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Conservatives push back against fellow Republicans’ anti-LGBTQ bills
Norberto Cuenca/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A growing number of conservatives are speaking out against the wave of anti-LGBTQ bills being proposed by Republican legislators nationwide. Conservatives Against Discrimination, a group that aims to protect LGBTQ [Read More…]
Family of man killed by sheriff’s deputy say he was in mental health crisis
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (COLUMBIA, South Carolina) — A man’s family is speaking out after he was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer in Columbia, South Carolina. Irvin D. Moorer Charley, 34, whose family [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: US slams Russia’s plans to partially reopen stock market
Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]
Ukraine’s lead negotiator says talks with Russia could take months
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s lead negotiator in peace talks with Russia has said he believes the negotiations with Moscow are “absolutely real,” but has warned it may take months to reach a deal [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine updates: Putin blocking hundreds of ships in Black Sea: EC
FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]
Ukraine’s military forces Russian troops east of Kyiv back 55 km from city center
STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine’s efforts to resist. Here are highlights of what a senior U.S. defense official told [Read More…]
Ketanji Brown Jackson clears major hurdle in historic Supreme Court bid
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The nation’s first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, cleared 19-hours of grueling questioning at the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, appearing headed toward [Read More…]
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings live updates: Judge fends off attacks on 2nd day of questioning
Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, faces another day of questions Wednesday after over 12 hours of grilling Tuesday on [Read More…]
Trump repeatedly pressed to ‘remove’ Biden, ‘rescind’ 2020 election results, GOP lawmaker says
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump repeatedly pushed GOP Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama to “rescind” the 2020 election results, “remove” President Joe Biden from office and redo the last presidential election [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin blocking hundreds of ships in Black Sea: EC
FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]
Black box analyzed for pilots’ actions in China Eastern Airlines crash
Zhou Hua/Xinhua via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — During a news conference Wednesday, Chinese authorities said that they believe the recovered device is the cockpit voice recorder. It was found in the main impact point [Read More…]
US airline CEOs call on Biden to lift mask mandate on travel
Stefan Cristian Cioata/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of CEOs from all major U.S. airlines called on President Joe Biden to lift the federal mask mandate on public transportation. The group — which includes the [Read More…]
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings live updates: Judge sheds tears as Booker invokes ancestors
Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, faces another day of questions Wednesday after over 12 hours of grilling Tuesday on [Read More…]
Idaho governor signs bill banning abortion after 6 weeks modeled after Texas law
Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (BOISE, Idaho) — Idaho became the first U.S. state to enact a law modeled after the recent legislation passed in Texas that bans abortions after six weeks, [Read More…]
DNC leaders push to change presidential nominating schedule, putting Iowa’s first-state status in peril
ilbusca/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — National Democrats are pushing to alter the party’s presidential nomination calendar, with senior party officials proposing a draft resolution that puts Iowa’s first-in-the-nation status in jeopardy. The order of the early [Read More…]
Jeffrey Epstein’s private US Virgin Islands locations up for sale
Marco Bello/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The executors of the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have listed for sale the two private Caribbean islands the late financier owned off the east [Read More…]
Kenosha officer accused of kneeling on girl’s neck resigns from school district
amphotora/Getty Images (KENOSHA, Wis.) — A police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, resigned from his off-duty role at the local school district amid an investigation into the tactics he used to restrain a young girl while [Read More…]
Arrest made in mass shooting at Arkansas car show that killed 1, injured 26
Courtesy of Amber R. Taylor (DUMAS, Arkansas) — A man was arrested in connection with a mass shooting at an Arkansas car show that left more than two dozen people injured and one dead. Brandon [Read More…]
More than 60 tornadoes tear through 5 states in 2 days
Piccell/Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — A deadly tornado tore through homes and knocked out power in the New Orleans area on Tuesday night, killing one person and injuring multiple others, authorities said. The twister was [Read More…]
An enormous T. rex skeleton vanished after a mysterious auction. It just turned up
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It’s extremely rare to find a complete skeleton of a dinosaur. It’s rarer still that such a skeleton needs to be found twice. Such is the fate of “Stan” [Read More…]