Good Friday afternoon. Princess Kate has shared an update about her cancer treatment, the Supreme Court has overturned a Trump-era ban on gun bump stocks, and Florida is bracing for more flooding after four straight days of relentless rain.
Good Friday afternoon. Princess Kate has shared an update about her cancer treatment, the Supreme Court has overturned a Trump-era ban on gun bump stocks, and Florida is bracing for more flooding after four straight days of relentless rain. Here is what’s in our Nightly Rundown. |
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Princess Kate to make first official appearance since beginning cancer treatment |
Kate, the Princess of Wales, is set to make her public return this weekend at the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, as she continues her treatment for cancer, the princess said a new written message today. “I’m looking forward to attending The King’s Birthday Parade this weekend with my family and hope to join a few public engagements over the summer, but equally knowing I am not out of the woods yet,” Kate wrote in a post on social media that included a new photo of the princess. Kate, 42, said she is “making progress” and has “good days and bad days.” Her treatment is ongoing, and will continue for a few more months, the princess wrote. This weekend will mark Kate's first official appearance since announcing in March she had been diagnosed with cancer and would undergo chemotherapy. |
Supreme Court overturns Trump-era ban on gun bump stocks |
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has struck down the federal ban on bump stocks, the gun accessories that allow semiautomatic rifles to fire more quickly. The ban was enacted under the Trump administration, after a gunman used bump stock-equipped firearms to kill 58 people at a country music festival in Las Vegas in 2017, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Writing for the majority, Justice Clarence Thomas said that a firearm equipped with a bump stock does not meet the definition of “machinegun” under federal law. “A bump stock does not convert a semiautomatic rifle into a machinegun any more than a shooter with a lightning-fast trigger finger does,” Thomas wrote in his opinion. President Joe Biden said in a statement that the ruling “strikes down an important gun safety regulation. Americans should not have to live in fear of this mass devastation.” |
Storm-battered Florida bracing for more heavy rain and floods |
Flood watches are in effect for 6 million people in South Florida, as the region endures a fourth straight day of soaking rains. Parts of South Florida have received more than 20 inches of rainfall this week and another 2 to 5 inches of rainfall will be possible today. The rain could bring “considerable to locally catastrophic” urban flooding to the region, the National Weather Service said. Elsewhere in the country, 31 million people are under risk of severe weather today from the Plains to the Northeast. |
FAA investigating “dutch roll” incident involving Boeing 737 Max |
The FAA has launched an investigation after a Boeing 737 Max operated by Southwest Airlines sustained damage after experiencing a rare phenomenon known as a Dutch roll at 34,000 feet. The plane was traveling from Phoenix to Oakland on May 25, carrying 175 passengers and six crew members, when its tail began to yaw or wag left and right while the aircraft’s wings rocked side to side, according to officials. A Dutch roll occurs when a plane rolls in one direction while yawing in the opposite direction. The FAA said in a statement that it is working with the NTSB and Boeing to investigate the incident. Other airlines have not reported similar issues, the FAA added. Boeing declined to comment. |
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Alex Jones will be allowed to liquidate his assets to help pay the $1.5 billion awarded in defamation lawsuits brought against him by Sandy Hook parents, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled today. |
President Biden met with Pope Francis on the sidelines of the G7 summit today in Italy. |
An 8-year-old girl died after suffering a medical emergency aboard a SkyWest Airlines flight from Joplin, Missouri to Chicago, the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office said. |
In Parkland, Florida, demolition began today at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, more than six years after 17 people were killed in a mass shooting there. |
A hiker fell 300 feet to his death at St. Mary’s Glacier in Colorado, authorities said. |
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