How to protect your home and keep energy costs down during heat waves
imaginima/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Summer has just started but millions around the country have already experienced record-breaking heat waves, forcing people to blast air conditioning and think of ways to protect their homes during an onslaught of hi…
Four Vietnam War veterans awarded Medal of Honor
Melodie Yvonne/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Four U.S. Army veterans were awarded with the Medal of Honor Tuesday for their “acts of gallantry and intrepidity” during the Vietnam War half a century ago — after their cases got a fresh review.
President …
Democrats look to raise $10M for key governors’ races with abortion access fund
Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Democratic Governors Association hopes to turn anger at the overturning of Roe v. Wade into big-dollar fundraising for critical races where governors will hold sway over abortion a…
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin announces operational pause after seizing Luhansk
Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the east. …
Much of the Northwest under “High Alert” for COVID
photo courtesy of CDC (OLYMPIA) The number of Washington counties now on HIGH alert for COVID cases has nearly tripled since last week. Just before the holiday weekend began, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed
Twenty-one people shot in New York City in 14 separate incidents
Tim Drivas Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Three people were killed and 21 were wounded in shootings in New York City. Authorities reported 14 separate shootings from Monday into Tuesday morning.
In one incident on Monday, three men were shot, t…
One dead, four seriously injured in Wisconsin July Fourth shooting
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(KENOSHA, Wis.) — One person has died and four people have been seriously injured in a Fourth of July shooting at a residence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, police said.
The incident occurred at approximately 10:20 p.m. at a home in…
Quentin Tarantino and wife Daniela welcome second child
Franco Origlia/Getty ImagesOscar winner Quentin Tarantino and his wife, Daniela, had an extra special fourth of July this year: They welcomed a baby daughter on July 2.
The filmmaker, 59, and his actress, model, and singer wife, 38, broke the happy ne…
Plans revealed for redeveloped area around Notre-Dame cathedral
Kiran Ridley/Stringer via Getty Images(PARIS, FRANCE) — As construction crews race to meet the 2024 deadline set by French President Emmanuel Macron for the reopening of Notre-Dame, a jury chaired by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has revealed the winning p…
Chris Rock and Lake Bell fuel dating rumors with LA dinner date
Frank Micelotta/20th Century Fox Television/PictureGroup — Walt Disney Television/Yolanda PerezChris Rock and Lake Bell fueled romance rumors on Saturday after being spotted on a dinner date in Santa Monica, California.
A source tells The New York Po…