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(NEW YORK) — Former President Joe Biden is now receiving radiation therapy for his prostate cancer, a spokesperson for the former president confirmed to ABC News. “As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment,” the spokesperson said in a statement. The former president’s office […]
(NEW YORK) — The federal charge that makes accused killer Luigi Mangione eligible for the death penalty must be dismissed because it does not meet the legal threshold, his defense attorneys argued in a new court filing. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that accuse him of shooting and killing United Healthcare CEO […]
(NEW YORK) — Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, has called “rapidly reusable, reliable rockets” the key to humans becoming a multiplanetary society. And when it comes to his company’s Falcon 9, SpaceX has shown that a rocket can do all those things. The Falcon 9 has now completed 542 missions, 497 landings […]
(MCEWEN, Tenn.) — Multiple people are dead following a “devastating blast” at an explosives manufacturing plant in Tennessee on Friday, according to authorities. The explosion occurred Friday morning at Accurate Energetic Systems in McEwen, located about 50 miles west of Nashville. Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis confirmed there are “some” fatalities, though he did not […]
(CHICAGO) — Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the team chaplain for the Loyola University Chicago basketball team who became a national celebrity during the school’s 2018 underdog March Madness run, has died at 106. The university confirmed her death in a statement on social media. “This is a tremendous loss of someone who touched the lives of so many people. We […]
(UVALDE, Texas) — Three and a half years after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the community honored the 21 victims killed in the tragedy at the “bittersweet” opening of a new school. “Today, as we open the doors of this beautiful elementary school, we do so with reverence for the precious […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Friday voiced frustration with what he called China’s “trade hostility,” threatening to respond with large tariffs on China and to cancel his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The comments triggered a stock selloff. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 385 points, or 0.8%. While the S&P […]
Stock image of police lights. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (KATY, Texas) — A Marine Corps veteran was arrested after allegedly threatening to open fire on a Texas high school and zoo after leading police on a high-speed chase, officials said. Joshua Finney, 38, is accused of sending Facebook messages to relative threatening to shoot up Morton […]
First Lady Melania Trump. Aaron Chown-WPA Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — First lady Melania Trump announced Friday that she and Russian President Vladimir Putin have had an “open channel of communication” regarding children impacted by the Russian-Ukraine war. “We have agreed to cooperate with each other for the benefit of all people involved in this war,” […]
(TAMPA, Fla.) — Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday the arrest of a man who allegedly sent a letter with death threats targeting right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson in the days after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Bondi held a news conference in Tampa, Florida, to make the announcement. “Benny is a well-known media personality carrying a message very similar to Charlie’s, […]
