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A man walks past tents and shacks erected by destroyed buildings in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, April 9, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Even as U.S. officials applaud Israel’s initial steps to address dire humanitarian conditions in Gaza, the Biden administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are still openly at […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 21-year-old man has died while attempting to perform a “high-risk skiing stunt” trying to jump the width of a U.S. highway in Colorado, authorities say. The incident occurred on Tuesday at approximately 3 p.m. when the Grand County Communications Center in Colorado received a 911 call regarding a […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifying during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the “Annual Worldwide Threats Assessment” in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Mar. 11, 2024. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) FBI Director Christopher Wray is set to warn Congress on Thursday of his concerns over potential bad actors […]
Mark Robinson, lieutenant governor of North Carolina, speaks during a “Get Out The Vote” rally with former U.S. President Donald Trump in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S., on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has been open about some of his past financial challenges, […]
Emily Fennick / EyeEm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Thursday announced they are closing what is often known as the “gun show loophole,” by tightening up the definition of what it means to be “engaged in the business” of selling firearms. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) has just implemented a […]
U.S. Department of Justice (NEW YORK) — Federal authorities have arrested a man accused of detonating an explosive device outside the office of the Alabama attorney general in late February. Kyle Calvert, 26, of Irondale, Alabama, was arrested Wednesday on charges of malicious use of an explosive and possession of an unregistered destructive device, according […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A key procedural vote on a bill to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act failed on the House floor on Wednesday, another sign of Republican infighting under Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership. Nineteen Republicans broke ranks with party leadership and voted against the measure, despite urging from Johnson […]
DC Police Department (WASHINGTON) — One person was killed and five others injured, including two children, after gunmen opened fire in a residential area of Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, police said. A suspect vehicle is being sought in connection with the shooting, police said. The incident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. ET in the Carver […]
Jay Paul/Getty Images (NEWPORT NEWS, va.) — The former assistant principal of Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, where a 6-year-old shot his teacher in January 2023, has been indicted for child abuse, according to court documents. Ebony Parker is charged with eight counts of felony child abuse with disregard for life for the […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday defended his leadership strategy ahead of a meeting with fellow Republican Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene, who has threatened to remove Johnson from his post. It will be their first sit-down since Greene introduced a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair before the House broke […]
