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This combination of two booking photos provided by the California Department of Corrections shows Erik Menendez, left, and Lyle Menendez. Photo Credit: CDCR (NEW YORK) — Lyle and Erik Menendez have been behind bars for 35 years, and when both brothers were denied parole last week, their case reached another barricade. But the brothers still have […]
Danielle Spencer from ‘What’s Happening!!’ poses for a photo in November 1976, in Los Angeles. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Danielle Spencer, a former child actor best known for her role as Dee in the 1970s sitcom What’s Happening!!, has died, a publicist for her family confirmed to ABC News. Spencer died Aug. 11, due to gastric […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump unveiled a trade agreement with the European Union on Sunday, making it the latest in a series of accords as the White House threatens to slap tariffs on dozens of countries this week. Prior to the agreement, the European Union faced the prospect of a 30% tariff rate set to take […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump announced a trade agreement with Japan on Tuesday, making it the largest U.S. trade partner to broker an accord as the White House threatens to impose tariffs on dozens of countries within days. Before the deal, Japan faced the prospect of a 25% tariff rate set to take effect Aug. […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Facing 16 felony charges in federal court, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez launched a long-shot bid for reelection earlier this month as an independent, but he appears to have held no campaign events, raised almost no money through the first quarter of this year, reportedly has no paid […]
MR.Cole_Photographer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Artificial intelligence commands the attention of corporate giants and political leaders but a global race is underway to develop what some experts consider the next transformative technology: quantum computing. The computers, which draw on theoretical physics, could drive advances in everything from drug research to stock investing to encryption, promising […]
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The long-awaited bipartisan government funding package bill text was released early Thursday morning, and Congress is now racing to meet Friday’s deadline to avert a partial government shutdown. The $1.2 trillion package — considered a major bipartisan effort in the highly divided House — provides funding for […]
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is now the last major candidate standing in the Republican presidential primary field after rival Nikki Haley suspended her own campaign in the wake of a string of Super Tuesday losses. That means Trump has essentially clinched the Republican nomination for president in […]
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Bitcoin is on a tear. The largest cryptocurrency has soared more than 20% over the last four days, approaching an all-time high. By contrast, the S&P 500 has dropped slightly over that period. On Wednesday, the price of bitcoin surpassed $64,000 for the first time since November 2021. The upsurge […]
Joe Sohm/Getty Images (MONTGOMERY, Al.) — More than a week after the Alabama Supreme Court upended in vitro fertilization access in the state with its ruling that frozen embryos are considered children, increasing public outcry has spurred hope for legislative movement in the Statehouse. Last week, the court ruled that “unborn children are ‘children,’” which […]