Hope is fading as search and rescue efforts after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Greece fail to find any more survivors. Also in the news: Jurors return to deliberations Friday to determine the fate of the gunman in the 2018 synagogue mass shooting in Pittsburgh and the Kansas City Chiefs celebrated their Super Bowl bling. |
Now, here we go with Friday's news. |
Final day of search for missing migrants in Greece |
Greece's coast guard launched its third and final day of a search in the area where a large fishing boat crammed with migrants sank. Hundreds of passengers are missing and feared dead as Greek authorities have been met with protest for their handling of the wreck. The round-the-clock effort continues Friday off the coast of southern Greece despite little hope of finding survivors or bodies. None have been found since Wednesday, when 78 bodies were recovered and 104 people were rescued. Greek authorities and European Union border protection agents were first alerted about the boat Tuesday, which was heading for Italy from eastern Libya. Read more | People participate in a demonstration in central Athens on June 15, 2023 following a deadly shipwreck which costed lives of at least 78 migrants off Greek Peloponeese peninsula. LOUISA GOULIAMAKI, AFP via Getty Images |
Jurors deliberate charges against gunman in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting |
Jurors are set to resume deliberations Friday in the federal trial of a truck driver who slaughtered worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the nation's deadliest attack on Jews. Robert Bowers is charged with 63 criminal counts after he entered Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in October 2018 and opened fire, ultimately killing 11 people and injuring several others. He was motivated by his hatred of Jewish people when he turned a sacred house of worship into a "hunting ground," a federal prosecutor told the jury before the start of deliberations. The government is seeking the death sentence. Read more | In this courtroom sketch, Pittsburgh SWAT Officer Timothy Matson, who was critically wounded while responding to the rampage, testifies, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Pittsburgh, in the federal trial of Robert Bowers. David Klug, AP |
Tornado hits Texas Panhandle city |
One person was killed in a mobile home park that took a "direct hit" from a tornado and at least 30 trailers were damaged or destroyed. Firefighters were rescuing residents from the rubble. Read more |
Forecasters say another round of intense thunderstorms are possible on Friday after a destructive tornado struck a Texas Panhandle city, killing at least 3 people and injuring dozens more. Local officials said there will be a curfew from through early Friday morning due to the widespread destruction and downed utility lines. | Debris covers a residential area in Perryton, Texas, Thursday, June 15, 2023, after a tornado struck the town. David Erickson, AP |
Biden to ramp up 2024 campaign over the weekend |
The first political rally of President Joe Biden's reelection campaign will be held Saturday at a union gathering in Pennsylvania, punctuating just how much the president is counting on labor support to carry him to a second term. Rallying labor activists at Philadelphia's Convention Center may eventually boost Democratic voter turnout in the city's fast-growing suburbs and other key parts of battleground Pennsylvania, which in 2020 helped him flip the state four years after it backed Donald Trump. Read more |
Play underway at the 123rd U.S. Open |
It's also the first major tournament since the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf announced a partnership, and it is sure to be a topic of conversation throughout the weekend. One of the more intriguing storylines is the groupings, one of which features PGA Championship winner and LIV golfer Brooks Koepka with Rory McIlroy, who has been one of the most vocal critics of LIV. Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele sit atop the leaderboard after day one Thursday at 8-under after each matched a major record by shooting 62. Read more |
| • | Rory McIlroy maintained his media silence after a chip shot blunder on the final hole at the US Open. |
| Rickie Fowler and his caddie survey the green on the 15th hole during the first round. Michael Madrid, USA TODAY Sports |
Photo of the day: Kansas City Chiefs receive Super Bowl 57 championship rings | Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes arrives at a ceremony for team members to receive their championship rings for winning NFL football's Super Bowl LVII, Thursday, June 15, 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri. Charlie Riedel, AP |
Associated Press contributed reporting. | | | |
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