Turkey’s state-run news agency says police have detained 13 people in connection to the deadly airport attack. Police conducted simultaneous raids at 16 locations in the city. Three foreign nationals are among the group of suspects detained in Istanbul on Thursday. Nine suspects linked to the Islamic State group were detained during a police operation in the coastal city of Izmir. Tuesday’s gunfire and suicide bomb attack on Ataturk Airport killed 42 people and wounded more than 230 others.
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Hillary Clinton is raising big dollars at tiny fundraisers. In her quest for the White House, the Democrat uses intimate salon-style gatherings with a handful of elite donors that can raise $1 million or more.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge is considering whether to block a new law that places restrictions on abortion clinics in Florida. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle said at an hour-long hearing Wednesday that he may rule before the law takes effect Friday. Hinkle sharply questioned attorneys representing both Planned Parenthood and the state. But Hinkle also questioned whether the new law was a way to stop Planned Parenthood from doing something that is currently legal in Florida. State and federal laws already prohibit public money for abortion. The new law goes a step further by preventing any state funds going to any service provided by an organization that also provides abortions. Florida’s new law also includes provision modeled on a Texas law struck down Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jane Fonda, Lady Gaga, Caitlyn Jenner, and other celebrities are paying tribute to the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre in a video released by gay-advocacy group Human Rights Campaign. In the 18-minute video released Wednesday, the celebrities read the name, age and a biographical sketch of each shooting victim.
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World is placing limits on fishing after an alligator killed a toddler at the park earlier this month. “No fishing” signs have been erected at areas including Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, the Fort Wilderness campground and Old Key West Resort. Fishing at Disney World is now limited to excursions. A Disney spokeswoman confirmed that netting has been added to the rope fences that were installed after an alligator attacked 2-year-old Lane Graves near the shore of the Seven Seas Lagoon. Other changes following the Nebraska boy’s death include hotel beaches being staffed by employees and closing at night, except during fireworks. Disney has beaches at eight hotels and at the Fort Wilderness campground.
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Police in Miami Lakes found more than $24 million during a drug raid. The raid occurred Tuesday at the home of 44-year-old Luis Hernandez-Gonzalez’s. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration began investigating Hernandez-Gonzalez earlier this year when a wide-ranging marijuana probe connected him to 11 people arrested in Tennessee. Most of the money was found stuffed in five gallon Home Depot buckets.
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BUSHNELL, Fla. (AP) — Veterans groups and volunteer escorts on motorcycles ensured that two men received military burials at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell even without family or close friends to claim their bodies. Army veteran Edward Walker Jr. and Navy veteran Joseph Palella died recently in Gainesville.
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Gov. Rick Scott signed the executive order Wednesday. It allows state and local agencies to take swift action to mitigate the spread of algal blooms in the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries by redirecting the flow of water in and out of Lake Okeechobee.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida high school football coaches are facing federal drug trafficking charges. A news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Orlando says 40-year-old Leonard Charles Agee Jr. and 36-year-old Benjamin S. Jenkins were arrested Wednesday and charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.
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Jupiter is taking center stage. A NASA spacecraft built to peek through thick, swirling clouds will begin mapping the giant planet from the inside out next week.
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Therapy dogs are being provided for the first time in the U.S. Olympic swimming team’s lounge in Nebraska, helping the athletes relax and get over missing their own pets.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Park Police have a message for people planning to attend the July Fourth festivities in Washington: Leave your drones at home. Flying unmanned aircraft is illegal in national parks around the country and anywhere in a 15-mile radius of Reagan National Airport, an area known as the “No Drone Zone.” U.S. Park Police Chief Robert MacLean will discuss the policy and other security measures related to the Independence Day festivities at a news conference Thursday. Thousands of people gather every July Fourth on the National Mall for a concert and fireworks.
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The FDA says eating raw cookie dough and cake batter is a no-no, and it has nothing to do with the raw eggs. Nearly 40 people in 20 states have been sickened by a strain of bacteria found in flour. The CDC traced the outbreak to a General Mills plant in Kansas City, Missouri. The company has recalled flour sold under the brand names Gold Medal, Signature Kitchens and Gold Medal Wondra.
