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(WILMINGTON, Del.) — Prosecutors in Hunter Biden’s federal gun case summoned two of his exes to the stand Wednesday in an effort to chip away at the defense’s argument that the president’s son wasn’t addicted to drugs when he filled out a form to purchase a firearm in 2018. President Joe Biden’s son faces three […]
In this screen grab from a video, a possible tornado is shown in Gaithersburg, Maryland on June 5, 2024. (@mondote11/Twitter) (NEW YORK) — At least two likely tornadoes touched down in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Wednesday night, weather officials said. Several counties in Maryland had been under tornado warnings for the evening, with damage from […]
(NEW YORK) — A search continued on Tuesday for a pair of gunmen who opened fire on a man in a New York City playground, hitting two children in the line of fire, police said. The shooting in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn erupted Monday night as the girls were playing on a field at […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked the judge who presided over his New York criminal hush money trial to lift the limited gag order that prevents him from speaking about witnesses, jurors and others associated with the case. Defense attorney Todd Blanche said in a letter to the court […]
(FRAMINGHAM, Mass.) — A Massachusetts neighborhood could be the envy of sustainability enthusiasts in the state after it was picked by an energy provider as the location to install the first-ever utility-run geothermal network in the country. Geothermal energy itself — the process of using gravity and water to power buildings — is not new. […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (GEORGIA) — A Georgia court of appeals has halted Donald Trump’s criminal case in Fulton County pending resolution of an appeal of the disqualification ruling that allowed District Attorney Fani Willis to stay on the case. “The proceedings below in the Superior Court of Fulton County are hereby stayed pending the outcome of […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg opposes former President Donald Trump’s request for Judge Juan Merchan to lift the gag order in his hush money case despite the conclusion of the criminal trial. Trump argued the trial’s conclusion meant the gag order was no longer needed but prosecutors disagreed. “The […]
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s chief of staff is stepping down, the Pentagon announced Wednesday, five months after Austin and his top aide faced blowback for not telling the White House that he was in the hospital for treatment of prostate cancer. Officials told reporters that Kelly Magsamen’s resignation had […]
(CAPE CANVERAL, Fla.) — Boeing’s Starliner capsule launched Wednesday its first astronaut-crewed flight into space to the International Space Station (ISS) after several delays. The liftoff occurred at 10:52 a.m. ET from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Weather was 90% favorable to launch. Derrol Nail of NASA Communications said during […]
(NEW YORK) — The Senate is poised to vote Wednesday on legislation that would codify the right to access contraceptives nationwide, as Democrats look to put reproductive care at the front of their messaging agenda in the lead up to the November elections. The bill, put forward by a group of Senate Democrats in the […]
