Suspect in Liverpool parade collision arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

LIVERPOOL, England — The suspect detained after a vehicle drove through a crowd of football fans in Liverpool’s city center, injuring dozens, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving and driving while under the influence of drugs, authorities said Tuesday. Speaking at a news conference in Liverpool in northwest England, Detective Chief…

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17 E.U. countries sound alarm over Hungarian LGBTQ laws

BRUSSELS – Seventeen European Union countries accused Hungary on Tuesday of contravening fundamental EU values by passing laws that target LGBTQ people, as tensions deepen between Budapest and a majority of member states. Hungary’s parliament passed legislation in March that creates a legal basis to ban Pride marches there and lets police use facial recognition cameras to…

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Supreme Court rejects student’s challenge to ‘two genders’ T-shirt ban

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a Massachusetts student’s challenge to his middle school’s prohibition on him wearing a T-shirt bearing the slogan “There are only two genders.” The case arose from student Liam Morrison’s dispute with Nichols Middle School in Middleborough. Lawyers for Morrison at the Alliance Defending Freedom, a…

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