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Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein appeared in Manhattan criminal court on Tuesday, where prosecutors accused him of raping more women than those included in the previous prosecution of the disgraced movie producer. Prosecutors told Judge Curtis Farber they have not yet decided whether to file additional charges against him, saying they […]
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SAN DIEGO) — The public is now getting a look at the first pandas to enter the United States in over two decades. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance — the nonprofit that operates the zoo and safari park — on Tuesday released new photos of the pandas, Yun Chuan […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Democrats on Tuesday are gathering for a consequential day of closed-door meetings where the focus is expected to be largely on President Joe Biden’s viability as a candidate and the path for the party going forward. House Democrats huddled Tuesday morning at the Democratic National Committee […]
United Airlines Boeing 757-224 arrives at Los Angeles International Airport on December 29, 2023 in Los Angeles. (AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images) (LOS ANGELES) — A United 757 plane lost one of its main landing gear tires as it took off from Los Angeles International Airport Monday morning, the airline said. No one was hurt, United said. […]
Bill Stafford/NASA (NEW YORK) — For over a year, four crew members participating in NASA’s Mars Dune Alpha simulated experience communicated, ate, slept and researched as if they were stationed over 200 million miles away on the Red Planet. The mission, which marked the first completed installment of three planned programs from NASA’s Crew Health […]
President Joe Biden speaks during a barbeque for active-duty military families in honor of the Fourth of July on the South Lawn of the White House, July 4, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — It was supposed to be a show of strength — the leaders of NATO’s member countries gathering in Washington, […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Beryl has passed very closed to downtown Houston, Texas, as it produced wind gusts of over 80 mph causing massive power outages in the region. The highest Beryl winds gusts were in Freeport, at 97 mph, Houston International Airport at 83 mph and Galveston which clocked in at 78 […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — More than 100 people were shot — 19 fatally — over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend in Chicago, according to police. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said in a press conference Monday morning he was “heartbroken” by gun violence in the city. “These are not just numbers on pages. […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The GOP’s first new platform since 2016 will also be the first truly defined by former President Donald Trump, Republicans who have served on the platform committee say. In 2016, then-candidate Trump deferred to party operatives to craft the document, according to the platform veterans. In 2020, the GOP declined […]
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At least four senior House Democrats told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday that they are calling on President Joe Biden to step down from the presidential race, according to several sources with knowledge of the discussion on the private call. Reps. Jerry Nadler, Mark Takano, […]