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Adobe Stock (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Trade Commission finalized a rule Wednesday that seeks to make it easier for American households to cancel their subscriptions and memberships. The goal is to make it as simple for consumers to opt out of recurring payments — including for gyms, retailers or other businesses — as it is […]
seng kui Lim / 500px/Getty Images (GEORGIA) — One day after a Georgia judge invalidated the state’s controversial “hand count” rule, a separate judge Wednesday evening invalidated even more rules that were passed by the Republican-led state election board, declaring them “unlawful and void.” Fulton County Judge Thomas Cox ruled after an hours-long hearing to […]
Meg Oliphant / Stringer/Getty Images (Williamsport, Pennsylvania) — In his most direct answer yet of this election cycle, GOP vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance said he does not believe former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Vance’s response occurred when a reporter asked, “What message do you think it sends to Independent voters […]
Royalty-free/Getty Images (SIMPSON COUNTY, Miss.) — A Mississippi bridge set to be demolished collapsed in a deadly accident on Wednesday, officials said. The Mississippi Department of Transportation confirmed there were fatalities, though it did not specify how many people died. “[We] extend our deepest condolences to the families who have lost loved ones,” the Mississippi […]
Brandon Bell / Staff/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday hammered former President Donald Trump as thin-skinned and a threat to U.S. democracy in a combative interview with Fox News. The interview marked an opportunity for Harris to appear on a network that frequently criticizes her and praises her opponent, a […]
Photo by Sam Scholes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The husband of the owner of a New York City day care where a 1-year-old child died of fentanyl poisoning was sentenced Wednesday to 45 years in prison. Felix Herrera Garcia, 35, pleaded guilty in June to federal drug charges for trafficking fentanyl out of the day […]
Ilana Panich-linsman/Innocence Project/AFP via Getty Images (TEXAS) — Robert Roberson, the first person set to be executed in the U.S. based on the largely discredited “shaken baby syndrome” hypothesis, has filed a request for a stay of execution and a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court. Roberson argues that his federal due process rights […]
Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C) — Federal security agencies are sounding the alarm about alleged hate crimes targeting Muslim Americans and communities perceived to be Muslim, according to a new report obtained by ABC News. The new joint intelligence bulletin (JIB) – published a week after the anniversary of […]
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images (GEORGIA) — Former President Donald Trump sat down with Fox News’ Harris Faulkner on Tuesday night in front of an all-female audience in Cummings, Georgia, where he addressed several issues aimed at appealing to women voters including the child tax credit, the economy and reproductive rights — calling himself the […]
Megan Varner/Getty Images (GEORGIA) — When 14-year-old Colt Gray rode the bus to his Georgia high school on the morning of Sept. 4, he had a long gun hidden in a poster board that looked like a school project, surveillance video showed, a state agent said in court Wednesday. Colt Gray is accused of killing […]
