We have sad news from the entertainment world. The queen of rock and roll.
Tina Turner just died. She was 83 years old.
Her career spanned more than five decades.
She sold more than 200 million albums, won 12 Grammy Awards plus had a hit movie
and Broadway show about her life. She retired from performing in 2009.
In a statement, her representative says, quote with her,
the world loses a music legend and a role model.
Turner died after a long illness at her home near Zurich Switzerland.
We'll have much more on her incredible life. A little later on
Target has been selling LGBT Q plus merchandise for more than a decade. But now
it's going to stop selling some of its pride gear
because it's worried about the safety of its workers.
The retail giant says they've experienced threats, impacting
its teams safety and well being in a statement,
it goes on to say given these volatile circumstances,
we're making adjustments to our plans including removing items that have
been at the center of the most significant confrontational behavior.
Target has been getting a lot of backlash right now
for tuck friendly clothes like bathing suits for trans women.
Still target says it's going to keep celebrating Pride Month.
South Carolina's plan to ban abortions before most people know
that they're even pregnant is about to become law.
The Republican controlled state Senate passed the bill last
night that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy
to do this.
The voting majority had to overcome a filibuster by five senators who are women,
three of whom are GOP members Senate Bill 4 74
known as the fetal heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act.
Now goes to Republican Governor Henry mcmaster who has
said he plans to sign it into law.
South Carolina had been one of the last remaining Southern states where abortion
is still widely accessible.
And Adnan
Syed's
lawyer is asking Maryland's highest court to overturn a lower
court ruling that reinstated his two decades old murder conviction.
Sayed was the subject of that wildly popular podcast serial.
His lawyer is asking the Supreme Court to keep him out of prison while he waits
for the Maryland Supreme Court's review sayed was
convicted of murdering his ex girlfriend in 1999.
That conviction was overturned last year by Baltimore prosecutors.
He's been free since that court ruling and has
been working at Georgetown University's prison and Justice initiative.
Alex Murdoch was just indicted on financial fraud charges.
He's the former attorney currently serving a life
sentence for killing his wife and son.
The 22 charges unsealed today include a claim that he cheated his
late housekeepers estate and insurance carriers out of millions of dollars.
The housekeeper died after what's been called
a trip and fall accident at Murdoch's home in 2018.
And it's been one year since the deadly shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
There are still so many unanswered questions about what happened that day.
Those unknowns have many people in an emotional limbo. Laura Aguirre
shows us how Uvalde
and the nation are dealing with this painful day.
Beautiful but sobering church bells
tolling for the 19 Children and two teachers
killed at Robb Elementary in U Baldi Texas.
One year ago.
Survivors families, loved ones and community members gathered to find comfort,
peace and unity.
A
butterfly release sent their grief and love. Skyward
Texas.
Governor Greg Abbott ordered the state's flags flown at half staff in a statement.
He called for a moment of silence to honor
the victims and their loved ones who endure.
Despite an outpouring of support,
many of the victims' families still struggle with the unknown.
The answers have not been provided.
So there's no sense of healing, no sense of closure
questions and anger linger about the widely
criticized 77 minute police response that day.
People refuse to accept the facts, they refuse to
acknowledge their,
their
incompetence basically. And
that information will eventually come out in the
litigation through attorneys and stuff like that.
While answers remain elusive for many of the families,
their Uvalde strong bond is clear.
If anything good came out of this, that's one good thing.
I mean, we all love each other and we're there for each other.
We stand with each other.
I'm Laura Ari
reporting.