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Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) A U.S. Secret Service agent fired shots near the home of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen early Tuesday morning after a confrontation with occupants in a vehicle near her residence. At about 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, an agent working in the vicinity of Yellen’s home “observed a sedan with multiple occupants […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WILMINGTON, Del.) — Two days after President Joe Biden issued a blanket pardon to his son Hunter Biden, the younger Biden’s federal gun case in Delaware was terminated Tuesday by the judge overseeing the case. “In the absence of binding precedent” for a case that had yet to reach sentencing, […]
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, was back on Capitol Hill Tuesday looking to shore up support as he fends off new allegations of misconduct and sexual impropriety. The allegations were top of mind for Republican senators, one of whom called recent reports “very disturbing.” Several GOP […]
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A wintry blast is slamming the Great Lakes region with 3 to 5.5 feet of snow — and more lake effect snow is in the forecast for later this week. Monday’s intense lake effect snow band from Lake Michigan brought 7.5 inches of snow and whiteout conditions near Hartford […]
Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images (DELANO, Calif.) — A convicted murderer remained on the loose Tuesday and was the subject of a massive manhunt in Central California, where authorities allege he escaped from a prison van while being transferred to a courthouse. Cesar Hernandez, who was convicted of first-degree murder in Los […]
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing a rule that will eliminate the certificates that allow employers to pay some workers with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage, which stands at $7.25 an hour. The department announced the change on Tuesday, which also marked the International Day of Persons […]
Scott Suchman for The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Michelin-starred chef Tommy Banks said he’s out of 2,500 pies after thieves stole his van containing the baked goods and later ditched the vehicle. According to an Instagram video posted by Banks, the pies were ruined. “It’s pretty badly damaged,” Banks said. “And […]
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (LUANDA, Angola) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday, during his diplomatic trip to Angola, acknowledged America’s “original sin” of slavery and the slave trade that once connected the United States and the African nation. “I’ve learned that while history can be hidden, it cannot and should not be erased,” Biden […]
ABC (NEW YORK) — The jury has begun deliberating in the subway chokehold death trial of Daniel Penny. The jury — comprised of seven women and five men — is considering whether to convict Penny of manslaughter and negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man, on a New York City […]
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congress’s December to-do list includes an unusual item this year: a bill that could determine the home of the NFL’s Washington Commanders. Since 1997, the team has played home games in nearby Maryland, and the former home of the team, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadum, has fallen into disrepair. But there […]
