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(CNN) — Uvalde school district police chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo has resigned his separate position on the Uvalde city council in the wake of the massacre at Robb Elementary School in May, according to a resignation letter he sent to the city. “After much consideration, it is in the best interest of the community to step down as a member of the City Council for District 3 to minimize further distractions,” Arredondo said in the letter. “The Mayor, the City Council, and the City Staff must continue to move forward to unite our community, once again.” READ MORE: Preparations Underway For The Salute To America Independence Day Parade In Philadelphia Uvalde city officials confirmed they received the resignation letter Saturday. The Uvalde Leader-News first reported about the resignation. Arredondo’s role in the police response to the May 24 shooting — in which a gunman entered adjoining classrooms and killed 19 children and two teachers — has been under intense public scrutiny … [Read more...] about Pete Arredondo Resigns From Uvalde City Council After Botched Response To School Shooting

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 Medication abortions became the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. These involve taking two prescription medicines days apart — at home or in a clinic. Abortion procedures are an invasive medical technique that empties the womb. They are sometimes called surgical abortions, although they don’t involve surgery. Abortion by pills involves the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. As more states seek abortion limits, demand for the pills is expected to grow. HOW THE DRUGS WORK Mifepristone is taken first, swallowed by mouth. The drug dilates the cervix and blocks the effects of the hormone progesterone, which is needed to sustain a pregnancy. Misoprostol, a drug also used to treat stomach ulcers, is taken 24 to 48 hours later. The pill is designed to dissolve when placed between the gums and teeth or in the … [Read more...] about Medication abortion is common; here’s how it works

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 11 LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — As American citizens celebrated freedom and liberty in their nation on Independence Day, 1961, a government founded on notions of the inalienable human rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness took action at a local level to deny those rights to their fellow citizens whose skin was not white. This little-taught chapter of local history is being brought to life in an original play, “Buried Deep,” produced through Endstation Theatre Company, affiliated with Randolph College. On that sweltering July day in Lynchburg, as many residents sought the relief offered by public pools, the city closed those pools down because some Black residents went to swim in the whites-only pools at Miller and Riverside parks. They were exercising their civil rights and making intentional strides toward integration and … [Read more...] about Play tells story of filling in pools rather than integrating

In July 2023, Barbie , the next film from Academy Award-nominated director Greta Gerwig, is scheduled to hit theaters. A year out from its release date, the movie, which stars Margot Robbie as the iconic plastic doll and Ryan Gosling as her loyal paramour Ken, is already generating reams of online buzz due to paparazzi shots of its costumed stars on the job. You’d have to be living under a rock to avoid the pictures: Robbie and Gosling in pink, fringed cowboy attire, complete with drawstring bell-bottoms and pure white Stetsons . Robbie sporting extra-long blond extensions. Gosling looking like country-and-western Elvis . The getups, which are rumored to have been designed by past Gerwig collaborator Jacqueline Durran, are unhinged, and nobody seems to be able to shut up about Barbie’s hysterical-neon ensembles. In one shot, Robbie and Gosling can be seen clad in homages to 1995’s Hot Skatin’ Barbie: hot-pink biker shorts, fluorescent patterned vests, and … [Read more...] about There Is No Escape From ‘Barbiecore’ This Summer

HONG KONG — Extensive efforts by Apple and other Western tech companies to curtail their business with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine have raised a question for product users in China : Could the same thing happen there? Much of Chinese consumers’ concern has been focused on Apple, which like Google , Microsoft and other tech giants moved quickly to curb its Russia business after President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. The company has stopped product sales and exports, limited services like Apple Pay and removed the Russian state news outlets RT News and Sputnik News from the Apple Store outside Russia. Download the NBC News app for breaking news and politics Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as the global response, have been closely watched in Asia, where there are long-standing tensions between China and the self-ruling island of Taiwan , which Beijing claims as its territory. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has said … [Read more...] about As tech companies pull back from Russia, China looks on with concern

Illegal migrant crossings of the English Channel have hit their highest monthly total for the year as people-smuggling efforts ramped up during the warmer weather. A total of 3,136 illegal migrants in 76 boats landed on British shores in the month of June, the highest total for a month so far this year, according to analysis from the PA News Agency as reported by ITV News. June’s crossings take the known total for the year to 12,690, more than five times the number that had crossed at this point of the year in 2020 (2,493) and over double that recorded in the first six months of last year (5,917). Crossings of the English Channel from France typically ramp up during the late summer and autumn amid calmer conditions on the busy waterway, with the highest monthly total being recorded in November of last year when 6,971 migrants were brought ashore. The pace of boat landings is on track to meet the prediction of 65,000 migrant arrivals by the end of the year, though some have … [Read more...] about Illegal Boat Migrant Crossings Hit Highest Monthly Total for the Year

0 Crime & Safety A Tarpon Springs woman is accused of issuing fake checks from homeowners associations totaling more than $228,000. D'Ann Lawrence White , Patch Staff Posted Reply TARPON SPRINGS, FL — A Tarpon Springs woman has been charged with three counts of scheming to defraud after being accused of issuing fake checks from homeowners associations totaling more than $228,000. Jamie Lynn Fonville, 46, of the 1800 block of Wood Owl Street in Tarpon Springs was arrested Friday, according to a news release from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office said Fonville was employed with First Choice Association Management as the account manager, where she was responsible for managing the bank accounts and issuing checks on behalf of 58 homeowners associations. Detectives were made aware of possible fraudulent activity in February 2022 and, through the course of their investigation, detectives … [Read more...] about $228,000 Stolen From Homeowners Associations, Account Manager Charged

4 Crime & Safety The Pinellas County sheriff said the deputy gave the license plate of a parked car and reported that the driver was involved with drugs. D'Ann Lawrence White , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Replies PINELLAS COUNTY, FL — A Pinellas County Sheriff's Office patrol deputy was fired after an investigation found he was surfing the internet in his patrol car instead of supervising traffic, then covered up by filing a false report. Deputy Joshua Sacino, 29, was fired effective Tuesday for violation of duties and responsibilities and conduct unbecoming members of the agency. Sacino was originally hired by the sheriff's office on Nov. 13, 2017. He had been assigned to supervise traffic enforcement initiatives along Seminole Boulevard, according to the sheriff's office's administrative investigation division on March 30. "He ignored the instructions he was given and sat idle in his agency-assigned … [Read more...] about FL Deputy Fired: Surfed Web On Job, Lied On Reports, Sheriff Says

1 Restaurants & Bars Craig Campbell, whose Top 10 hit single is titled, "All My Friends Drink Beer," and Big Storm Brewing will unveil C.C. Cold Beer Saturday. D'Ann Lawrence White , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Reply CLEARWATER, FL — Social media is paying off big-time for Big Storm Brewing Co. co-owner and CEO L.J. Govoni. For the second time in the past 14 months, Govoni has made national news for his use of social media platforms to forge new relationships. Most recently, Govoni and hit country music singer and songwriter Craig Campbell have formed a partnership that led to Clearwater-based Big Storm Brewing developing a new signature craft beer in Campbell's honor, C.C. Cold Beer. It all began with a question... A self-professed scroll troll who habitually checks social media sites, Govoni spotted an Instagram feed of Campbell performing his popular single, “All My Friends Drink Beer.” … [Read more...] about Big Storm Brewing Makes Big Impression On Hit Country Music Singer

The majority of debate between pro-lifers and abortion advocates has centered around the 20-week abortion ban that failed in the Senate Monday. Another important bill, however, recently passed the House and would prevent babies who’ve been born after botched abortions from being murdered shortly thereafter. The U.S. House approved the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act in January, and it requires health care practitioners to give the same care to a child born alive after a botched abortion as they would provide to any other child birthed at the same gestational age. They must also ensure that babies born after botched abortions are immediately admitted to a hospital. Any health care individual who violates the provisions of the bill — H. R. 37 — will face fines and up to five years in prison. The mother of a child who is aborted after being born cannot be prosecuted under the bill. She can however, sue for damages against an individual who kills a living child who’s … [Read more...] about This Law Will Save Newborns After Botched Abortions From Murder. Here’s Why It Matters.