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Israel-Gaza live updates: Kibbutz announces death of hostage thought to be alive
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a month after a temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended, Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 [Read More…]
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American dad, two daughters among those killed in plane crash in Caribbean, authorities say
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An American man and his two daughters were among four people killed Thursday when a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff from a Caribbean island, authorities said. The deadly crash [Read More…]
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Some Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 9s return to service after emergency landing grounds fleet
Stephen Brashear/Getty Images (PORTLAND, Ore.) — An Alaska Airlines flight returned to Portland, Oregon, soon after takeoff after it “experienced an incident,” prompting the airline to temporarily ground its Boeing 737-9 fleet, the airline said Friday. [Read More…]
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Winter storm to bring heavy snow to East Coast this weekend
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The year’s first significant winter storm in the eastern U.S. is expected to bring heavy snow to more than a dozen states this weekend. Winter storm warnings are in effect for [Read More…]
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Cleveland residents step up to help news organization cover important civic events
ABC News (CLEVELAND) — Throughout many American cities, the death of local news organizations has led to the public losing access to much-needed information from their local government, such as city council hearings, according to experts. [Read More…]
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At least one dead, nearly two dozen injured after tour bus rolls over on upstate New York highway
Paul Buckman/Facebook (NEW YORK) — At least one person is dead and nearly two dozen others injured after a tour bus traveling from Canada to New York City rolled over on a highway, officials said. The [Read More…]
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Sixth grader killed in Iowa high school shooting identified as victim count increases
Scott Olson/Getty Images (PERRY, Iowa) — The sixth grade student killed in a mass shooting at an Iowa high school on Thursday has been identified, as authorities increased the number of victims reported in the “horrific” [Read More…]
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House Speaker Johnson invites Biden to deliver State of the Union address on March 7
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson has invited President Joe Biden to deliver his annual State of the Union address on March 7. In a letter to Biden on Friday, Johnson extended the [Read More…]
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Defense Secretary Austin hospitalized since Monday due to complications after minor procedure: Pentagon
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized at a military hospital since Monday night due to complications resulting from a recent elective medical procedure, the Pentagon announced Friday night. “On the [Read More…]
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Despite US Supreme Court appeal, Trump certified as candidate on Colorado GOP ballot
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (DENVER) — Former President Donald Trump is among the list of candidates certified by Colorado’s secretary of state on Friday to be on the state’s Republican primary ballot. That, despite the U.S. Supreme [Read More…]
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What are Trump’s plans for the economy in a potential 2nd term?
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Days away from the first ballots cast in the 2024 primary election, former President Donald Trump holds a commanding lead over his Republican rivals and tops President Joe Biden in [Read More…]
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Former police officer faces sentencing in Elijah McClain’s death
Mint Images/Getty Images (AURORA, Colo.) — Randy Roedema, a former Aurora, Colorado, police officer, will be sentenced Friday after being convicted of criminally negligent homicide and assault in the third degree in the August 2019 [Read More…]
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With latest expenditures, special counsel Jack Smith has spent nearly $13M on Trump probes, DOJ report shows
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Between April and September of last year, special counsel Jack Smith spent $7.3 million on his probes into former President Donald Trump, raising his total expenses to nearly $12.7 million, [Read More…]
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SCOTUS to consider Trump 14th Amendment ballot disqualification case
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it would consider the appeal of former President Donald Trump’s disqualification from the Colorado GOP primary ballot. Moving with relative speed in matter [Read More…]
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Florida abortion rights initiative secures enough signatures to be on the ballot this November
ilbusca/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida abortion rights advocates on Friday said they surpassed the required number of signatures needed to put a referendum that would enshrine abortion rights in Florida’s Constitution on the state’s [Read More…]
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JN.1 variant makes up a majority of COVID cases in the US. Here’s what to know
MoMo Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A variant that has been circulating in the U.S. for the last couple of months currently makes up a majority of COVID-19 cases in the United States. JN.1, a [Read More…]
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CBS mega military franchise looking back at Gibbs’ early days with ‘NCIS: Origins’
Courtesy CBS NCIS is pulling a Young Sheldon. Mark Harmon‘s Gibbs may have left CBS’ franchise mothership NCIS back in the show’s 19th season, but the character will be back, with Harmon as executive producer, [Read More…]
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NRA chief Wayne LaPierre resigns days before civil corruption trial
Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, has announced he is resigning from the organization days before the start of a civil corruption [Read More…]
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Three new batches of documents naming Jeffrey Epstein’s associates released
Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three more tranches of court records pertaining to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were unsealed Friday. A total of 96 documents were released Friday. About [Read More…]
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Biden marks Jan. 6 anniversary by calling Trump a threat to democracy and freedom
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (VALLEY FORGE, Penn.) — In his first major campaign event of 2024, President Joe Biden on Friday, the eve of the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on [Read More…]