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Fed holds interest rates steady at highest level since 2001
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve decided to hold its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday, postponing highly anticipated rate cuts as elevated inflation continues to burden U.S. households. The announcement arrives days [Read More…]
Air Force preps new military charges against convicted Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON)– Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to numerous federal crimes after leaking sensitive information online, will now face military criminal proceedings next month for alleged violations [Read More…]
College protests updates: Violence erupts between opposing protesters at UCLA, LAPD responds
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of [Read More…]
Four big takeaways from Day 9 of Trump’s hush money trial
Former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings at Manhattan criminal court, Apr. 30, 2024, in New York City. (Curtis Means/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A Los Angeles-based attorney who represented both [Read More…]
Harvey Weinstein scheduled to appear in court after sex crimes conviction overturned
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, on 04 October 2022. (Etienne Laurent/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein is [Read More…]
Officials: 55 people injured after Los Angeles Metro collides with USC bus
KABC-TV (LOS ANGELES) — A Los Angeles Metro Rail train and a University of Southern California bus collided on Tuesday, leaving at least 55 people injured and two individuals in critical condition, officials said. The [Read More…]
Uber and Lyft alternatives say they will launch in Minneapolis soon … just not today
Max Nesterak , Minnesota Reformer May 1 was supposed to be a big day in Minneapolis for emerging ride-hail companies, with at least nine startups saying they would launch in the Twin Cities and claim the [Read More…]
College protests updates: Protesters clash on UCLA campus, LAPD responds
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of [Read More…]
How ‘tiger stripes’ on Saturn’s moon Enceladus hint at habitability: Study
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute (NEW YORK) — In the race to understand the potential habitability of Saturn’s icy and active moon, Enceladus, scientists could have a newfound understanding of the moon’s defining stripes and eruptions. Enceladus [Read More…]
Trump trial live updates: Trump begins to remove posts after being held in contempt
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. [Read More…]
Americans older than 60 lost $3.4 billion to scams in 2023: FBI
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — People older than 60 lost more money in scams in 2023 than the previous year — an 11% increase totaling more $3.4 billion overall, according to a new report [Read More…]
What to know about the Charlotte law enforcement shooting victims
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Authorities have identified the four law enforcement officials who were fatally shot Monday in Charlotte, North Carolina. Thomas M. Weeks Jr., William “Alden” Elliott, Samuel “Sam” Poloche and Joshua [Read More…]
College protests updates: Columbia expels students occupying building
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of [Read More…]
AR-15 rifle recovered from scene where 4 law enforcement officers killed in Charlotte: Police
Flowers in memory of fallen law enforcement officers accumulate at the base of a flag pole outside the Federal Courthouse on April 30, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images) (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Authorities [Read More…]
Trump trial live updates: Trump fined $9K for gag order violations, could be jailed next time
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. [Read More…]
Trump trial live updates: Michael Cohen’s banker to return to the stand
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. [Read More…]
‘Tragic loss’: Charlotte officials mourn four law enforcement officials
Flowers in memory of fallen law enforcement officers accumulate at the base of a flag pole outside the Federal Courthouse on April 30, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images) (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — A [Read More…]
Four takeaways from the first week of testimony in Trump’s hush money trial
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Todd Blanche, attorney for Trump, right, leave Manhattan criminal court in New York, U.S., on Friday, April 26, 2024. (Curtis Means/Daily Mail/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — [Read More…]
College protests live updates: Columbia hall occupied, barricade erected
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of [Read More…]
Four law enforcement officials killed, four injured in Charlotte, North Carolina, while serving warrants
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Four members of law enforcement were shot and killed and four were wounded while they attempted to serve two warrants in Charlotte, North Carolina, police said Monday. Around 1:30 [Read More…]