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J.B. Spector/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took the iconic “Earthrise” photograph while in lunar orbit that showed the moon’s surface and Earth, has died, NASA administrator Bill Nelson said Friday. He was 90. Anders was piloting a Beechcraft plane that plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands […]
Getty Images – STOCK (VIRGIN ISLANDS) — The U.S. Virgin Island’s 2024 Democratic caucuses are on Saturday. The nationwide presidential nominating race, which kicked off in January, is now drawing to a close six months later. President Joe Biden is the only major candidate still running in the territory and already clinched the party’s nomination […]
Getty Images – STOCK (WATERSOUND, Fla.) — Three swimmers, including two teens, were attacked by sharks in two separate incidents while they were at beaches in Walton County, Florida, on Friday, the authorities said. A 45-year-old woman was swimming just past a sandbar with her husband at Watersound Beach when she was bitten by a […]
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The 2024 presidential nominating race comes to a close on Saturday as Democrats in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands cast their ballots. President Joe Biden is the only major candidate still running and already clinched the party’s nomination earlier this year. Fourteen total delegates are available to win, […]
ABC (NEW YORK) — Severe weather is shifting into eastern Colorado and Kansas on Saturday, with threats of large hail and damaging winds — and a possible isolated tornado. Meanwhile, record heat will begin to wind down in the western U.S. but will continue in Florida. Isolated severe storms will span across a larger area, […]
ABC (NEW YORK) — The LGBTQ+ community is growing, with an increasing number of people openly identifying as something other than heterosexual or cisgender, according to data reviewed by ABC News. Despite this, official data on the demographics under the LGBTQ+ umbrella is lacking. In 2020, for the first time, the Census gave respondents an […]
Win McNamee/Getty Images (CAEN, France) — President Joe Biden, in France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, offered a forceful defense of democracy at a site of American heroism during World War II in a speech that carried 2024 political undertones for those watching in the U.S. Biden on Friday spoke from Pointe du […]
In this June 16, 2021, file photo, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) speaks alongside Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) during a press conference on Capitol Hill with members of The American Legion, in Washington, D.C. — Samuel Corum/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — A group of American lawmakers honored the bravery of World War II veterans who took […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Hunter Biden continues his trial in Delaware over allegations he lied on a gun permit application, first lady Jill Biden has been in his corner, showing support while also juggling her official duties. Almost every day this week, Jill Biden was in court watching the proceedings along with other […]
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The judge who oversaw former President Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial in New York made the parties aware Friday of a post to the court system’s Facebook page. In the post, a user said, “My cousin is a juror and says Trump is getting convicted Thank you […]
