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Russian journalist and activist Vladimir Kara-Murza addresses a press conference on August 2, 2024 in Bonn, Germany, one day after being released from Russia as political prisoner in one of the biggest prisoner swaps between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War. (Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — When […]
US Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota and Democratic vice-presidential nominee, during a campaign event at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Harris-Walz campaign effort to calcify the renewed enthusiasm from their party at the top of […]
Diyosa Carter/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As schools and libraries across the country face record-breaking attempts to remove books from shelves, most Americans are opposed to book restrictions in public schools, according to a new survey. In 2023, the American Library Association (ALA) documented 4,240 unique book titles targeted for censorship, as well as 1,247 […]
Divers of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters, get ready in Porticello near Palermo, on August 21, 2024 two days after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON and ROME) — Rescue teams are facing a “very hard” operation to find those still missing following the sinking […]
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Aug. 8, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (CHICAGO) — Democrats have made conservatives’ controversial Project 2025 and its education agenda a weapon in their attacks against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the Democratic National Convention. Dismantling the Department […]
Getty Images – STOCK/omersukrugoksu (MOSCOW) — In what is one of the largest drone attacks since the Russia-Ukraine war began, Moscow officials said they shot down at least 12 drones on Wendesday. The Air Defense Forces of the Ministry of Defense shot down 10 UAVs Tuesday night and two more Wednesday morning, local time, according […]
Former US President Barack Obama speaks during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (CHICAGO) — Barack and Michelle Obama used their star power to lift up Vice President Kamala Harris — and eviscerate her opponent. Representing Democrats’ […]
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd was released from prison Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed to ABC News. Thomas Lane, 41, pleaded guilty in May 2022 to state charges of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. As part of the […]
Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a pre-recorded message during the second day of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 20, 2024 in Chicago. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (CHICAGO) — Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago has wrapped. Here’s a look at some of the key moments in a night that […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After nearly two and a half months of searching, law enforcement officials zeroed in on fugitive Joshua Zimmerman, who has been on the run since escaping from the DeSoto County Circuit Court Building in Mississippi on June 14. The United States Marshals Service located Zimmerman at a restaurant in […]
