Jodie Wallis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York National Guard troops and New York State Police troopers will be deployed into the subway system to help riders feel safe after a spike in transit crime, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday. The new deployment is in addition to the 1,000 NewRead More →
Corpus Christi Police Department (CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) — Authorities in Texas are searching for clues in the mysterious disappearance of a college student whose family said he went missing after taking his dog out earlier this week. Caleb Harris, a student at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, was last seen inRead More →
avid_creative/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — An assailant who gunned down an 88-year-old Air Force veteran in broad daylight as he sat behind the wheel of his parked car in Philadelphia remained unidentified on Wednesday, according to police. Richard Butler, who was also a retired driver for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority,Read More →
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Seeking to spotlight national issues such as in vitro fertilization and the conflicts oversees in Israel, Gaza and Ukraine, lawmakers invited a host of guests to attend the State of the Union on Thursday, including the parents of detained Wall Street JournalRead More →
Jacquelyn Martin/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will deliver his State on the Union address — his third — on Thursday night. But this year, the traditional annual update to Congress and the nation could have additional significance — coming in the middle of a presidential election.Read More →
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is now the last major candidate standing in the Republican presidential primary field after rival Nikki Haley suspended her own campaign in the wake of a string of Super Tuesday losses. That means Trump has essentially clinched theRead More →
Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign will host more than 200 State of the Union watch parties on Thursday in all 50 states in an effort to gin up enthusiasm as he prepares for a November rematch with former President Donald Trump. With RepublicanRead More →
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson tells ABC News that his guests at Thursday’s State of the Union address will include Gold Star parents who lost children in the Kabul airport bombing during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. “President Biden’s hasty, unconditional withdrawal fromRead More →
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House passed a package of six government funding bills Wednesday afternoon to avert a partial government shutdown before the Friday deadline. The bills easily passed with a vote of 339-85 with more Democrats backing it than Republicans. The funding package now heads toRead More →
WPVI (PHILADELPHIA) — At least seven people were hurt in a mass shooting at a SEPTA bus stop in Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon, according to Philadelphia police. The victims are believed to be juveniles, police said. Their conditions are not clear, police said. A SEPTA bus was “caught in crossfire,”Read More →
