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Tetra Images/Getty Images (TEXAS) — A Texas district attorney said he plans to file a petition to overturn Gov. Greg Abbott’s pardon of Daniel Perry, who was convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally in 2020. Perry was sentenced to 25 years in prison, but was […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (GEORGIA) — A Georgia court of appeals has halted Donald Trump’s criminal case in Fulton County pending resolution of an appeal of the disqualification ruling that allowed District Attorney Fani Willis to stay on the case. “The proceedings below in the Superior Court of Fulton County are hereby stayed pending the outcome of […]
Getty Images – STOCK (FRAMINGHAM, Mass.) — A Massachusetts neighborhood could be the envy of sustainability enthusiasts in the state after it was picked by an energy provider as the location to install the first-ever utility-run geothermal network in the country. Geothermal energy itself — the process of using gravity and water to power buildings […]
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s chief of staff is stepping down, the Pentagon announced Wednesday, five months after Austin and his top aide faced blowback for not telling the White House that he was in the hospital for treatment of prostate cancer. Officials told reporters that Kelly Magsamen’s resignation had […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (CAPE CANVERAL, Fla.) — Boeing’s Starliner capsule launched Wednesday its first astronaut-crewed flight into space to the International Space Station (ISS) after several delays. The liftoff occurred at 10:52 a.m. ET from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Weather was 90% favorable to launch. Derrol Nail of NASA […]
Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building and United States Courthouse on July 26, 2023 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Mark M (WILMINGTON, Del.) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden is on trial in Delaware on three felony charges related to his efforts to obtain a […]
Jena Ardell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Senate is poised to vote Wednesday on legislation that would codify the right to access contraceptives nationwide, as Democrats look to put reproductive care at the front of their messaging agenda in the lead up to the November elections. The bill, put forward by a group of Senate […]
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday she has indefinitely postponed the implementation of congestion pricing, which had been scheduled to begin at the end of the month. The plan would charge a $15 toll for passenger cars driving south of 60th Street from 5 a.m. to 9 […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (FRANCE) — President Joe Biden arrived in France early Wednesday morning where he looks to highlight America’s world stage leadership — past and present — as conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza remain top focuses for him and allies, the White House said. Biden will begin his “action-packed” trip commemorating the 80th anniversary […]
Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building and United States Courthouse on July 26, 2023 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Mark M (WILMINGTON, Del.) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden is on trial in Delaware on three felony charges related to his efforts to obtain a […]
