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(NEW YORK) — A destructive tornado ripped through Perryton, Texas, Thursday evening, leaving at least three people dead, two missing and 56 injured, according to the The Ochiltree County Sherriff’s Office. Perryton Fire Chief Paul Dutcher said the number of injured may be around 100 people. The injuries range from minor to severe and multiple […]
Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump last fall rejected a proposal from one of his attorneys who was attempting to keep charges off the table in special counsel Jack Smith’s probe into Trump’s handling of classified documents, multiple sources told ABC News. The attorney, Christopher Kise, wanted to propose a […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A judge has set an early 2024 trial date for writer E. Jean Carroll’s original 2019 defamation case against former President Donald Trump. Judge Lewis Kaplan set a trial date of Jan. 15, 2024, for the case, in which Carroll claims then-President Trump defamed her in 2019 when he said […]
(SOUTHFIELD, Mich.) — Police in Michigan said they are investigating the mysterious death of a college student who was found in critical condition lying in the road earlier this month after somehow exiting a vehicle. Mia Kanu, 23, was found in the early morning hours of June 3 in the roadway in front of an […]
(WASHINGTON) — Three legislators are working to abolish the so-called slavery loophole in the U.S. Constitution ahead of Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free. As it stands, the Constitution states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party […]
(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — A Charlotte, North Carolina, teacher is suing the charter school he used to work at after he claims he was fired after parents allegedly complained about him teaching a fictional book involving a racially profiled Black teen. Markayle Gray, a former English teacher at Charlotte Secondary School, claims in a civil lawsuit […]
(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is warning Americans about the dangers of drones along the U.S.-Mexican border and urging Congress to expand the department’s drone defense capabilities in the interest of national security. The secretary recalled specific incidents when drones have posed a threat in the United States, citing an incident earlier […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (HARTFORD, Conn.) — Zaid Deje Langs-Myers, an 18-year-old University of Connecticut student, was shot and killed in Hartford, Tuesday night, according to police. Hartford Police responded to a report of a motor vehicle crash only to find Langs-Myers suffering from gunshot wounds outside the vehicle. According to police, he was pronounced dead […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden hosted a meeting with executives from Live Nation, Airbnb, Seat Geek and others Thursday afternoon to continue his administration’s efforts to use the power of the bully pulpit to tackle so-called “junk fees.” Biden, who announced his re-election bid earlier this year, has made providing economic relief to Americans a […]
(NEW YORK) — Scientists have gathered further evidence that ocean waters are continuing to warm along with the rest of the planet. Ocean temperatures reached record-breaking highs for the month of May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced during its monthly climate call on Thursday. Four main factors are contributing to such historic warming […]
