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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, Aug. 20, 2020. — Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Washington state has just joined Ohio and Alabama in signifying through election officials that President Joe Biden could be left off their general election ballots due […]
In an aerial view, cargo ship Dali is seen after running into and collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Mar. 26, 2024 in Baltimore. — Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — Baltimore’s Key Bridge, a vital transit and shipping route, collapsed last month after being hit by a cargo ship. The incident has left members of […]
Emily Fennick / EyeEm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Thursday announced they are closing what is often known as the “gun show loophole,” by tightening up the definition of what it means to be “engaged in the business” of selling firearms. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) has just implemented a […]
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — A deadly storm is bringing extreme rainfall and dangerous tornadoes to the South, with the severe weather stretching from Texas to Louisiana to Mississippi to Alabama to Florida. One death was reported in Scott County, Mississippi, according to Mississippi Emergency Management officials. At least one person in Mississippi […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday addressed a joint meeting of Congress, where he praised U.S. leadership on the world stage as “indispensable.” Kishida is in Washington this week as the U.S. looks to strengthen relationships with allies in the Indo-Pacific amid the mutual threat from China, North Korea […]
Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will name LaWanda Toney as deputy chief of staff for strategic communications, as the secretary’s team looks to tackle college affordability with enrollment deadlines quickly approaching. “The message is clear: We want to make college possible for folks like the secretary, who’s a first-generation […]
WPVI-TV (PHILADELPHIA) — Multiple people were injured after gunfire broke out at a celebration to mark the end of Ramadan in Philadelphia, police said. The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon in the Parkside neighborhood at an Eid al-Fitr event that was attended by approximately 1,000 people, police said. The holiday marks the end of Ramadan, Islam’s […]
Joe McBride/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — California failed to track the effectiveness of its billion-dollar spending on homelessness programs and “must do more to assess the cost-effectiveness of its homelessness programs,” according to a new state audit report. Homelessness has been on the rise in California for the last decade, according to data from the […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Annelle Sheline publicly resigned in March from her position with the U.S. State Department over the Biden administration’s Israel policy. Sheline, who holds a Ph.D., worked for one year as a foreign affairs officer at the Office of Near Eastern Affairs in the Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (FLORENCE, Colo.) — The notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has asked a federal judge to reinstate his telephone call and visiting privileges at the supermax prison in Colorado, where he’s serving a life sentence. “Sorry to bother you again with the request that I have asked you before with […]
