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Hunter Biden’s lawyer sends cease-and-desist letter to Trump over social media posts
Julia Nikhinson/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An attorney for Hunter Biden sent a cease-and-desist letter on Thursday to former President Donald Trump’s legal team, claiming that Trump’s rhetoric on social media and elsewhere “could lead [Read More…]
Fatality confirmed in Vermont flooding amid extreme weather nationwide
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Authorities in Vermont announced Thursday that one person was killed during this week’s flooding. Stephen Davoll, 63, from Barre City, died Wednesday as a result of a drowning accident in [Read More…]
Police questioned serial rape suspect Matthew Nilo about sexual assault during 2008 marijuana arrest: DA’s office
Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (BOSTON) — Authorities questioned serial rape suspect Matthew Nilo back in July of 2008 about a suspected sexual assault after he was arrested for marijuana possession in Boston’s North [Read More…]
SAG-AFTRA national board orders strike
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The national board of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) voted Thursday to go on strike, summoning its 160,000 members to hit the picket [Read More…]
2 Birmingham firefighters shot in potentially targeted attack, suspect at large: Police
FILE photo — Tim Kitchen/Getty Images (BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Two firefighters were shot inside a Birmingham, Alabama, fire station Wednesday in what police say may be a targeted attack. Firefighter Jordan Melton was hospitalized in critical [Read More…]
Pence would ban abortion in cases where pregnancy isn’t viable
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is making clear that his opposition to abortion extends beyond some of his most conservative 2024 White House rivals. He told the Associated Press in an [Read More…]
Special counsel argues Trump’s request for lengthy trial delay has ‘no basis in law’
Steve Marcus/Getty Images (MIAMI) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s office on Thursday urged U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to reject an effort by Donald Trump’s legal team to indefinitely postpone setting a date for the former [Read More…]
Gift cards, commission fees and even free college tuition: GOP candidates test odd fundraising strategies
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — People might not immediately be inclined to donate a dollar to Doug Burgum, the North Dakota governor now running for president. But would a $20 gift card sweeten the deal? That’s [Read More…]
CW Network and Roku tap ‘Survivor’, ‘American Ninja Warrior’ vets as part of upcoming ‘Fight to Survive’
CW/Roku Roku and CW Network announced Thursday they’ve joined forces for a new survival reality show. The call it “a social experiment in primitive survivalism — with a competitive twist. 17 competitors, including former Survivor, [Read More…]
Kushner, Hicks among former Trump White House officials who met with Jan. 6 grand jury: Sources
Marco Bello/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Multiple former senior Trump White House officials have testified before a federal grand jury in the special counsel’s investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and efforts [Read More…]
Official describes video of Michael Burham’s prison escape: ‘Like a spider’
Jamestown Police Department (WARREN, Pa.) — As the manhunt for suspected murderer and “self-taught survivalist,” Michael Burham stretched into its seventh day Thursday in the northeast Pennsylvania woods, an official who viewed surveillance video of the [Read More…]
Serial rape suspect Matthew Nilo ordered to pay $50,000 additional bail
Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (BOSTON) — Manhattan attorney Matthew Nilo — who is accused of a string of sexual assaults against women in Boston 15 years ago — was ordered to pay [Read More…]
SAG-AFTRA national board votes to approve strike
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The national board of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) voted Thursday to go on strike, summoning its 160,000 members to hit the picket [Read More…]
DOJ launches probe into Fulton County jails in Georgia amid allegations of inmate abuse, neglect
YinYang/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it has launched a civil investigation into the Fulton County, Georgia, jail system following a series of reports of inmate abuse and neglect, [Read More…]
Bipartisan legislation could help military spouses find virtual work
Jerusalem Mendoza (WASHINGTON) — New bipartisan legislation aims to help employ military spouses find remote work — an especially urgent consideration for a group that relocates frequently while their spouses serve. The Military Spouse Employment Act, [Read More…]
DeSantis weighs media strategy shift as donors fret about early campaign struggles: Sources
Mel Musto/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Only seven weeks into his 2024 campaign for the White House, Ron DeSantis is struggling to make a dent in former President Donald Trump’s commanding lead in the [Read More…]
Evan Gershkovich’s sister speaks out as Biden says US ‘serious’ about prisoner swap
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Danielle Gershkovich, the sister of detained Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, said Thursday she is heartened by efforts to keep his case in the spotlight, even as while dealing with [Read More…]
Democrats unveil new effort to rescue the Equal Rights Amendment
Alex Edelman/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Democrats on Thursday unveiled a new push to make the Equal Rights Amendment part of the Constitution. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri introduced [Read More…]
“We are being victimized”: SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher blasts studios after Hollywood strike vote
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images As an actress and author, Fran Drescher was never one to mince words, and as the president of SAG-AFTRA, she had some choice ones Thursday afternoon for Hollywood studios’ offers to try [Read More…]
SAG-AFTRA national board votes to approve strike
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images The national board of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, or SAG-AFTRA, voted Thursday to go on strike, summoning its 160,000 members to hit the picket [Read More…]