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ABC News (NEW YORK) — Poor air quality stemming from the wildfires in Canada is continuing to affect large swaths of the U.S. The National Weather Service has issued air quality alerts in five Midwestern states on Thursday as hundreds of wildfires continue to burn in several regions throughout Canada. Minnesota and Wisconsin were under […]
Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two long shot Republican candidates in the 2024 presidential race have gone further than others in the party in defending former President Donald Trump from his unprecedented federal indictment. Vivek Ramaswamy and Perry Johnson, both entrepreneurs and both polling in the back of the pack of GOP candidates, […]
Courtesy Nakala Murry (NEW YORK) — The attorney for Greg Capers, the Mississippi police officer who was suspended for shooting and injuring 11-year-old Aderrien Murry, says the May 20 incident was unintentional. “The shooting was not intentional, it was not reckless, and [Capers] wishes none of this happened. It was a pure accident,” attorney Michael […]
GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced on Thursday morning he is running for president, challenging former President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination. Suarez told co-anchor George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview on ABC News’ Good Morning America that he represents “generational change,” but he repeatedly avoided answering […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More severe weather is slamming the U.S. on Thursday, with residents from Florida to Kansas bracing for impact. The states in the bull’s-eye are Kansas and Oklahoma, where extreme winds, huge hail and a few tornadoes are possible. Other cities bracing for storms Thursday include Dallas; Jackson, Mississippi; Mobile, Alabama; […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (MOSCOW, Idaho) — Justice may be blind, but it’s not cheap. Prosecutors in Moscow, Idaho, this week said the upcoming prosecution of Bryan Kohberger, the man charged with killing four college students last fall, could cost more than eight times their entire annual trial budget. Meeting with county commissioners Tuesday, Latah County […]
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Shortages of critical medication have plagued the country, according to a recent congressional report, and a bipartisan pair of senators is now looking for answers from federal agencies about the impact the shortfall could potentially have on national security. Michigan Democrat Gary Peters, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced late Wednesday that the state’s highway patrol has seized enough fentanyl in San Francisco in the past six weeks to kill the city’s entire population nearly three times over. Since the governor launched a public safety partnership between the city and state on May […]
Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gov. Greg Abbott said on Wednesday that Texas bused a group of migrants to Los Angeles, adding it to a growing list of so-called “sanctuary cities” targeted by the Republican governor. The move expanded his efforts to bus migrants outside of Texas, which […]
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday made his first public remarks after the historic indictment of former President Donald Trump on federal criminal charges. Garland, taking questions at an event on combating violent crime, said he couldn’t discuss particulars of the case but offered general praise for special counsel […]
