danilovi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sea otters are proving to be the Mother Nature’s solution to the preventing coastal erosion, a recent discovery that further demonstrates how conservation efforts can help to restore an ecosystem as a whole. Sea otters were nearly hunted to extinction in the 18th and 19thRead More →
Portland Police Bureau (PORTLAND, Ore.) — Portland, Oregon police are asking for the public’s help to find a woman wanted for her husband’s murder. On Friday morning, officers responded to a missing persons report and found 37-year-old Phillip Pierce shot dead inside a home in Portland’s Lents neighborhood, police said.Read More →
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After long negotiations, the House is set to vote Wednesday on a bipartisan tax bill that would enhance the popular Child Tax Credit to benefit millions of American families. The $78 billion tax package called the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act ofRead More →
Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, speaks during a news conference while visiting the U.S.-Mexico border, Jan. 8, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Kaylee Greenlee Beal/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans voted early Wednesday to bring Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas one step closerRead More →
Westend61/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — China’s hackers are preparing to “wreak havoc” and “cause real-world harm” to Americans, FBI Director Christopher Wray will warn in Congressional testimony submitted on Wednesday. Director Wray, along with U.S. Cyber Command Commander General Paul Nakasone, Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency DirectorRead More →
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Despite vacillating comments from key figures involved in negotiations to free the more than 100 hostages thought to still be detained in Gaza, U.S. officials remained bullish on Tuesday that months of gridlock could soon give way to an agreement that would also pauseRead More →
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump can remain on Illinois’ presidential primary ballot, the State Board of Elections voted on Tuesday, dismissing another challenge to the former president’s eligibility under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, also known as the insurrection clause. The eight-person, bipartisan board voted unanimously againstRead More →
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Gayle Manchin, the wife of West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, was injured in a car crash as a suspect allegedly fled police in Birmingham, Alabama, authorities said. On Monday, the Homewood Police began a pursuit of an individual wanted on felony charges, authorities said.Read More →
Family of Casey Goodson (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Opening statements will begin Wednesday in the trial of a former sheriff’s deputy charged in the 2020 fatal shooting of a 23-year-old Black man who was entering his grandmother’s home in Columbus, Ohio. The trial begins more than three years after Casey GoodsonRead More →
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An investigation is underway in Middletown Township, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, after a man was found dead inside a home on Tuesday night, according to police. Police responded to reports of a deceased male on the 100 block of Upper Orchard Drive and sayRead More →
