Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is pardoning more than 175,000 convictions for marijuana, his office announced Monday. “I am humbled to be with you in the historic Maryland State House — as we make history of our own, together,” he announced in a post on X.Read More →
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden joined former President Barack Obama, Julia Roberts and George Clooney at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles Saturday evening with celebrity surrogates like Barbra Streisand that the campaign said raised a little more than $30 million. Biden, who flew from his tripRead More →
Getty Images – STOCK (CHICAGO) — A federal magistrate judge in Chicago on Monday granted a request from families of victims of the 2019 Ethiopian Air Boeing 737 MAX crash to provide the U.S. Department of Justice confidential documents and testimony obtained in their civil lawsuit against Boeing. The familiesRead More →
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A recent astronomical discovery from NASA’s James Webb telescope left researchers amazed and led to the announcement that a long-studied star is actually a pair of twins. The agency reported that a star called WL 20S — which has been studied since the 1970sRead More →
Getty Images – STOCK A U.S. Secret Service agent was robbed at gunpoint in Tustin, California, over the weekend, according to police. The unnamed agent, who was off-duty, had his bag stolen Saturday night at about 9:30 p.m., according to the Tustin Police Department. The agent discharged his weapon duringRead More →
Getty Images – STOCK (LAS VEGAS) — A reflective monolith, similar to one that became an Internet sensation during the height of the pandemic in 2020, was seen in Las Vegas in what local officials are dubbing a mystery. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department took to X on MondayRead More →
Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Monday to establish a Reparations Task Force to develop a reparations plan for the city. According to the mayor’s office, the task force will conduct a study and analysis of policies that have affected Black Chicagoans fromRead More →
An undated photo of Deshaun Stamps, 29, who escaped from custody in San Bernardino County, California, on June 16. — San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department (RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.) — A man accused of attempted murder has escaped from custody in Southern California, according to authorities. Deshaun Stamps broke out fromRead More →
Henrik5000/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The presidential election is taking up much of the political oxygen in 2024. But Democrats are urging voters not to forget the importance of state legislative races — and they’re spending big to make sure they don’t. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, the Democrats’ campaign armRead More →
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The presidential election is taking up much of the political oxygen in 2024. But Democrats are urging voters not to forget the importance of state legislative races — and they’re spending big to make sure they don’t. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, the Democrats’Read More →
