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(WASHINGTON) — A group of American lawmakers will honor the bravery of World War II veterans who took part in D-Day with a parachute jump into Normandy Friday morning, using some of the same vintage planes that flew American paratroopers over France 80 years ago. The lawmakers are all military veterans, and will be led […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s campaign will air an ad during the pregame show before Thursday night’s first game of the NBA Finals, in an attempt to reach young voters who are expected to tune in for coverage of the game. The minute-long spot, titled “Flag,” touts Biden’s support for abortion rights and blasts the […]
amphotora/Getty Images (BURLINGTON, Vt.) — Police in Burlington, Vermont have apologized after high school students were left terrified Wednesday by a “mock shooting” that they did not know was staged. The drill – in which officers simulated “a robbery scenario” that included fake firearms – took place at the Burlington Police Department (BPD) station as […]
(NORMANDY, France) — President Joe Biden, in France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, will give remarks on Friday forcefully defending democracy at a site of American heroism during World War II. Biden will speak from Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, where Army Rangers scaled 100-foot cliffs to seize the German ammunition that could […]
Record breaking heat the next few days. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — An early season heat dome is bringing life-threatening temperatures to Americans from California to Oregon to Florida. Temperature records were smashed across the nation on Thursday, including 97 degrees in Cedar City, Utah; 102 degrees in Winter Haven, Florida; 113 degrees in […]
(NEW YORK) — A deleted document that investigators recovered from a laptop may be the key to establishing intent in the case against Rex Heuermann, who has been charged with the murders of six women over several decades, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney told ABC News on Friday. That document, which investigators described as […]
(WASHINGTON) — An Israeli attack on a UN school complex in central Gaza is raising alarm among U.S. officials after scores of civilians were reportedly killed, despite the apparent use of American-made precision munitions. The Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health said Thursday’s airstrike on the school, which has become a makeshift shelter for thousands of […]
(WILMINGTON, Del.) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden is on trial in Delaware on three felony charges related to his efforts to obtain a firearm in 2018 while allegedly addicted to drugs. The younger Biden, who pleaded not guilty last October after being indicted by special counsel David Weiss, has denied the charges. The […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Seven tornadoes touched down in Maryland and northern Virginia Wednesday night with winds up to 105 mph knocking downing trees and power lines, the National Weather Service said. Five people were injured in the Mid-Atlantic, according to the National Weather Service. A tornado warning was issued late Wednesday in […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Numerous tornadoes were reported in Maryland and northern Virginia Wednesday night, knocking downing trees and power lines. A tornado warning was issued in Montgomery County, Maryland, after a confirmed tornado was located near Poolesville, Maryland, about 20 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. “This is a particularly dangerous situation,” the […]
