A former mayor of Fall River, Mass., was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for accepting thousands of dollars in bribes from marijuana companies vying to open shops in his town.After being elected at age 23,...
A group of Republican senators on Tuesday unveiled legislation seeking to prohibit the Department of Defense from issuing dishonorable discharges for U.S. troops who do not comply with the military's vaccine mandate...
Seattle has extended its eviction moratorium into January, protecting residents in the state from being removed from their homes through the end of the year.Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (D) signed ...
Former Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is going after his past colleagues on both the left and the right in his new comedy tour, "The Only Former U.S. Senator Currently on Tour Tour." Franken, who was a writer and occasional performer on "...
GOP senators on Tuesday grilled Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the influx of Haitian refugees seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border and viral images of Customs and Border Patrol officials on horseb...
GOP senators on Tuesday grilled Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the influx of Haitian refugees seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border and viral images of Customs and Border Patrol officials on horseback chasing migrants away. &...
Historian and documentary filmmaker Ken Burns on a podcast said that he sees the current era situation in America as comparable to the events that happened during the Civil War, Great Depression, and the Second World War.During an...
A lawyer for Eric Trump in New York Attorney General Letitia James’s (D) fraud investigation into the Trump Organization has withdrawn from representing the former president's son in the case, court records reveal. In a court document dated...
A lawyer for Eric Trump in New York Attorney General Letitia James's (D) fraud investigation into the Trump Organization has withdrawn from representing the former president's son in the case, ...
A lawyer for R. Kelly on Tuesday said the singer is unlikely to take the stand in his sex-trafficking trial.Attorney Deveraux Cannick told the courtroom — when the jury was out of the room — that his client will likely not testify in the trial,...
The House Oversight Committee is planning to examine states’ abortion restrictions and will hear testimonies from House Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)on their own abortion experiences. The...
A Florida school district said it is taking action in response to viral social media footage that appeared to capture a group of local high school students harassing classmates involved in an LGBT rights organization on campus by yelling homophobic...
President Biden called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday to congratulate him on winning a third term in Monday's elections.Biden applauded Trudeau’s victory, and the two leaders emphasized the strong and deep friendship...
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A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Greenpeace alleging Walmart misled the public about the recyclability of its plastic products.In its December 2020 lawsuit, Greenpeace said certain Walmart products, such as applesauce...
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Tuesday said the Emmy awards ceremony was compliant with COVID-19 mandates, despite concerns voiced by some who attended Sunday night's event.“LA County’s Health Officer order...
Journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa say they have learned that former President Trump "wants back" into the national spotlight - and the presidency."And you start to hear a certain refrain from people who rea...
A swarm of bees killed more than 60 penguins on a beach near Cape Town, South Africa, officials said Saturday. South Africa National Parks said in a Facebook post that 63 African penguins were found dead at Boulders Beach, noting...
Democrats in Congress are hammering out the details of investments in American families and businesses that will make America more competitive, grow the economy, lift up American families and communities that have been left behind for too long, and...
Former President Trump's campaign reportedly knew soon after the November election that claims it made about voting machine irregularities leading his defeat were inaccurate.Court documents released Monday show tha...
President Biden on Tuesday met with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia and President Barham Salih of Iraq on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York, following a speech in which he said the U.S. was scaling back military...
President Biden on Tuesday pledged the U.S. would commit $10 billion to end hunger domestically and around the globe during remarks to world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly."At a time when nearly one in three people globally do...
Six Native American tribes filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to halt Wisconsin's wolf hunt in November. The complaint in a Wisconsin federal c...
Facebook said on Tuesday that it had invested more than $13 billion on efforts to ramp up its security measures in the last five years, according to ...
The U.S. Space Force unveiled new uniform prototypes on Tuesday, drawing comparisons to ones from "Star Trek" and "Battlestar Galactica."The Space Force's Guardian Service Dress prototype was int...
