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Ditto/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are gearing up to head to the airport or hit the highway for the last long weekend of summer. Here’s what to know about Labor Day weekend travel: Air travel More than 17 million people are forecast to be screened at U.S. airports from Thursday, Aug. 29, […]
Scientists captured a rare image of a Casper octopus off the Nazca Ridge, a newly discovered seamont about 900 miles off the coast of Chile. (Schmidt Ocean Institute) (NEW YORK) — Scientists have identified several new marine species in a pristine underwater ecosystem recently discovered in international waters — and they expect to find more. […]
Special Counsel Jack Smith (L); former President Donald Trump (R) (MANDEL NGANJEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The special counsel’s new indictment charging former President Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election made changes large and small to accommodate the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on presidential immunity. An indictment that once […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The hottest weather of the season is spreading across the eastern half of the U.S. — with cities in the Northeast in the bull’s-eye on Wednesday — after baking the Midwest with extreme temperatures early in the week. Chicago’s actual temperature hit 99 degrees on Tuesday, breaking the city’s daily […]
Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Updated COVID-19 vaccines will soon be rolled out ahead of the fall and winter season, but some Americans may not easily be able to access them. In previous years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had a Bridge Access Program, a public-private partnership that provided free COVID-19 vaccines […]
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, and Israel Defense Forces emplace the Trident Pier, May 16, 2024 on the Gaza coast. (U.S. Central Command via Getty Images) (LONDON) — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Tuesday published its report […]
Kamala Harris,Douglas Emhoff, Tim Walz and Gwen Walz pose on on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 22, 2024 in Chicago. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Coming off of a brief respite from the campaign trail after a star-studded week in Chicago at the Democratic National […]
CAL FIRE (NEW YORK) — Two people were injured, including a student, after a vehicle collided head-on with a school bus in California in a fiery crash, authorities said. The crash occurred around 7:30 a.m. PT Tuesday in Santa Cruz County, according to the California Highway Patrol. A man driving a Kia Forte northbound on […]
Kawnat Haju/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, cease-fire discussions are occurring in the Middle East, with officials hoping to bring an end to the conflict. The United States and its allies continue to plead for a cease-fire deal, with discussions set for this week. Here’s how the news is […]
Masoud Pezeshkian (R), the winner of the 14th presidential elections in Iran, attends to receive presidential decree from Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) during an endorsement ceremony at the Imam Khomeini Husseiniya in Tehran, Iran on July 28, 2024 (Iranian Leader Press Office/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — After the supreme leader of […]
