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(Portland, Ore.) — Three years ago, Oregon decriminalized small amounts of illicit drugs, from fentanyl to methamphetamine to crack. But some state leaders, local residents and others are having second thoughts about the law, which was passed following a 2020 voter-approved ballot initiative. Now cities like Portland have seen a surge in homeless people encamped […]
(WASHINGTON) — A transcript of President Joe Biden’s interview with the special counsel who investigated his handling of classified information contradicts the president’s characterization of an exchange about the death of his son, Beau Biden, from brain cancer. “There’s even a reference that I don’t remember when my son died,” a visibly irate Biden told […]
(NEW YORK) — The body of a 54-year-old woman missing since February has been found in a cemetery on the side of a highway in Mexico, police say. Reyna Henandez of Renton, Washington — a suburb of Seattle approximately 12 miles south of downtown — disappeared from her home on Feb. 26, according to the […]
(WASHINGTON) — Robert Hur, who as special counsel conducted the yearlong probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents that ultimately absolved the president of legal culpability, will face questions on Tuesday from members of the House Judiciary Committee. Hur, who was previously nominated by then-President Donald Trump as U.S. attorney for the District […]
(NEW YORK) — After a dayslong manhunt, a suspect has been taken into custody in the fatal shooting of a mother and her 11-year-old daughter in Massachusetts, authorities said. Chasity Nunez and her daughter, Zella Nunez, were found shot to death in a parked car in Worcester on the afternoon of March 5, the Worcester […]
(WASHINGTON) — Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley is accusing the Biden administration of improperly attempting to silence immigration judges who frequently highlight shortcomings in the immigration court system, calling a recent Justice Department decree a “blatant attempt” to “discourage and obstruct” federal workers from exercising legally protected speech. The Justice Department last month informed the National […]
(NEW YORK) — Investigators revealed the details Monday of the deadly crash on a Wisconsin highway last week and identified the nine people who were killed. Eight of the victims who were killed were passengers in a van that allegedly collided with a semi-tractor truck, whose driver was the ninth fatal victim, according to the […]
(WASHINGTON) — Robert Hur on Tuesday will face lawmakers eager to question the findings of his yearlong probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, an investigation that ultimately absolved the president of legal culpability but left him with a trail of political liabilities. Hur wrote in a 388-page report published last month that […]
(NEW YORK) — Three children and two adults died after a school bus collided with a semitruck on U.S. Route 24 in Illinois on Monday, authorities said. The fatal collision between the school bus and the semitruck carrying sand happened on the highway at 11:30 a.m., local time, in Rushville, Illinois State Police said during […]
Lara Trump, daughter-in-law of former US President Donald Trump, speaks at the Republican National Committee (RNC) Spring meeting on March 8, 2024, in Houston, Texas. (CECILE CLOCHERET/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A new Donald Trump-backed Republican National Committee leadership team has started the process of cleaning house among national party personnel. Staff is being […]
