Shenghua Wen was allegedly moving items to North Korea by concealing them in shipping containers; FBI (LONG BEACH, Calif.) — An undocumented Chinese national living in the U.S. has been charged with procuring and shipping guns, ammunition and electronics to North Korea, according to federal prosecutors. Prosecutors say Shenghua WenRead More →
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WILMINGTON, Del.) — Two days after President Joe Biden issued a blanket pardon to his son Hunter Biden, the younger Biden’s federal gun case in Delaware was terminated Tuesday by the judge overseeing the case. “In the absence of binding precedent” for a case thatRead More →
Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) A U.S. Secret Service agent fired shots near the home of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen early Tuesday morning after a confrontation with occupants in a vehicle near her residence. At about 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, an agent working in the vicinity of Yellen’s home “observedRead More →
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A wintry blast is slamming the Great Lakes region with 3 to 5.5 feet of snow — and more lake effect snow is in the forecast for later this week. Monday’s intense lake effect snow band from Lake Michigan brought 7.5 inches of snow andRead More →
Chair of the Democratic National Committee Jaime Harrison bangs the gavel on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Aug. 19, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee is hoping to highlight down-ballot successes last month asRead More →
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ever since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was picked by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, he has been vocal about his plans to “Make America Healthy Again.” Kennedy has vowed to crack down on dyes in the food industryRead More →
Central Press/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Republican president-elect pledges support for expansive tariffs as a means of protecting U.S. businesses and hamstringing global competitors. That description may conjure up former President Donald Trump, but it also applies to Herbert Hoover, who led the country nearly a century ago during theRead More →
Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Texas has the potential to become a major producer of green hydrogen due to its existing energy infrastructure, according to researchers. That infrastructure is making Texas a “valuable case study” in decarbonizing states that currently produce a high volume of fossil fuels,Read More →
ABC (NEW YORK) — Closing arguments began Monday in the trial of Daniel Penny over the May 2023 subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely. Penny, a 25-year-old former Marine, put Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man, in a six-minute-long chokehold after Neely boarded a subway car acting erratically, according to police.Read More →
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Less than 24 hours after President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden and criticized his prosecution as a “miscarriage of justice,” prosecutors in special counsel David Weiss’ office defended the integrity of their work in a court filing andRead More →
