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(GAINESVILLE, Fla.) — University of Florida students protested outside of the Board of Trustees meeting Friday over the university’s decision to eliminate all of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) positions. Student groups across campus joined together for an open letter denouncing the firings, particularly the firing of the university’s chief diversity officer, Marsha McGriff. […]
(WASHINGTON) — In an interview with ABC News Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris reacted for the first time to President Joe Biden’s hot mic comment in which he’s heard saying he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon have a “come to Jesus” conversation about the war in Gaza. “He meant what he said,” […]
Jorge Cabrera/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted Friday in a Manhattan federal court on drug trafficking charges. Hernandez, who served as president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022, had been charged by U.S. authorities with drug trafficking and weapons offenses that linked him to tons of cocaine imported […]
(WASHINGTON) — Embattled former Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from Congress in December, has announced that he’s once again running for the House — but, Republican leadership in the Long Island district he’s eyeing told ABC News on Friday that there is “no appetite” for Santos. Santos announced on X that he would run […]
(PONTIAC, Mich.) — James Crumbley’s manslaughter trial continued Friday with multiple witnesses taking the stand testifying about his alleged activity in the days leading up to the shooting, including purchasing the firearm that his son later used in a school shooting. As the trial continues, Judge Cheryl Matthews has limited the communications he can make […]
(WASHINGTON) — The third-party presidential movement No Labels voted Friday to move forward with a presidential ticket, though the hunt for candidates to lead the ticket continues. After flirting with a third-party presidential bid over the past year, No Labels’ 800 delegates from 50 states met virtually to discuss the future of the movement and […]
(CHEVY CHASE, Md.) — A Russian state-backed group that Microsoft said hacked into its corporate email accounts was able to gain access to its core software systems, the company announced on Friday. Microsoft said its security team detected the attack in January and identified the group responsible as Midnight Blizzard, “the Russian state-sponsored actor also […]
(WASHINGTON) — U.S. job gains far exceeded expectations in February, a defiant show of strength that keeps the economy humming but signals a cooldown from the breakneck start to 2024, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data on Friday showed. The economy added 275,000 jobs last month, blowing past economist expectations of about 200,000 jobs added […]
(CHICAGO) — Chicago health officials have confirmed the city’s first measles cases since 2019 amid a rising number of infections across the U.S. The first case was confirmed Thursday in a city resident whose source of infection is unknown, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), as reported by local ABC News affiliate […]
(NEW YORK) — In April 2009, Brittanee Drexel told her mother she would be spending a few days at a friend’s house in Rochester, New York. But what Dawn Drexel didn’t know was that her 17-year-old daughter was really more than 800 miles away on a spring break trip in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, without […]
