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Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In September 2020, as Joe Biden and Donald Trump debated for the first time, moderator Chris Wallace asked how they would reassure Americans the next president would be the legitimate winner that November. Biden encouraged viewers to vote and said the results would be accepted. Trump’s final […]
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max-9 aircraft grounded at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — For the first time since the Alaska door plug blowout, Boeing brought reporters into the Boeing 737 MAX factory in Renton, Washington. The tightly […]
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 16-year-old inmate at a juvenile correctional facility in Wisconsin faces homicide and murder charges after a staff member he is accused of attacking died, court records show. The incident occurred Monday night at Lincoln Hills School in Irma, a juvenile correctional facility operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections […]
grandriver/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s executive action on asylum, which was rolled out three weeks ago, has decreased encounters along the border by 40%, the Biden administration said. The executive action established a rule to turn away migrants who are claiming asylum between ports of entry after there have been seven consecutive days […]
Getty Images – STOCK (CHICAGO) — Wednesday marks one week since Taylor Casey, 41, went missing while attending a yoga retreat on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. The Chicago woman’s mother, Colette Seymore, is among a small group traveling to the Bahamas on Wednesday to help in the search, according to a statement from Casey’s […]
Jim Vondruska/Getty Images (HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) — The suspected Highland Park, Illinois, mass shooter declined to change his plea to guilty at a Wednesday hearing, crushing victims’ families who watched on in the courtroom. Robert Crimo III is accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens of others in the mass shooting at a 2022 […]
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a First Amendment challenge to the Biden administration’s communication with social media companies in an effort to remove misinformation on the platforms about COVID-19 and the 2020 election. The 6-3 opinion was authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and […]
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — Five people have been charged in connection with an alleged plot to bribe a juror with $120,000 cash during a federal trial over pandemic relief fraud. Federal prosecutors called the incident an “elaborate” and “chilling,” but ultimately foiled, scheme to infiltrate the jury. The alleged bribery attempt was reported […]
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Pope Francis formally signed off on allowing Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples in December 2023. But decades before the pope’s historic announcement, a New York City church has embraced the LGBTQ+ community and provided a safe space for worship. The Church of St. Francis Xavier, in Manhattan’s […]
President Joe Biden speaks at an event in the East Room at the White House, June 18, 2024, in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he has pardoned U.S. veterans who were convicted by the military under a regulation that allowed people to be kicked out for being gay. […]