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The McCombs Avenue grade separation under construction during a high-speed rail project in Kern County, Calif., April, 19, 2022. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Republicans are demanding information from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on what they call a “highly questionable” high-speed rail project in California, according to a letter first obtained […]
Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images (CINCINNATI) — At least one person was shot in an officer-involved incident at a Kroger grocery store just outside of Cincinnati, according to police. The officer is not hurt, according to Colerain Township police. Additional information was not immediately available. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. […]
Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a lengthy jury instruction, Judge Juan Merchan asked jurors to treat the former president as “another member of the community” as they embark to determine Donald Trump’s fate in his hush money criminal trial. “It is not my responsibility to judge the evidence here. It is yours,” Merchan […]
President Joe Biden, with Vice President Kamala Harris, announces the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, Sept. 22, 2023. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images, FILE) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will launch their national Black voter outreach program […]
Creativeye99/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried on criminal charges. Trump last […]
Courtesy of Sterling family (LANSING, M.I.) — The Michigan Department of Attorney General filed charges on Tuesday against an officer who struck and killed a Black man with an unmarked police vehicle. Michigan state police trooper Detective Sgt. Brian Keely is facing second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges – crimes punishable by life or 15 […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (AUSTIN, TEXAS) — Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales narrowly defeated his GOP opponent in Tuesday’s high-profile runoff race to represent Texas’ district that includes the cities of Uvalde and Eagle Pass — with only a few hundred votes between them. The Associated Press projected that Gonzales will win the Republican primary runoff election […]
Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News/Getty Images (ANTIOCH, C.A.) — More than three years after watching her brother die in an encounter with police at her family’s California home, Bella Quinto Collins said her brother’s last words still haunt her. “Please don’t kill me. Please don’t kill me,” Angelo Quinto, a 30-year-old Navy veteran, pleaded […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting Democrats’ calls for his recusal from cases related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and the 2020 election after flags flown at his personal residences sparked controversy. Alito provided further details of the incidents as he responded to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick […]
Charly Triballeau-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has been making history these past few months, running a third straight presidential campaign while under multiple criminal indictments. His legal fate is now in the hands of a jury in New York, where he’s charged with falsifying business records to disguise alleged a hush […]