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ABC News (HOUSTON) — Many states are adopting a drastic approach to address what they judge to be under-performing schools. They’re assuming control of how the schools are run, including appointing new administrators. Texas did that this school year with the Houston Independent School District’s (HISD), when the Texas Education Agency, which oversees public education […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives came to standstill on Wednesday as lawmakers quibbled about criticism of Donald Trump and his legal woes. Legislative business was paused on the floor for an hour as Republicans demanded the words of Rep. Jim McGovern, the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, be taken […]
Jetlinerimages/GettyImages (NEW YORK) — One person died and at least 85 people were admitted to hospitals after a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore experienced severe turbulence Tuesday. Deaths from turbulence are extremely rare. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, 163 passengers and crew on U.S. flights have been seriously injured by turbulence between […]
Family of Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, 10, who died in the mass shooting, mourns during a candlelight vigil in Uvalde, Texas on May 30, 2022. Via CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Nineteen families whose loved ones were killed or hurt in the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting announced they’ve reached a settlement with the […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Wednesday she will vote for former President Donald Trump in November — despite her disappointments with him. During a question and answer session after delivering a speech at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Haley was asked who she thinks would […]
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Prosecutors plan to use Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop as evidence in an upcoming trial to help them prove that the president’s son unlawfully obtained a firearm in 2018. Special counsel David Weiss wrote Wednesday that “the defendant’s laptop is real (it will be introduced as a trial exhibit) and it […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (MIAMI) — A hearing in former President Donald Trump’s federal classified documents case got heated at times on Wednesday as prosecutors with special counsel Jack’s Smith’s office became frustrated with what they called “nonsense” arguments presented by Trump’s co-defendant Walt Nauta in his effort to have the indictment against Nauta dismissed. “That […]
Michael Warren/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The FBI has issued a rare statement after former President Donald Trump and several GOP lawmakers spread false claims suggesting President Joe Biden authorized his assassination during the search of his Mar-a-Lago resort in 2022. In a fundraising email responding to right-wing media reports that offered a distorted reading […]
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Capitol Police said they temporarily locked down the Republican National Committee’s Washington, D.C., headquarters on Wednesday morning after a suspicious package containing two vials of blood was found. Officers arrived on the scene around 7:45 a.m. after the package was found, according to police. “The package […]
Family of Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, 10, who died in the mass shooting, mourns during a candlelight vigil in Uvalde, Texas on May 30, 2022. Via CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Nineteen families whose loved ones were killed or hurt in the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting announced they’ve reached a settlement with the […]
