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Jordan defiant after repeated GOP rejections in House speaker voting
Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After Wednesday’s failed speaker vote, Rep. Jim Jordan remained defiant, and insisted he still had a path to win the speaker’s gavel even after losing more [Read More…]
Tlaib refuses to apologize for blaming Israel for Gaza hospital blast, attacks Biden
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib refused to apologize Wednesday for saying on Tuesday that Israel is to blame for the hospital explosion that day in Gaza, an accusation that [Read More…]
DeSantis and Scott sound off on Israel, and more campaign trail tidbits
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, both 2024 Republican candidates, sounded off further on the Israel-Hamas war as President Joe Biden traveled to Israel to support [Read More…]
Most UFO reports likely to have ‘ordinary’ explanations, government says, as investigation continues
U.S. Navy (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon and the U.S. intelligence community believe that as better data becomes available, the “unidentified and purported anomalous nature” of most of the hundreds of UFO reports they have been [Read More…]
United Airlines will soon prioritize window seat boarding to speed things up by 2 minutes
EllenMoran/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Good news for flyers who opt for the window seat — your boarding zone will soon be prioritized on United Airlines. According to an internal memo from the Chicago-based carrier [Read More…]
‘Loki’ season 2 director talks Loki’s “dark side” and teases Thursday’s third episode gets “crazy”
Marvel Studios The third episode of Loki‘s second season drops Thursday at 9 p.m. ET, and director Dan DeLeeuw [deh-LOO] tells ABC Audio that fans better strap in. “Well, I’d say you don’t want any spoilers, but I think [Read More…]
US says initial independent review shows no evidence of bomb strike on Gaza hospital
Dawood Nemer/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A day after the Hamas-led Gaza Health Ministry claimed Israel had attacked the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, saying some 500 Palestinians had been killed, Israeli [Read More…]
Woman in critical condition after shoved into moving NYC subway train, suspect sought: Police
WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — A woman is in critical condition after being “forcibly shoved” into a moving subway train in New York City and then falling onto the tracks, police said. A male suspect in [Read More…]
Kenneth Chesebro rejected plea offer ahead of Georgia election interference trial: Sources
Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (ATLANTA) — One of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case rejected a plea deal from prosecutors ahead of his trial this month, sources familiar with the [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 10/18/23
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Houston 8, Texas 5 (Texas leads series 2-1) NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON Washington 131, New York 106 Brooklyn [Read More…]
Humanitarian crisis in Gaza an ‘unprecedented catastrophe,’ UN says
Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An “unprecedented catastrophe” is unfolding for civilians in Gaza, according to the United Nations, which is pleading for Islamic leaders to allow humanitarian efforts into the territory to [Read More…]
Twitter influencer sentenced for trying to trick Clinton supporters into voting by text
Matei Brancoveanu/500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Douglass Mackey, the social media influencer known as “Ricky Vaughn,” was sentenced Wednesday to seven months in prison for falsely assuring supporters of Hillary Clinton they could cast their vote [Read More…]
Tulsa massacre survivor, residents push to boost Black community’s prominence, a century after killings
ABC News (TULSA, Okla.) — More than 100 years after many of Tulsa’s Black residents were killed and their businesses were destroyed by white rioters, the community, including a woman who survived the massacre, is still [Read More…]
Gwyneth Paltrow weighs in on nepo baby debate: “It’s kind of an ugly moniker”
Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage Gwyneth Paltrow is weighing in on the nepo baby debate. The Academy Award-winning actress, 51, opened up about the topic during a wide-ranging interview with Bustle, saying it’s a “judgment that exists around kids of [Read More…]
What we know about the deadly blast on the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza
Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the wake of a devastating blast at the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza that killed hundreds of people and injured many others, chaos, finger-pointing and massive [Read More…]
3 children killed in New Orleans house fire allegedly set by their father: Police
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — Three children were killed in a house fire in New Orleans early Wednesday morning that was allegedly set by their father following an apparent domestic dispute, police said. The father [Read More…]
Protesters detained after gathering in Capitol complex rotunda to demonstrate against Israel-Hamas war
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Hundreds of people protesting the Israel-Hamas war on Wednesday occupied one of the buildings in the U.S. Capitol complex and some appeared to be arrested by U.S. Capitol Police. The demonstrators, [Read More…]
House speaker vote live updates: Next vote could happen Thursday afternoon
Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is expected to cast second-round votes for the next speaker Wednesday morning after Rep. Jim Jordan failed to win the speakership Tuesday when 20 Republicans voted [Read More…]
Biden’s nominee to serve as Israel ambassador faces GOP grilling over past Iranian nuclear policies
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While senators on both side of the aisle are eager to confirm a nominee to serve as ambassador to Israel, Senate Republicans on the Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday questioned whether [Read More…]
Why Republican Jim Jordan’s House speaker bid is being blocked by moderates in his party
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Moderate House Republicans and institutionalists coalesced this week as the key opposition to Rep. Jim Jordan’s ascent to speaker. It’s the latest twist to what has become a weekslong fight among [Read More…]