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Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson and other House Republican leaders released a $95 billion foreign aid package Wednesday that provides funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan – as Congress continues to grapple with a response to actions taken by Russia, Iran and China that have defied the international […]
Christopher Pike/Bloomberg via Getty Images (DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) — Flood conditions continued to impact Dubai on Wednesday, after two years’ worth of rain fell in just 24 hours, records show. Over a half foot — 6.26 inches — of rain was recorded in the United Arab Emirates city between 10 p.m. local time Monday […]
Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is conceding the reality of the last six months: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro does not intend to hold free and fair elections. Six months after lifting U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s key oil and gas sectors, the Treasury Department announced Wednesday it will let those temporary […]
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Boeing’s safety culture came under scrutiny during a U.S. Senate hearing on Wednesday, where a Boeing whistleblower was among those who testified about the company’s production methods in the wake of the Alaska Airlines door plug blowout. Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour, who first spoke out earlier this month on the […]
Getty Images – STOCK (HONOLULU) — Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez on Wednesday released the first set of findings from an independent investigation into the deadly wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui last year, the deadliest natural disaster in state history. At least 101 people died in connection with the wildfires. Much […]
Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images After months of speculation, Ashanti has finally confirmed that the rumors are true: She is pregnant. In a skit shared to her Instagram Wednesday, Ashanti’s seen backstage preparing for a show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. When her mother asks how long she would take to get ready, she pops up out, looking […]
Getty Images – STOCK (PHOENIX) — Arizona Republicans on Wednesday again blocked a Democratic-led effort to repeal a controversial 19th-century ban on almost all abortions in the state, which the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled is enforceable. Democrats in the state House failed to overcome procedural obstacles to advance House Bill 2677, introduced by Democratic […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — ABC News has learned the Justice Department and attorneys for 100 victims of Larry Nassar are in the final stages of negotiating a deal that would pay tens of millions of dollars to resolve claims the FBI failed to investigate allegations of abuse by the former women’s U.S. gymnastics […]
Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Calling 911 is meant to save lives. But the emergency service, and others like it, are also viewed as ripe targets for criminally minded cyber-attackers, according to a new federal assessment – and any vulnerability in those critical networks can expose victims to a multitude of dangerous […]
Paramount Network On Wednesday, MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios and Paramount Network announced that the Dutton Ranch is coming back to the sold-out Stagecoach Festival. The event runs from April 26-28 in Indio, California, and will feature some of the biggest names in country music, including Eric Church, Miranda Lambert and Morgan Wallen. For the second year in […]
