Democrat Mary Peltola defeats Sarah Palin in special election for Alaska’s House seat
The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — Democrat Mary Peltola is projected to win the Alaska special general election for the state’s sole House seat, ABC News reports.
Peltola defeated two Republicans — former Republican Alaska Gov…
Trump’s legal team responds to DOJ in dispute over review of seized records
James Devaney/GC Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Wednesday responded to the Justice Department in the dispute over Trump’s request for a “special master” to review materials the FBI seized at his Mar-a-Lago est…
2021 saw record-high greenhouse gases, sea levels and ocean heat, new report shows
owngarden/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Last year saw record levels of major greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and methane, released into the Earth’s atmosphere, according to an international climate report.
The annual State of the Climate report…
600 Mississippi National Guardsmen to be deployed to help with water distribution in Jackson
Brad Vest/Getty Images, FILE(JACKSON, Miss.) — Six hundred Mississippi National Guard members will deploy to Jackson starting Thursday to help with water distribution, officials said Wednesday, as they grapple with an ongoing water crisis plaguing res…
Jackson residents face clean water crisis — as state, local leaders point fingers
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images, FILE(JACKSON, Miss.) — Jackson, Mississippi’s water supply is wholly unsafe to drink, officials said on Monday, with water pressure so low from long-failing treatment systems compounded by river flooding this week tha…
Serena Williams beats Anett Kontaveit in second-round US Open match
Matthew Stockman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Serena Williams won her second-round match of the U.S. Open Wednesday on yet another electric night in Arthur Ashe Stadium, defeating the WTA No. 2-ranked player Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in three sets, 7-6 (…
19-year-old man charged with murder in random shooting rampage in Detroit
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images(DETROIT) — A search is underway for a suspect who shot four randomly selected victims over the span of 2 hours and 25 minutes on Sunday morning in Detroit, police said.
A 19-year-old man faces murder charges fo…
Why IAEA experts are heading to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(LONDON) — Inspectors from the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency are heading to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine that has been shelled in the ongoing fight between…
Jackson mayor speaks on water crisis, next steps in recovery
Brad Vest/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The main pump at the main water treatment facility in Jackson, Mississippi, shut down due to flooding that worsened longstanding issues, leaving up to 180,000 people without access to running water in their homes.
A…
Trump’s filing opposing Mar-a-Lago raid forced DOJ’s hand, experts say
Yuri Gripas/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — After three weeks of accusations from former President Donald Trump and his allies that the Justice Department and FBI overreached in their unprecedented August 8 search of Mar-a-Lago, the DOJ…