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ABC News Vice President Kamala Harris raised $82 million the week of the Democratic National Convention, bringing her total haul since launching her candidacy last month to $540 million, her campaign said. The sum is buttressed by nearly $40 million raked in during and after Harris delivered her acceptance speech at the convention on Thursday […]
Robyn Beck/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Vice President Kamala Harris raised $82 million the week of the Democratic National Convention, bringing her total haul since launching her candidacy last month to $540 million, her campaign said. The sum is buttressed by nearly $40 million raked in during and after Harris delivered her acceptance speech at the […]
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — More than 1.3 million electrical customers in the Houston area remained without power Wednesday as sweltering temperatures set in following the destruction left by Hurricane Beryl. As CenterPoint Energy, the main utility company in the area, warned “it will take days” to restore power to everyone, Harris County officials sought […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Heat alerts have been issued for 21 states from Washington to Florida on Wednesday, with more than 90 million on alert for extreme weather. Several wildfires also exploded in the West on Tuesday due to dry conditions and ongoing heat. The dangerous heat is just beginning in the West, but […]
Peter G. Forest/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In response to court rulings earlier this week that blocked key components of a student loan policy, the Biden administration is planning to place about 3 million student loan borrowers into a monthslong payment pause. The pause would be very similar to the pandemic-era student loan moratorium — borrowers […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 70 million people in 14 states from the Midwest into the Northeast were under heat alerts on Wednesday amid a sweltering early summer heat wave. The extreme heat was expected on Wednesday to stretch farther north, touching parts of central and northern Maine. The National Weather Service in […]
Terri Lynn Martin/ABC News (NEW YORK) — “ABC News Live” Anchor Linsey Davis is accustomed to seeking the truth and reporting it. That instinct for fact-finding transcended recently to Davis’ personal family history, with a genealogist from the 10 Million Names Project helping the Emmy-winning journalist track down an ancestor born in the early 1800s. […]
Royalty-free/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Powerball is expected to climb to $975 million for Monday night’s drawing after no ticket won the jackpot in Saturday night’s drawing, the lottery said. The numbers drawn for Saturday’s $935 million Powerball jackpot were: 12, 13, 33, 50, 52 and red Powerball 23. The power play was 3. […]
Royalty-free/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The jackpot for Saturday’s Powerball drawing is expected to be $935 million, the lottery said. If a jackpot winner chooses a one-time lump sum payment, the value is expected to be $452.3 million, Powerball said. Saturday’s estimated jackpot is the fifth-largest in Powerball’s history. There have been 37 consecutive drawings […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than $800 million is on the line in Friday night’s Mega Millions jackpot drawing, with the grand prize ballooning after 27 consecutive drawings without a winner. The prize grew $23 million on Friday to a total of $815 million due to strong ticket sales. The prize has a […]