Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Forty-two years ago, Lita Rosario-Richardson was the only woman on Howard University’s debate team. She made sure that changed — successfully recruiting Kamala Harris. “I noticed Kamala’s analytical skills and critical thinking skills and that she had a very cogent way of making arguments,” saidRead More →

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (JOPPA, Md.) — A 16-year-old student allegedly shot a 15-year-old boy during an “altercation” in the boys’ bathroom at Joppatowne High School in Joppa, Maryland, on Friday, authorities said. The 15-year-old was attended to by school nurses and the principal, and then airlifted to a trauma centerRead More →

Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The judge in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case has delayed his sentencing from Sept. 18 until Nov. 26 — after the presidential election. The decision, issued in a court filing Friday, means Trump will not face consequences for falsifying business recordsRead More →

Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the most prominent Republicans in the last half-century, will be crossing party lines this election and voting for Vice President Kamala Harris, his daughter Liz Cheney said Friday, who contended her father sees former President Donald TrumpRead More →

Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the second year in a row, summer in the Northern Hemisphere ranked as the warmest on record with extreme heat bringing persistent, dangerously hot conditions across several continents, according to a new report by Copernicus, the European Union’s Climate Change Service. SummerRead More →

Booking photo of Apalachee High School shooting suspect, Colt Gray, released by the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office. — Barrow County Sheriff’s Office (WINDER, Ga.) — Colt Gray, the 14-year-old accused of opening fire at his Georgia high school, made his first court appearance on Friday, where the judge informed himRead More →

State of Georgia Chaplain Ronald Clark consoles students as they kneel in front of a makeshift memorial at Apalachee High School, on Sept. 5, 2024, in Winder, Georgia. — Jessica McGowan/Getty Images (WINDER, Ga.) — The teenager suspected in the shooting at Apalachee High School on Wednesday that left fourRead More →

da-kuk/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican calls are mounting for sharper focus by former President Donald Trump on inflation and immigration, worried that his penchant for personal attacks and scattered stances on social issues could serve as distractions in his quest to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris. In key down-ballot races,Read More →

Senator and Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance speaks during a campaign event at Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix, Arizona, on September 5, 2024. (Photo by OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images) (PHOENIX) — Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance, said that although he never met the late Arizona Sen.Read More →

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WINDER, Ga.) — Colt Gray, the 14-year-old suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting, is set to face a judge Friday for his arraignment. This will mark the first court appearance for the teenager, who authorities allege killed four people, including two teachers and two students, atRead More →