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Palestinians look at the rubble of a family house that was hit overnight in Israeli bombardment in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in southern Gaza on May 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. (AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month […]
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For the second time in three months, an immigration and border security measure negotiated earlier this year by a bipartisan group of lawmakers failed to advance in the Senate. The legislation fell well short of the 60 votes needed — the final tally was 43 to 50 — as nearly all […]
MoMo Productions/Getty Images (RALEIGH, N.C.) — Disabled North Carolina residents say a mask restriction that is under consideration in the state legislature would make it harder for them to access parts of their communities, pushing them back into isolation. “This law says to them that you are not welcome in our community and we don’t […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — NASA announced the new target launch date for the first astronaut-crewed flight into space aboard Boeing’s Starliner after several delays. The first flight will attempt to launch on Saturday, June 1, at 12:25 p.m. ET, with backup dates set for June 2, June 5 and June 6, the federal […]
Henry Nicholls – WPA Pool/Getty Images (LONDON) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called for a snap general election in the United Kingdom on July 4, despite having until January of next year to hold one. Sunak, the leader of the ruling Conservative Party, and leaders of other political parties have already started their […]
George Doyle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued its highest-on record May hurricane forecast for the upcoming hurricane season. All categories of storms are expected to exceed the typical number seen every year, National Weather Service forecasters announced Thursday in a news conference for the 2024 hurricane outlook. NOAA […]
Fotosearch/Getty Images (BATON ROUGUE, La.) — Louisiana is moving closer to classifying the abortion pill regimen — mifepristone and misoprostol — as a “controlled dangerous substance,” putting them in the same category as opioids and other addictive medications. If a new bill becomes law, possession of the the medications without valid prescriptions or orders from […]
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday slammed former President Donald Trump for insinuating President Joe Biden authorized his potential assassination during the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago resort in August 2022 for confidential government material, pointing out that a similar Justice Department memo on the use of deadly force was […]
Louisville Metro Police Department (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — A Louisville, Kentucky, police officer violated department policy when he failed to turn on his body-worn camera during a traffic incident involving golf star Scottie Scheffler during the PGA Championship, authorities said Thursday. The golfer, ranked No. 1 in the world, was driving near the Valhalla Golf Club […]
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The GOP-led House Education Committee on Thursday called on more university leaders to defend their handling of pro-Palestinian protests and respond to allegations of antisemitism on campus. Leaders from Northwestern, Rutgers and UCLA testified as the committee’s main witnesses, joining the presidents of Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute […]
