Close
MyNorthwest
News
Opinion
Sports
Tools
Connect

NATIONAL NEWS

Photos show Pride around the world: Monthlong celebration ends with iconic U.S. parades

Jun 28, 2026, 12:17 PM

Peppermint, one of the official Grand Marshals for the 2026 NYC Pride March, salutes to parade-goer...

Peppermint, one of the official Grand Marshals for the 2026 NYC Pride March, salutes to parade-goers, Sunday, June 28, 2026 in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Credit: AP Photo/Pamela Smith

(AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Associated Press's Profile Picture

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS


Born out of the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York, Pride Month has grown into a global celebration of LGBTQ+ communities, with marches and festivals taking place in cities across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. The month reached its peak Sunday with landmark Pride parades in New York and San Francisco.

___

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

National News

Defendant Lindsay Clancy and attorney Kevin Reddington listen to Judge William Sullivan declare a m...

Associated Press

Key moments in the Lindsay Clancy case: the 911 call, mental health care, mistrial

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A mistrial was declared in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on Friday after jurors failed to reach a verdict on whether she was criminally responsible for killing her three young children at her Massachusetts home. Judge William Sullivan declared the mistrial on the seventh day of deliberations after jurors sent a […]

29 minutes ago

FILE - Barry Morphew leaves a Fremont County court building in Canon City, Colo., with his daughter...

Associated Press

Colorado man who was free on bond in wife’s alleged killing is jailed after hit-and-run

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A man in Colorado who had been free on $3 million bond in his wife’s alleged killing was arrested Friday after prosecutors said he got in a hit-and-run crash with two other vehicles in Denver. Barry Morphew was booked into the Boulder County Jail. Alamosa County District Judge Amanda Hopkins set […]

57 minutes ago

Former New Mexico House Majority Leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton walks into the federal courthouse...

Associated Press

Former New Mexico lawmaker pleads guilty to diverting public school funds

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A former high-ranking Democratic legislator in New Mexico accused of diverting millions of dollars meant for vocational education in the state’s largest school district to businesses and charities in which she had an interest has pleaded guilty to state charges that include fraud and money laundering. Sheryl Williams Stapleton changed her […]

1 hour ago

FILE - The Pentagon is seen from the air, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Fil...

Associated Press

Judge refuses to block Pentagon from firing Stars and Stripes staffers over CBS interview

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge refused Friday to block the Pentagon from firing three Stars and Stripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the military news outlet’s need to maintain its editorial independence. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, who was nominated to the bench by Republican President Donald […]

1 hour ago

A large box of pre-assembled mail-in ballots at the Wake County Board of Elections on Thursday, Sep...

Associated Press

Federal judge extends block on Trump executive order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms

A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting during the midterms, putting another major obstacle in the way of the administration as the first states begin sending out mail ballots. The decision from U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani […]

2 hours ago

President Donald Trump speaks and announces action to help farmers and ranchers with meat processin...

Associated Press

Trump calls Iran conflict ‘small potatoes’ and says he agrees with Vance that it’s not a ‘war’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday said the conflict in Iran is “small potatoes” as he defended Vice President JD Vance for asserting that months of on-and-off attacks in the Middle East are not a “war.” Asked during an Oval Office exchange about Vance’s comments made a day earlier, Trump noted that U.S. […]

3 hours ago

Photos show Pride around the world: Monthlong celebration ends with iconic U.S. parades