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(PHILADELPHIA) — President Joe Biden on Friday spoke with the families of 14 missing Americans, saying they are in “agony” as they wait for more information about their loved ones who remain unaccounted for since the Hamas terror attack on Israel this past weekend. Biden reflected on the Friday morning video call he made from […]
(WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are casting ballots for the next speaker in a candidate forum Friday afternoon — now with two candidates: Rep. Jim Jordan and Rep. Austin Scott. It’s the latest in a speakership battle riddled with chaos and uncertainty that is leaving many GOP members pessimistic. The candidates are working to get enough […]
(WASHINGTON) — Thirty-three members of Congress are asking President Joe Biden to grant clemency to a Native American leader convicted of shooting and killing two FBI agents. Rep. Raúl Grijalva and 32 other members of Congress sent Biden a letter asking him to grant executive clemency to incarcerated Native American leader Leonard Peltier, citing what […]
(WASHINGTON) — House Republicans will cast ballots in a candidate forum Friday afternoon with just one candidate: Rep. Jim Jordan. It’s the latest in a speakership battle riddled with chaos and uncertainty. Jordan is working to get enough votes to secure the top spot after Rep. Steve Scalise backed out of the race Thursday night. […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Baltimore Police Department announced on Friday they’ve made in arrest in this month’s shooting at Morgan State University. Police arrested a 17-year-old on attempted murder charges in Washington D.C. and issued an arrest warrant for 18-year-old Jovan Williams for attempted murder. Williams is considered armed and dangerous, police […]
(BRIGHTON, Colo.) — A jury in Adams County, Colorado, has found Randy Roedema guilty of criminally negligent homicide and assault in the third degree in the death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain. Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt were the two officers first tried in connection to McClain’s death. Rosenblatt was found not guilty on charges of reckless […]
(NEW YORK) — The deadly Israel-Gaza conflict has heightened tensions in the U.S., with authorities nationwide warning of increased antisemitic and anti-Palestinian activity. ABC News has confirmed that every major city police department in the U.S. is on a heightened state of alert monitoring the situation ahead of planned demonstrations Friday and into the weekend. […]
(NEW YORK) — Climate change and human activity are causing the world’s hydrological cycle to spin out of balance, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization. Global water cycles are becoming “increasingly erratic” due to droughts, extreme rainfall and the increased melting of snow, ice and glaciers — all of which are […]
(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump, his sons Eric and Don Jr., and Trump Organization executives are accused by New York Attorney General Letitia […]
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio residents this week began voting on a constitutional amendment whose fate will ultimately determine abortion access in the state. Voters are considering two ballot initiatives; ballots began being accepted on Wednesday and go through Election Day on Nov. 7. The two measures are: Issue 1, the amendment that if approved would […]
