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Funeral for Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state, to be held Wednesday
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A funeral for former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the first woman to ever serve in that role, will be held Wednesday at the Washington National Cathedral in the nation’s [Read More…]

DHS secretary to face grilling on Title 42, border security in front of Congress
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday is expected to get grilled by lawmakers about how the Biden administration is handling the growing problem of immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border. [Read More…]

Some GOP lawmakers criticize McCarthy over Jan. 6 recordings
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy was mum Tuesday night when questioned by reporters about being heard on tape saying some Republicans incited violence around [Read More…]

Biden pardons three people, reduces sentences for 75 non-violent drug offenders
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he pardoned three people who have “demonstrated a commitment to rehabilitation,” including 86-year-old Abraham W. Bolden Sr., who was the [Read More…]

Antisemitic incidents in US reached all-time high in 2021, report finds
avid_creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Antisemitic incidents in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2021, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s latest annual report. The organization recorded 2,717 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism — [Read More…]

Texas residents sue county for removing books on race, sex education
Harper Collins/Random House/Candlewick Press (NEW YORK) — A group of residents in Llano County, Texas, is suing county officials for removing books from public libraries because officials “disagree with the ideas within them.” The residents [Read More…]

Military families testify about dangerous housing conditions
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Capt. Samuel Choe, a former resident of Fort Gordon in Georgia, flew 17 hours from his deployment in South Korea to testify before a Senate subcommittee Tuesday about the mold [Read More…]

Suspect arrested in death of 10-year-old girl found near walking trail
Chippewa Falls Police Department (CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisc.) — Police said Tuesday they’ve arrested a suspect in connection with the death of a 10-year-old girl whose body was found on a Wisconsin walking trail. Lily Peters, [Read More…]

Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans will go head-to-head in ‘The Grey Man’ in July
Netflix © 2022/Paul Abell Chris Evans‘ re-team with Avengers series directors Joe and Anthony Russo, The Grey Man, has gotten a pair of release dates. The action film, which pits Evans against Ryan Gosling, will [Read More…]

Theater owners will reportedly get a sneak peek at ‘Avatar 2’ on Wednesday
Amanda Edwards/Getty Images On Wednesday, theater owners will reportedly get an eyeful of the long-anticipated sequel to the highest-grossing film of all time: Avatar. The Hollywood Reporter says Oscar-winning director James Cameron will show peeks [Read More…]

‘Blue Bloods’ will be back on the beat for season 13
CBS/John Paul Filo Ahead of its 12th season finale of Blue Bloods on May 6, CBS has announced it has re-upped its hit cop drama for a 13th season. “America’s favorite first family of law [Read More…]

Nature of battle changing, US helping Ukraine adapt: Blinken
Al Drago/Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaking publicly about his visit to Ukraine for the first time since returning home, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday asserted “the Ukrainians have won the battle for Kyiv,” [Read More…]

Derek Chauvin asks court to overturn his conviction in George Floyd’s death
David Joles/Star Tribune via Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — Attorneys for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in a court filing Monday asked an appeals court to overturn his conviction in the killing of George [Read More…]

Rep. Madison Cawthorn caught bringing loaded gun through airport security
Allison Joyce/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Madison Cawthorn, a Republican congressman from North Carolina, was caught trying to go through security with a loaded gun at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Tuesday morning, according to multiple sources. [Read More…]

Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for COVID-19
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 via rapid and PCR tests on Tuesday, according to her office. Harris, who received her second booster shot on April [Read More…]

Patrick Lyoya family’s attorney says release of officer’s name is ‘too little, too late’
Scott Olson/Getty Images, FILE (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — Nearly three weeks after Patrick Lyoya was killed, the Grand Rapids police chief on Monday identified the officer who fatally shot Lyoya as Christopher Schurr. Lyoya, a [Read More…]

Still rocked by opioid crisis, West Virginia now dealing with rise in fentanyl overdoses
ABC News (NEW YORK) — West Virginia had the highest opioid overdose death rate per capita in the country last year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. OxyContin, a prescription drug [Read More…]

Three-month-old found safe after premeditated kidnapping from home: Police
San Jose Police Media Relations/Twitter (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — A 3-month-old baby boy has been found safe Tuesday after he was taken from his Northern California home in what police believe was a premeditated kidnapping. [Read More…]

Federal takeover being considered at Rikers jail complex
Theodore Parisienne/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After years of failed attempts to reform Rikers Island, a federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday will consider whether to put New [Read More…]

Viola Davis responds to The First Lady backlash, says it’s “incredibly hurtful” to be negatively criticized
Jackson Lee Davis/SHOWTIME Viola Davis‘ portrayal of Michelle Obama in the Showtime series The First Lady didn’t quite resonate well with some fans. And in response to the backlash she’s received — most of which was addressed at the “duck lip” face Davis [Read More…]