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Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus was allegedly hijacked with the driver being forced to drive at gunpoint before police were able to apprehend the suspect, according to ABC News’ Los Angeles station KABC-TV. The incident started shortly before 1 a.m. at Figueroa Street and Manchester in southern […]
Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during an event at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre September 20, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will define her economic views as “pragmatic” during a policy speech in Pittsburgh on Wednesday as her team thinks she is […]
400tmax/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Secret Service failed to make clear decisions and did not communicate properly with local law enforcement or provide necessary resources that caused “foreseeable, preventable” security failings on July 13, when a would-be assassin opened fire on former President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to a new Senate committee […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A new storm — which will strengthen into Hurricane Helene — is taking aim at Florida, where it’s forecast to make landfall along the Big Bend area as a hurricane on Thursday. Here’s how the news is developing: Tropical storm forecast to ‘rapidly’ intensify into major hurricane Tropical Storm Helene […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Young voters overwhelmingly support Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for the White House, according to new polling out Tuesday from the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School. In fact, Harris now has a resounding lead with adults under 30, dominating former President Donald Trump by 17 points, 46% […]
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A chemical leak from a railcar prompted officials to issue an evacuation order for residents in the Cleves and Whitewater Township areas in Hamilton County, Ohio, authorities said Tuesday. Hamilton County’s Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency told anyone within half a mile of the rail yard […]
US Coast Guard (NEW YORK) — A former OceanGate employee got emotional while remembering the people killed in the catastrophic implosion of the company’s Titan submersible during a hearing on the incident Tuesday. “I had the privilege of knowing the explorers whose lives were lost,” Amber Bay, former OceanGate director of administration, said during the […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case on Tuesday granted special counsel Jack Smith’s request to file a 180-page brief on presidential immunity, including potential new evidence in the case. Smith faces a Thursday deadline to file his opening brief about how the Supreme Court’s ruling on […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senators grilled Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Jørgensen Tuesday at a hearing over the costs of Ozempic, Wegovy and similar weight loss drugs, requesting explanations for why the U.S. faces a higher list price than other countries. Since first entering the market nearly six years ago, the drugs have risen in […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Hate crimes motivated by gender-identity and sexual orientation rose from 2022 to 2023, according to FBI data, sparking concern among LGBTQ advocates about the potential impact of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and legislation. “Today’s abysmal FBI report highlights that it is still dangerous to be LGBTQ+ in this country,” said Brian […]
