GOP’s Cornyn pushes Biden on whether PGA Tour probe tied to Saudi visit
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn wrote to President Joe Biden on Thursday raising questions about the timing of the Justice Department’s antitrust probe into the PGA Tour.
Earlier this week, a PGA Tour spokesp…
Jewish community in Highland Park grieves, takes action after mass shooting
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images(HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) — Rabbi Michael Sommer’s congregation has been “in a state of shock” ever since seven people were killed in a mass shooting during a July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Illin…
Tanzania investigates deadly outbreak of mystery disease
Roland Magnusson/EyeEm/Getty Images(DAR ES SAALAM, Tanzania) — Health officials are investigating a deadly outbreak of a mystery disease in southern Tanzania that has infected over a dozen people and killed at least three of them.
Tanzania’s chief me…
House passes bills to codify Roe, protect interstate travel for abortion
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives on Friday passed two measures to restore abortion rights after the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.
The action comes as Democrats ramp up their …
Biden says he raised Khashoggi murder with Saudi crown prince
Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images(JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia) — President Joe Biden on Friday, after a much-criticized meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, said he had raised the murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi with the de-facto Saudi…
Jayland Walker had 46 gunshot wounds in his body, autopsy report reveals
Angelo Merendino/Getty Images(AKRON, Ohio) — Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by police in Akron, Ohio, had 46 gunshot wounds on his body, according to an autopsy report conducted by the Summit Co. Medical Examiner’s Offi…
The stars of ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ on adapting the bestselling book
Michele K Short/© 2022 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved.There’s a mystery within the marshes in the new film Where the Crawdads Sing.
The movie is based on the book of the same name and stars Normal People actress Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kya, a girl who ra…
Weekend Watchlist: What’s new on streaming
Ready, set, binge! Here are some of the new titles available to stream this weekend:
NetflixResident Evil: Fight for survival against the Umbrella Corporation in this new series based on the popular horror game franchise Resident Evil.
Persuasion: Da…
Secret Service deleted texts from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, after watchdog sought records
Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Secret Service deleted text messages from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, after an internal watchdog requested them as part of a review of the department’s handling of last year’s Capitol riot,…
NY AG delays depositions of former President Trump, 2 of his children
Win McNamee/Pool via Bloomberg(NEW YORK) — Depositions of former President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. in connection with the New York attorney general’s civil investigation have been delayed, the New York Attorney General’s Office…