News
Page: 857
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A crane caught fire and partially collapsed off a high-rise building in midtown Manhattan, New York during Wednesday morning’s commute, littering the street with debris, according to officials. Six people have been injured, including two firefighters, officials said. One woman told ABC News the crane struck her apartment window […]
(NEW YORK) — More than a third of the United States is on alert for hot temperatures amid a deadly heat wave that has plagued the country for weeks. The National Weather Service has issued heat alerts that are in effect Wednesday morning for 120 million Americans across 27 states, from California to Massachusetts. The […]
(NEW YORK) — A teachers union in Tennessee has filed a federal lawsuit against the state education department’s restrictions on curriculum regarding race and gender in public schools. The Tennessee Education Association and five Tennessee public school educators behind the lawsuit believe the Tennessee policy that bans certain concepts from being included in curriculum, programs […]
(WASHINGTON) — House lawmakers will examine unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs — better known as UFOs — in a rare bipartisan hearing on Thursday. “We’re not going to bring you in a saucer or a little green man. That’s not what it’s going to be about,” Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett, one of the two Republicans […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden is appearing in a Delaware courthouse Wednesday to formally agree to the plea deal he negotiated last month with federal prosecutors, in what could bring a close to the Justice Department’s yearslong probe into the younger Biden’s business affairs. Here’s how the news is developing. All times […]
(PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea) — Lloyd Austin’s arrival in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday marked the first time that an American Defense Secretary has visited the island nation reflecting its growing strategic importance as the U.S. tries to rein in China’s growing influence in the South Pacific. That competition with China has escalated American […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden is appearing in a Delaware courthouse Wednesday to formally agree to the plea deal he negotiated last month with federal prosecutors, in what could bring a close to the Justice Department’s yearslong probe into the younger Biden’s business affairs. Here’s how the news is developing. All times […]
(WASHINGTON) — The Departments of Commerce and Defense signed a memorandum of agreement on Wednesday in an effort to strengthen information sharing and coordination in doling out CHIPS incentive funds — a move top U.S. officials say will shore up national security as China attempts to overtake the United States in semiconductor production. The agreement […]
(NEW YORK) — Former U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was court-martialed for desertion during his tour of Afghanistan, had his conviction vacated on Tuesday by a federal judge, who said a military judge had failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest. Prior to ruling on Bergdahl’s case, the military judge had submitted an […]
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — You still have a chance. The Mega Millions jackpot has jumped to $910 million after Tuesday night’s drawing ended without a winner. The numbers drawn late Tuesday night were: 3, 5, 6, 44, 61 and gold Mega Ball 25. The next drawing for Mega Millions and […]
