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Debate begins over California bill that could ban youth tackle football for kids under 12
Tetra Images – Erik Isakson/Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — The California legislature began debating a bill Wednesday that would ban youth tackle football for children under age 12. AB 734, introduced last year by Sacramento Assemblymember [Read More…]
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Ohio House votes to override veto of HB 68, bill banning trans youth care, sports participation
Gaelen Morse/Bloomberg via Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The Ohio House has voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto against Ohio House Bill 68 in a 65-28 vote. This bill would ban transgender minors from receiving [Read More…]
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In blow to Johnson’s leadership, GOP hard-liners revolt over government funding deal
Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a blow to House Speaker Mike Johnson, a group of hard-line Republicans tanked a procedural vote on Wednesday in a revolt of a tentative funding deal he negotiated [Read More…]
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Members of Congress, White House push for answers about Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization
Edward Diller/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Fallout continues Wednesday from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secretive hospitalization, revealed to be for complications resulting from prostate cancer treatment, and the botched notification process that followed — including a Democrat’s [Read More…]
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Chris Christie expected to end his 2024 presidential campaign: Sources
Sophie Park/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to end his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday, sources familiar told ABC News. Though Christie drew much attention as the Republican primary’s [Read More…]
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House committee approves contempt resolution against Hunter Biden
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden talks to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol, Dec.13, 2023 in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted to approve a resolution recommending Hunter Biden, [Read More…]
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Overall rates of stroke decreasing, but racial inequity worsens for Black Americans, new study finds
Maskot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Although rates of strokes in the adult population have generally decreased over the last several decades, the racial inequity gap persists, according to a new study in Neurology, which found that [Read More…]
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US approves Bitcoin investment product. Here’s why it matters
Namthip Muanthongthae/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday gave its approval for some Bitcoin ETFs, just a day after a fake post on the agency’s account on X made a similar [Read More…]
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Directors Guild nominates “Barbenheimer’s” Greta Gerwig, Christopher Nolan
Warner Bros. Pictures – Universal Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan, the directors who brought us “Barbenheimer” — that is, the two blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer — were recognized Wednesday with nominations for the 76th annual [Read More…]
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1 dead, 1 hurt in avalanche at Palisades Tahoe resort in California
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (TAHOE CITY, Calif.) — One person was killed and another was injured in an avalanche at the Palisades Tahoe resort on the California side of Lake Tahoe, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office said. [Read More…]
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3rd arrest made in connection with deaths of pregnant Texas teen Savanah Soto, boyfriend: Police
Texas Department of Public Safety (SAN ANTONIO) — Police have arrested a third suspect in connection with the fatal shootings of pregnant teenager Savanah Soto and her boyfriend in Texas. San Antonio police announced Wednesday that [Read More…]
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Daughters of the LeBaron cult detail the violence and fear that was a way of life
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As children, they were part of one of the most dangerous polygamous cult movements in history, with members committing a mass killing at the behest of its late leader. And now [Read More…]
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Rising rivers threaten to flood Northeast towns following powerful winter storms
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Severe weather across the U.S. has left at least five people dead and is causing rivers to rise to dangerous levels as more winter storms move in. Hundreds of thousands [Read More…]
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Top Republican Sen. John Barrasso endorses Donald Trump
Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. John Barrasso has became the highest-ranking Senate Republican to endorse former president Donald Trump’s reelection bid just days out from the Iowa caucuses. “America was better off under President [Read More…]
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Republicans, White House want answers from Pentagon about Austin’s hospitalization
Edward Diller/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Republicans are calling on top Defense Department officials to provide answers about who knew what and when about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secret hospitalization for complications resulting from a prostate [Read More…]
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Republicans rehash familiar talking points in the DHS Secretary Mayorkas impeachment hearing
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds a press conference at a U.S. Border Patrol station on Jan. 8, 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are moving ahead [Read More…]
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Sen. Bob Menendez asks court to dismiss bribery charges day after fiery speech
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Bob Menendez sought on Wednesday to dismiss the charges against him, arguing the government’s accusations that he sold his office and sold out his nation “are outrageously false, and indeed [Read More…]
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US to decide if Bitcoin investment product is legal. Here’s why it matters
Namthip Muanthongthae/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The price of Bitcoin vaulted skyward on Tuesday afternoon after the Securities and Exchange Commission appeared to deliver a major breakthrough for the cryptocurrency in a post on X. [Read More…]
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Jennifer Lopez says Brie Larson’s red carpet love was “overwhelming”
Lionel Hahn/Getty Images While walking the red carpet at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday evening, Jennifer Lopez was caught on camera meeting a very enthusiastic fan — who happened to be “overwhelmed” Oscar winner [Read More…]
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Ayo Edebiri, Jacob Elordi among 2024 BAFTA Rising Star nominees
(L-R) Dynevor, Edibiri, Elordi, McKenna-Bruce, Wilde — BAFTA Ahead of the next week’s announcement of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Awards nominees, the organization has revealed the hopefuls for this [Read More…]