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Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hazy and dangerous fumes from ongoing wildfires in Canada have engulfed the skies over much of the East Coast, prompting serious air quality alerts in at least 20 states from Missouri to Massachusetts. Canadian officials said firefighters are scrambling to put out the blazes. So far this wildfire season, […]
Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pat Robertson, the Christian evangelist best known for his political commentary on The 700 Club and a former presidential candidate, has died. He was 93 years old. Robertson died early Thursday at his home in Virginia, according to the TV network he founded, The Christian Broadcasting Network. […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump might never have become president without them. And his quest to regain the presidency might depend on what they do now to stop him. With back-to-back announcements this week, former Vice President Mike Pence and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie joined a swelling roster of Republicans challenging Trump […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hazy and dangerous fumes from ongoing wildfires in Canada have engulfed the skies over much of the Northeast, prompting serious air quality alerts in at least 16 states. Canadian officials said firefighters are scrambling to put out the blazes. So far this wildfire season, Canada has seen more than […]
Lev Radin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires is causing hazy skies and unhealthy conditions across a large swath of the eastern United States in what officials have called an unprecedented event. Those outdoors in New York City on Wednesday couldn’t help but take notice of the strong campfire smell […]
Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Republican National Committee on Wednesday launched an effort to increase early-vote turnout in 2024, seeking to curtail a Democratic advantage and to put more distance between the GOP and former President Donald Trump’s past criticism of mail and early ballots. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House business has been brought to a halt as the standoff continues between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and hard-line conservatives over McCarthy’s handling of the debt ceiling deal. McCarthy, who said he was surprised by the House Freedom Caucus revolt Tuesday on a procedural move to prevent gas stove bans, said it’s […]
National D-Day Memorial Foundation (NEW YORK) — Seventy-nine years ago, on June 6, 1944, more than 156,000 Allied troops invaded Normandy, France, on D-Day. “It was one of the most momentous events of the last century,” April Cheek-Messier, president and CEO of the National D-Day Memorial Foundation, told ABC News. “The men and women of D-Day […]
Stephen Yang/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum on Wednesday jumped into the 2024 presidential race — becoming the 12th Republican candidate on the list, with a pitch to voters focused on lessons he learned out West. “We need new leadership for the changing economy. We need a leader who understands the real work […]
Kadri Mohamed/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Canadian wildfires are impacting states as far south as Georgia, with New York City experiencing some of the worst air quality in the world. The wind conditions that are bringing plumes of smoke south are expected to last for several more days, experts say, as some fires […]
