Garland responds to IRS whistleblower allegations in Hunter Biden case
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday gave his most detailed and direct defense yet to allegations raised by IRS agents of potential wrongdoing and political influence in the Justice Department’s probe …
Five officers charged in death of Tyre Nichols appear in court
ABC News(MEMPHIS) — Five former Memphis police officers appeared in court Friday after several motions were filed in the case concerning their alleged involvement in the death of Tyre Nichols.
A deadline for discovery from all parties – which include…
3M agrees to $10.3B settlement over claims it polluted drinking water with ‘forever chemicals’
RapidEye/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — 3M announced Thursday it has agreed to pay $10.3 billion in settlements in response to allegations in polluted water in towns and cities across the United States with toxic chemicals.
The company, which makes several…
Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas to join ‘Paddington 3’
StudioCanalPaddington Bear is going to be accompanied by some new but familiar faces on his next adventure.
Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas and Emily Mortimer are all in talks to join the third installment of the Paddington franchise, titled Paddingto…
In stunning rebuke of Putin, Wagner chief says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was based on lies
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said the Kremlin’s justifications for its invasion of Ukraine are based on lies, in another extraordinary attack on the country’s military and poli…
Three Democratic governors are raising their profiles, which could chart paths to White House: Experts
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan announced the start last week of a political group to boost President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and elevate other Democrats, she raised her own standing, too — and…
LGBTQ community, security experts worry about rising violence amid Pride events
Norberto Cuenca/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As Pride month events continue in June, members of the LGBTQ community and security experts are expressing concerns about growing anti-LGBTQ sentiment in the U.S.
“We are in the midst of a threat environment t…
In brief…
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first TV series, FUBAR, which premiered on May 25, led Nielsen’s streaming charts for its premiere week of May 22-28, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The action comedy drew 1.53 billion minutes — or 25.57 million hours of …
More excessive heat on the way in Texas: Here’s what to expect
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma are under heat alerts Friday, through the weekend and into next week.
The heat dome will build into the Southern Plains this weekend into next week, with record highs expected all of next w…
Termination boards: How physicians are providing abortions within exceptions allowed by bans
fstop123/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Shortly after a Tennessee trigger ban on abortion went into effect last September, a group of maternal fetal medicine specialists, family planning physicians, bioethicists, neonatologists and a lawyer gathered to form…