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Activists in the LGBTQ+ community are calling for new ways to mobilize against threats to their long fight for equality RICHMOND, Va. -- Following Target’s announcement last week that it removed products and relocated Pride displays to the back of certain stores in the South, activists in the LGBTQ+ community are calling for new campaigns to convince corporate leaders not to cave to anti-LGBTQ+ groups. “We need a strategy on how to deal with corporations that are experiencing enormous pressure to throw LGBTQ people under the bus,” said California state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, a member of the LGBTQ legislative caucus. “We need to send a clear message to corporate America that if you’re our ally — if you are truly our ally — you need to be our ally, not just when it’s easy but also when it’s hard,” he said. While the retailer said its actions were aimed at ensuring the safety and well-being of its employees after protesters knocked over Pride signs and confronted workers in s...

Rescue operations are underway after part of an apartment building collapsed in the eastern Iowa city of Davenport DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Rescue operations were underway Sunday evening after part of an apartment building collapsed in the eastern Iowa city of Davenport. Authorities have not said whether anyone was killed. Authorities said people were treated for injuries at the scene but did not detail how many. Rescuers were called to the scene shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday. Fire crews rescued seven people and escorted more than a dozen others from the building in their initial response, Davenport Fire Chief Michael Carlsten said at a news conference. Carlsten said the back of the six-story apartment complex collapse d and had separated from the building , which houses apartment s on the upper floors and Business es on the ground level. Authorities found a gas leak after the collapse, Carlsten said, while water also had leaked throughout the floors of the structure. First responders were s...

A popular feature will be discontinued on YouTube, the streaming platform has announced. YouTube Stories — videos which expire shortly after they are uploaded, in a similar vein to Snapchat — were axed on Friday. The move makes way for the platform to focus on other video formats which have incorporated elements of the since-scrapped feature , it said. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> “There are many ways to create on YouTube – from Community posts to Shorts, to long-form and Live. To prioritise these key feature s, Stories are going away,” YouTube announced on Thursday. These other video formats were called “great alternatives” by the platform, and are said to “deliver valuable audience connections and conversations”. “YouTube Community posts are a great choice if you want to share lightweight updates, start conversations, or promote your YouTube content to your audience,” YouTube said. “Amongst creators who use both posts and Stories, posts on...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has signed legislation that will ban discrimination based on body size by adding weight and height to the list of protected categories such as race, sex and religion NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed legislation Friday that will ban discrimination based on body size by adding weight and height to the list of protected categories such as race, sex and religion. “We all deserve the same access to employment, housing and public accommodation, regardless of our appearance, and it shouldn’t matter how tall you are or how much you weigh ,” said the mayor , who joined other elected officials as well as fat-acceptance advocates at a City Hall bill-signing ceremony. Adams, a Democrat who published a book about reversing his diabetes through a plant-based diet, said the ordinance "will help level the playing field for all New Yorkers, create more inclusive workplaces and living environments, and protect against discrimi nation ." Exemption...

Two airliners aborted their landings at San Francisco International Airport last week after pilots spotted a Southwest Airlines jet taxiing across the runways on which they were going to land SAN FRANCISCO -- Two airliners aborted landings at San Francisco International Airport last week after pilots spotted a Southwest Airlines jet taxiing across runways on which the other planes had been cleared to land. An air traffic controller told the Southwest pilots they should not have been on the runways during the May 19 incident. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that the Southwest plane cleared the runways when the other planes passed directly overhead, and the decision to abort the landings was “precautionary.” “The FAA looked into the events and determined the appropriate steps were taken to ensure safe operations,” the agency said. The National Transportation Safety Board said it is not investigating the matter. The incident comes after a half-dozen close calls in recent...

Lawyers for Donald Trump have asked for a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland as a Justice Department investigation into the former president’s handling of classified documents shows signs of winding down WASHINGTON -- Lawyers for Donald Trump on Tuesday asked for a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland as a Justice Department investigation into the former president's handling of classified documents shows signs of winding down. In the letter, which Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, attorneys John Rowley and James Trusty asserted that Trump is “being treated unfairly” and asked for a meeting to discuss “the ongoing injustice that is being per Pet rated by your Special Counsel and his prosecutors.” The language echoed some of Trump's own complaints in recent months about the investigation s being led by special counsel Jack Smith. It was not immediately clear what specifically prompted the letter, but the yearlong documents probe appears to be nearin...

Portuguese police aided by German and British officers have resumed their search for Madeleine McCann, the British child who disappeared in the country’s southern Algarve region 16 years ago ARADE DAM, Portugal -- Police on Tuesday renewed the search for Madeleine McCann, the British child who disappeared in Portugal in 2007, with officers digging and scraping the surface of land next to a dam located not far from where she went missing . About 20 officers with rakes and hoe-like tools spread out in a line and began poking and raking the soil close to the Arade dam, which is located about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Praia da Luz in southern Portugal where the 3-year-old girl was last seen alive 16 years ago. Earlier, a couple of firefighters could be seen in a dinghy on the reservoir. There were no immediate details on what progress was being made in the search. The operation, headed by Portuguese police aided by German and British colleagues, was announced Monday. Portuguese offic...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has promised to build more railway and other trade links with Central Asia and proposed jointly developing oil and gas sources at a meeting with the region’s leaders that highlighted Beijing’s growing influence BEIJING -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping promised to build more railway and other trade links with Central Asia and proposed jointly develop ing oil and gas sources at a meeting Friday with the region’s leaders that highlighted Beijing’s growing i NFL uence. The two-day China-Central Asia Summit in the western city of Xi’an came as President Joe Biden and other leaders of the Group of Seven major economies met in Japan. It reflected Beijing's efforts to develop trade and security networks centered on China, which resents U.S. domination of global affairs. China is making economic inroads into Central Asia, including with its Belt and Road Initiative to build railways and other trade-related infrastructure. That has eroded Russian influence over forme...

Election falsehoods are thriving on Twitter after former President Donald Trump dug in on those claims during a recent CNN town hall NEW YORK -- In an interview this week, Twitter owner Elon Musk said users making false claims of stolen elections “will be corrected” on the platform. Prompted by a CNBC reporter for extra assurance that would happen, Musk responded, “Oh yeah, 100%.” Yet many such claims have thrived on Twitter in the week since former President Donald Trump spent much of a CNN town hall digging in on his lie that the 2020 election was “rigged” against him. Twitter posts that amplified those false claims have thousands of shares with no visible enforcement, a review of posts on the platform shows. The contrast between Musk’s promise and the extent the claims are spreading on Twitter underscores a major challenge for social media companies trying to call out election conspiracy theories and falsehoods that Trump and his supporters continue to promote. That will only grow a...

“20/20” documented families of victims and survivors present at Robb Elementary during the May 2022 incident. Kimberly Rubio started running three years ago, a daily routine inspired by her fitness-enthusiast mother. Now, she runs to process the pain, she says, that lingers nearly a year after a tragedy that killed one of her own daughters unfolded in her hometown of Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. "It's the only time I really let myself think about what happened that day," Kimberly Rubio told "20/20." "If there was somewhere I could go to escape this pain, I'd have already booked my flight." Kimberly Rubio is seen during a run across Uvalde, Texas, and pauses near a mural painted in tribute of her daughter Lexi on Oct. 31, 2022. ABC News Families across Uvalde shared their intimate and unimaginable journeys throughout the past year, for a special "20/20" report, documenting the long-term impacts a community faces after a mass shooting. ...