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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Some of the Democratic governors meeting with President Joe Biden Wednesday evening at the White House are saying beforehand they hope to hear candidly from him about the path forward for his reelection campaign, and to get a sense of how he plans to speak about himself and his campaign […]
Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — The 74-year-old woman who was pushed into an approaching train at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station has died and a man has been arrested in connection with her death, according to BART police. The woman hit her head on the train and fell […]
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — On the Fourth of July, Americans across the country will be taking much of the day to relax and take a break with family. But in the UK it’s Election Day. The British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak scheduled elections for the Fourth of July and it’s shaping up […]
Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that Kentucky’s then-law requiring that a copy of the Ten Commandments be posted in public classrooms “had no secular legislative purpose” and was “plainly religious in nature.” Nearly twenty years before that, the Supreme Court ruled that school-sponsored devotional prayer and Bible readings […]
James C Hooper/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man has been arrested in connection with the attempted rape of a woman sunbathing in Central Park last month, police said. Jermaine Longmire has been charged with attempted rape and sex abuse by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, police said Wednesday. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny […]
Ping Shu/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The fourth human case of bird flu linked to the current dairy cow outbreak was confirmed on Wednesday in a dairy worker in Colorado, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Previously, one human case had been reported in Texas and two human cases reported in Michigan. As […]
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is not considering stepping down, the White House said Wednesday as it furiously did damage control amid Democrats’ mounting concerns about the 2024 election and Biden’s ability to carry out his campaign after his shaky debate performance. Facing rapid-fire questions for the second day in a row, […]
Helene Gondelle/500px/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — A 10-year-old boy has died after he suffered a “heat-related medical emergency” during a hike in Arizona on Tuesday. Firefighters from the Phoenix, Tempe and Chandler fire departments were called to South Mountain Park and Preserve around 2 p.m. local time, according to a release from Phoenix Fire. Phoenix Police […]
Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two Union soldiers who 162 years ago took part in one of America’s first special operations will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on Wednesday. Descendants of Pvt. George Wilson and Pvt. Shadrach received a long-awaited call from the White House telling them the Civil […]
Australia’s Northern Territory (LONDON) — Police in Australia have launched a search near a remote community for a missing 12-year-old child after reports that they were attacked and taken by a crocodile while swimming in a creek. The incident took place on Tuesday evening at about 5:30 p.m. local time in the remote community of […]
