualifying for Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday to take pole position for the fourth straight year at the Red Bull Ring. Verstappen clocked 1 minute, 4.314 seconds with his final attempt in the third qualifying session to beat McLaren’s Lando Norris by 0.404 seconds and take his eighth pole of the season. Norris’ teammate Oscar Piastri was initially 0.472 seconds back in third but had his time deleted for narrowly going outside track limits, pushing him down to seventh place and lifting lifted George Russell of Mercedes into third. Carlos Sainz Jr. of Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes rounded out the top five.

BALTIMORE -- On the day marking one year since he was shot in his yard at Brooklyn Homes, Anthony Wicks will honor the ones who didn’t survive.

Mauritanians are voting for their next president, with the incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani widely expected to win the vote after positioning Mauritania as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence. Ghazouni, who is seeking reelection on the pledge of providing security and economic growth, is a former army chief and the current president of the African Union. He came to power in 2019 following the first democratic transition in the country’s history, and on Saturday promised to respect the results of the vote. Although his opponents accused him of corruption and mismanagement, he remains popular among Mauritanians who see him as a beacon of stability.

Despite assurances from the federal government that bird flu will be eradicated from the nation’s dairy cows, some experts worry the disease is here to stay.

BOISE, Idaho -- A July 1 deadline loomed over Idaho library workers.

President Joe Biden is looking to recapture his mojo and reassure donors that he’s fully up to the challenge of beating Donald Trump. The 81-year-old’s troubling performance at the first presidential debate Thursday night rattled many Democrats. Biden’s meandering answers and struggles to respond to Trump prompted The New York Times editorial board to declare Friday that he should exit the race. Biden and his wife, Jill, plan to attend an afternoon campaign meeting Saturday in East Hampton, New York. They will then go to Red Bank, New Jersey, for an evening fundraiser.

Gareth Southgate was credited with making England fans fall back in love with their national soccer team. Now many are turning on him. Southgate has been a largely unifying force for the national team during a period of upheaval and uncertainty in English politics and culture, but after nearly eight years and four major tournaments, the European Championship appears to signal a shift in opinion toward him.

In the first presidential debate, the Capitol riot and Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election weren't center stage. And that's alarming to democracy advocates. The insurrection is a big part of campaigns this year but it's sometimes obscured by the race for the White House. Trump is under indictment for working to overturn the results of the election four years ago, but he said during the debate that he had “nothing to do” with the Jan. 6 insurrection. In response, President Joe Biden failed to forcefully hold Trump accountable. The Democratic chairman of the House Jan. 6 is warning of the potential of another Capitol attack.

An 8-year-old child in Charlotte died after police say she was left in a hot car while her mother was at work. Police say the mother found her daughter in critical condition on the backseat floor Wednesday about an hour and a half after the last text she received from her child. An arrest affidavit says the mother drove to a nearby business to ask for help and someone called 911. The child was hospitalized but she later died. The mother was arrested Thursday and charged with involuntary manslaughter and child abuse by willful act causing serious injury.

A former lab manager at Northeastern University has been convicted of staging a hoax explosion at the Boston campus and then lying about what happened to federal agents. Jason Duhaime of San Antonio was convicted on three counts Friday. The 46-year-old Duhaime faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for each offense. Two attorneys representing Duhamie withdrew from the case in January. That is according to court documents. A public defender who replaced them could not immediately be reached for comment Saturday.

India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa on Saturday in the Twenty20 World Cup final between the two unbeaten teams of the tournament. Both teams went unchanged and banked on their tried and tested lineups. South Africa is eyeing its maiden ICC title while India, which won the inaugural T20 World Cup in South Africa in 2007, hasn’t won a major trophy for a decade. Both teams had emphatic victories in the semifinals as India knocked out defending champion England with a 68-run win in Guyana and South Africa blew away Afghanistan for 56 runs in Trinidad.

A bookstore in San Francisco is sending boxes of LGBTQ+ books to parts of the country where they are banned. The effort at Fabulosa Books seeks to counter increasing attempts by conservative advocacy groups and lawmakers to get the materials out of public schools and libraries. The bookstore started sending the books in May and has mailed over 700 books to places where many of the bans have been implemented, including Florida, Texas, and Missouri. One recipient is a recently opened LGBTQ+ community center in Florida. nonprofit literature advocacy group PEN America says in a report that 30% of books that have been banned include LGBTQ+ characters or themes.

Police on Long Island have arrested a man for allegedly driving while intoxicated after he crashed his SUV into a nail salon, killing four people and injuring nine others. Suffolk County Police said Saturday that Steven Schwally had been speeding through the parking lot when he drove his 2020 Chevy Traverse through the front window of Hawaii Nail & Spa in Deer Park at around 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Three women and a man were pronounced dead at the scene and nine additional people were transported to various local hospitals. Schwally was also taken to the hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening.

Today in Sports, June 30 - FC Barcelona’ Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi scores his 700th career goal

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Christie Raleigh Crossley's dream of being an Olympic swimmer began at age 9, watching the Atlanta Games. The native of Toms River, New Jersey, was named an All-American twice at Florida State but later sustained injuries in two traffic accidents and in 2018 developed a brain tumor that left her partially paralyzed just as she was contemplating a final shot at the Olympics. Now she seems on the cusp of obtaining a place on the U.S. Paralympic swim team after winning the 100-meter backstroke and 100-meter freestyle in her class at trials on Thursday and Friday. The team is announced on Sunday.

For many voters in the United States, there's despair in the air after the presidential debate this past week. There's much celebration in the universe of Donald Trump's supporters and for others, there's a lot of angst due to President Joe Biden's poor performance. In dozens of interviews across the country, debate-watchers who aren't in Trump's camp are dispirited about the ballot choices they have in November. For some, the debate suddenly crystalized their worries that neither man is fit to lead the nation. Others didn't consider Biden's performance disqualifying even as they wished for a better alternative to Trump.

The U.N. cultural agency has discovered five bombs hidden within the walls of the historic al-Nouri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq. UNESCO said in a statement Saturday that devices are a remnant of the Islamic State militant group’s rule over the area. The mosque is famous for its 12th-century leaning minaret. It was destroyed by IS in 2017 and has been a focal point of UNESCO’s restoration efforts since 2020. UNESCO said that five large-scale explosive devices designed for significant destruction were found inside the southern wall of the Prayer Hall on Tuesday.

As a dean of a public university law school, do I violate my students’ free speech rights when I encourage them to speak respectfully to one another, to demonstrate civility and to refrain from hateful expression? There are countless instances in which government officials speak out — does t…

England goalkeeper Mary Earps is leaving Manchester United after a five-year stint. It marks a third big departure for the club’s women’s team in less than a week. Earps helped England win the 2022 European Championship and reach last year’s World Cup final but said on social media Saturday that it was time for a “new challenge” in her club career. Earps did not say which club she will join next but she has been widely linked with a move to Paris Saint-Germain. Her decision comes after United captain Katie Zelem and Spain striker Lucia Garcia also announced this week that they are leaving the club. All three players were in the last year of their contracts.