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Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday heard arguments about whether to temporarily block the state of Texas from enacting a sweeping and controversial new immigration law while further litigation plays out. The state’s Senate Bill 4, also known as SB4, allows Texas authorities to arrest unauthorized immigrants […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing back on Donald Trump’s “extraordinary” request for a stay of his $464 million civil fraud judgment, arguing the former president’s recent request was unreliable, procedurally improper and based on a flawed premise. “There is nothing unusual about even billion-dollar judgments […]
Boise Police Department (BOISE, Idaho) — An inmate escaped from an Idaho hospital Wednesday with an accomplice who opened fire on the correction officers transporting him, striking two, in a “brazen” attack, authorities said. Both suspects remain at large following the early morning “ambush,” the Idaho Department of Correction said. The Idaho Department of Correction […]
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake is gearing up for a likely contest against Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, one she’s warned will get “nasty,” by leaning into former President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies. “I’m going to spend the next seven months working my tail off. You all know I […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Many of Washington’s iconic flowering cherry trees will be cut down because of climate change. While warming temperatures are causing cherry blossoms all over the world to bloom earlier, rising sea levels are leaving the National Park Service no choice but to cut down more than 150 trees that have […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Rankin County sheriff’s deputy Christian Dedmon was sentenced to 40 years in prison during a hearing in federal court in Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday for his role in two attacks, including the torture of two Black men, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Dedmon received the maximum sentence […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid a contentious election year debate over the future of U.S. auto manufacturing, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced new vehicle emissions standards that will pressure the industry to make more electric vehicles. “With transportation as the largest source of U.S. climate emissions, these strongest-ever pollution standards for cars […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Rankin County sheriff’s deputy Daniel Opdyke was sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison during a hearing in federal court in Jackson, Mississippi on Wednesday for his role in torture of two Black men, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Opdyke is the third to be sentenced out […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Mega Millions jackpot is expected to climb to $977 Million for Friday’s drawing, after no single ticket won the jackpot on Tuesday, the lottery said. Winning numbers were drawn Tuesday evening for the Mega Millions $893 million jackpot. The winning numbers were 24, 46, 49, 62, 66 and […]
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Businesman Bernie Moreno handily won Ohio’s GOP Senate primary, scoring a win for him and former President Donald Trump, who endorsed Moreno’s bid and campaigned with him in the race’s final stretch. Trump and President Joe Biden, meanwhile, coasted in presidential primaries held in five states Tuesday, though lingering […]
