Top 8 today

Top eight stories for today including the British prime minister is pushing to scrap a deal his government clinched with the EU over the status of Northern Ireland following Brexit; A New York court closed the door on a campaign to free a Thai elephant from her lonely residency at the Bronx Zoo; President Biden gave a speech on his plan to rebuild the American economy around the middle class, and more.

National

Retrial of ex-CIA coder commences for ‘Vault 7’ leak

The retrial of the disgruntled former CIA coder accused of the largest leak in the agency’s history began Tuesday afternoon, over two years after his first prosecution largely collapsed in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.

Joshua Schulte, center, is seated at the defense table flanked by his attorneys during jury deliberations in New York on March 4, 2020. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Biden touts plan to fix rising gas and food prices

Amping up his plan to rebuild the American economy around the middle class, President Joe Biden addressed the largest federation of unions in the country at the group’s convention in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

President Joe Biden addresses union members in Philadelphia at the AFL-CIO Convention on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (Screenshot via Courthouse News.)

Judge finds Apple may have benefited from gift card theft scheme

Apple will have to face claims the company profited off of criminal enterprise schemes featuring stolen gift cars after a federal judge declined to dismiss claims the company benefitted monetarily from sophisticated schemes that employ fake apps to swindle consumers.

The Apple logo is illuminated at a store in Munich, Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, file)

Regional

No habeas for Happy: NY court rules elephants aren’t persons

An elephant is legally not a person, the New York Court of Appeals ruled 5-2 Tuesday, closing the door on campaign to free a Thai elephant from her long, lonely residency at the Bronx Zoo.

Happy the Asian elephant has lived at the Bronx Zoo since 1977. (Photo by Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society via Courthouse News)

Ohio governor signs bill making it easier for teachers to carry guns

Three weeks after a gunman killed 19 kids and two teachers at a Texas elementary school, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a bill making it easier for teachers to carry guns in schools.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine discusses a law that gives school districts the option of arming trained school employees at a press conference in in Columbus on Monday, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)

Gun control bill modeled after Texas abortion ban advances in California Legislature

A California gun control bill that allows private citizens to sue gun manufacturers and sellers for dealing illegal assault weapons and ghost guns jumped another hurdle on its way to passage on Tuesday.

International

Johnson’s push to scrap N. Ireland deal fuels fears of EU-UK trade war

The delicate and explosive issues of Brexit and peace in Northern Ireland are back on the front pages as the United Kingdom moves ahead with plans to nix portions of a trade deal it struck with the European Union.

Demonstrators hold up signs, some of them in Irish, that say "Red with Anger, Act now," as they protest outside Hillsborough Castle, ahead of a visit by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, on May, 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Court finds Russian ‘foreign agents’ law violates human rights convention

A Russian law requiring organizations to register as “foreign agents” if they get support from outside of the country is not “necessary in a democratic society,” Europe’s top rights court said Tuesday.

The Kremlin in Moscow. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

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