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(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — Former President Donald Trump said he was speaking to President Joe Biden’s worst nightmare while courting Black conservatives at the Black Conservative Federation Gala in Columbia, South Carolina: “Hundreds of proud Black conservative American patriots.” Trump spent the night using racially charged sentiments by suggesting he has strengthened his appeal to Black […]
Stocktrek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A balloon intercepted by fighter aircraft over Utah on Friday was a “likely hobby balloon” and has since left United States airspace, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Saturday. The “small balloon” was allowed to continue to fly above the U.S. after being intercepted Friday morning at an altitude […]
Glowimages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A coalition of countries led by the U.S. and U.K. on Saturday carried out a new round of strikes on the Houthis in Yemen “in response to the Houthis’ continued attacks against commercial and naval vessels” in and around the Red Sea, officials said. According to a joint statement from the […]
(NEW YORK) — Flaco, the rare Eurasian owl that captured the attention of New York City and dubbed “the most famous owl in the world,” has died after an apparent collision with a building, the Central Park Zoo said in a statement. “We are saddened to report that Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl discovered missing […]
(OWASSO, Okla.) — Newly released body camerage footage shows Nex Benedict, a nonbinary 16-year-old who died one day after a physical altercation with several other students in a bathroom at their Oklahoma high school, describing what led up to the fight during an interview with police from the hospital. While lying on a gurney in […]
(WASHINGTON) — Laura McGarraugh, an emergency room nurse from Austin, Texas, is confident Democrats will replace President Joe Biden atop their ticket this year. She’s just not sure with whom. Speaking to ABC News at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, a longtime Republican cattle call that in recent years has morphed into a far-right […]
Kali9/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two National Guardsmen are dead after a military helicopter crashed in northeast Mississippi on Friday afternoon during a routine training flight, officials said. The AH-64 Apache crashed around 2 p.m. in a wooded area near Boonville in Prentiss County, according to the Mississippi National Guard. Both Guardsmen on board the […]
(ATHENS, Ga.) — A suspect was taken into custody a day after a woman who went for a run on the University of Georgia’s Athens campus was found dead due to “foul play,” school officials said Friday. The victim, Laken Hope Riley, 22, was found in a wooded area on campus on Thursday with “visible […]
ABC With the strikes out of the way, ABC on Wednesday revealed trailers for its delayed lineup, including returning newer shows Will Trent and Not Dead Yet, and veteran shows like Station 19 and Grey’s Anatomy. Wednesday, February 7 sees the premieres of Emmy winner Abbott Elementary‘s third season, Gina Rodriguez‘s Not Dead Yet and The Conners, the latter of which will return for season 6. American Idol will return […]
On this day in Black history, February 1: — In 1990, the Ida B. Wells postage stamp was first issued, selling for a quarter at the Museum of Science and Technology in Chicago, Illinois. — In 1960, four Black men from Greensboro, North Carolina, later known as The Greensboro Four, staged a sit-in after being refused service at a […]
