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Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — High-level U.S. officials are urgently trying to pressure Iran to back down from its threat to launch a retaliatory strike against Israel — the latest challenge facing the Biden administration as it tries to avert an all-out regional war in the Middle East. At the same time, the U.S. was […]
KTRK (HOUSTON) — A Texas mother has been arrested after allegedly leaving her two young children home alone for days to go on a cruise, court records show. Lakesha Williams, 29, of Houston, has been charged with abandoning a child with intent to return, a felony, according to a criminal complaint. Neighbors at her high-rise […]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference following a closed-door caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, March 20, 2024, in Washington. — Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (PALM BEACH, Fla.) — As Mike Johnson faces a threat of being ousted as House speaker, he’s set to join Donald Trump […]
Getty Images – STOCK (MORGANTOWN, W.Va.) — When 16-year-old Skylar Neese went missing from her West Virginia home after midnight on July 6, 2012, two of her best friends took to social media to express their fears and hopes that Skylar could be alive. But months later, investigators would find out that Rachel Shoaf and […]
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Drug shortages have reached an all-time high in the United States, pharmacists are warning. During the first three months of 2024, there were 323 active medication shortages, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and Utah Drug Information Service. Previously, the record high was 320 shortages […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case is hearing arguments Friday from his co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira on motions to have the charges against them dismissed. Attorneys for Nauta, Trump’s longtime aide, will ask U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to dismiss the case […]
Al Drago/Getty Images (TUCSON, Ariz.) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Tucson, Arizona, for a campaign event on Friday — three days after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a near-total ban on abortion in the state, a ruling celebrated by abortion opponents but lambasted by Democrats and abortion rights supporters, who contend women […]
Prince William, Prince of Wales and Prince George of Wales look on alongside Tyrone Mings of Aston Villa during the UEFA Europa Conference League 2023/24 Quarter-final first leg match between Aston Villa and Lille OSC at Villa Park on April 11, 2024 in Birmingham, England. — Marc Atkins/Getty Images (BIRMINGHAM, England) — Prince William and […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is one step closer on Friday to reauthorizing a key U.S. spy program considered crucial to national security. After hard-line Republicans dealt a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday by tanking a routine procedural vote on the bill, the House passed the rule on Friday morning — […]
In an aerial view, cargo ship Dali is seen after running into and collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Mar. 26, 2024 in Baltimore. — Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — Baltimore’s Key Bridge, a vital transit and shipping route, collapsed last month after being hit by a cargo ship. The incident has left members of […]
