ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Francine strengthened on Tuesday into a Category 1 storm, with winds reaching 75 mph, as it churned in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm is expected to make landfall Wednesday afternoon or early evening in Louisiana, southwest of New Orleans. Here’s how the newsRead More →
Shelby County Sheriff’s Office via AP (MEMPHIS) — Opening statements began on Wednesday in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in connection with the January 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Rogers presented the prosecution’s case, explaining to jurors what evidence theyRead More →
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Testimony about the psychiatric history of a man who died in a chokehold aboard a New York City subway is only meant to “smear” the victim and should be precluded from upcoming trial of a former Marine charged with manslaughter, the Manhattan district attorney’sRead More →
A Firefighter works in a evacuated home in flames at El Cariso Village as the Airport Fire burns on September 10, 2024 in Lake Elsinore, California. (Apu Gomes/Getty Images) (LOS ANGELES) — Three rapidly growing Southern California wildfires have burned more than 100,000 acres in less than a week andRead More →
Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — During the presidential debate Tuesday, former President Donald Trump criticized Vice President Kamala Harris on her support for taxpayer-funded medical care for transgender individuals. “Now she wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison,” Trump said.Read More →
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced he’s pulling a planned vote for the afternoon on a short-term government funding bill. The measure includes the SAVE Act, which would require individuals to provide proof of U.S. citizenship to vote. Johnson said he will continue toRead More →
Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump presented different visions for the future of abortion rights during their presidential debate Tuesday. A back-and-forth between the candidates ended with Harris saying the government shouldn’t be deciding what women do with their bodies,Read More →
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris shakes hands with Donald Trump, as former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg and President Joe Biden look on, during a remembrance ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terror attack on the World Trade Center at Ground Zero, inRead More →
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, right, and former U.S. President Donald Trump during the second presidential debate at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (PHILADELPHIA) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald TrumpRead More →
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, debates Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, for the first time during the presidential election campaign at The National Constitution Center on September 10, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) (PHILADELPHIA) — During the face-off between Vice President KamalaRead More →
