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Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since being tapped as President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been criticized by medical and public health experts for his anti-vaccine history, his current vaccine skepticism, his take on the COVID-19 pandemic — and by some […]
Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The defense in the Daniel Penny manslaughter and negligent homicide case rested without their client taking the stand. Penny is charged with manslaughter and negligent homicide in the May 2023 New York City subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man. Neely was acting […]
Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Top officials from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday drew bipartisan fire for declining to testify in public at a Senate hearing on “worldwide threats” and instead offering to testify in a classified setting. Both Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee expressed […]
State Emergency Service of Ukraine/AFP via Getty Images (MOSCOW) — Russia will continue testing and start mass producing the new “Oreshnik” missile, an intermediate-range ballistic missile that was used to target Dnipro, Ukraine, this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday. “We will continue testing the latest system,” Putin said at a meeting with the […]
Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs (NEW YORK) — Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared again in a New York City courtroom on Friday as he continues to fight for his release on bail in his racketeering and sex trafficking case. Combs’ lawyers argued he should be released on bail and placed on home […]
Chicago Tribune/Contributor via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jussie Smollett’s attorney said the actor was “harmed substantially” after he was found guilty of lying about a 2019 hate crime in an interview with “GMA3” following the overturning of his conviction. The Illinois Supreme Court threw out the former “Empire” actor’s conviction in a decision on […]
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Matt Gaetz said Friday he will not return to Congress after withdrawing his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general. In an interview with conservative commentator Charlie Kirk on “Real America’s Voice,” Gaetz said he is “still going to be in the fight but it’s going to […]
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead via Flickr (WASHINGTON) — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, said Thursday he is withdrawing his name for the role — just a day after Gaetz spoke with Republican senators on Capitol Hill about the nomination process. Trump has named Pam Bondi, the […]
Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC (NEW YORK) — New York Judge Juan Merchan has delayed President-elect Donald Trump’s Nov. 26 sentencing date in his criminal hush money case, according to a brief order issued Friday. The judge is allowing the defense to file a motion to dismiss the case, which he said is due by Dec. 2. The […]
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Texas Board of Education will vote Friday on whether to implement its new K-12 curriculum that calls for expanding Bible teachings in classrooms, after signaling its passage in a preliminary vote. The curriculum includes Biblical and Christian lessons about Moses, the story of the Good Samaritan, the Golden […]