Senate passes debt ceiling deal, staving off default
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Thursday night passed legislation to lift the nation’s debt ceiling and stave off what would’ve been an economically disastrous default days before Monday’s deadline.
The final vot…
Top DHS official warns of ‘absolute threat’ to public safety, economy from organized retail crime
The Home Depot(NEW YORK) — The surveillance video, from earlier this year, is startling: Four masked men march in a line through a Home Depot store in New York — two of them looking like menacing bodyguards — while the two others confidently push ca…
Teenage birth rates in the US reached historic lows in 2022, CDC report finds
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Teenage birth rates have fallen to their lowest levels ever, new provisional federal data published Thursday found.
The report, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health …
Three teens charged after village’s swan killed, then eaten: Police
James Warwick/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A beloved swan was reported missing from a New York state village’s pond on Monday. Three teenagers are now accused of killing the mother swan, who was then eaten, authorities said.
The three teens face felony c…
Investigators have recording of Trump acknowledging he held onto sensitive document: Sources
Rob Carr/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Federal investigators have in their possession an audio recording of former President Donald Trump from July 2021, on which he acknowledges he held onto a sensitive military document after leaving office, sources co…
‘Bachelorette’ alum Andi Dorfman marries Blaine Hart in romantic Italian wedding
Bryan Bedder/New York Road Runners via Getty ImagesFormer Bachelorette star Andi Dorfman has given out her final rose and officially said “I do” to her fiancé Blaine Hart in a breathtaking three-day celebration in Sorrento, Italy.
Speaking with People…
Elderly man, passerby help save sleeping family from New Jersey house fire
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — A father and his four children were saved from an early morning house fire by a neighbor and a passerby who saw smoke coming from the home’s garage and were able to alert the sleeping family, police said.
The fire was reported aro…
How to prevent hot car deaths after recent string of fatalities
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Experts are reminding the public of the dangers of heatstroke after a recent spate of hot car deaths.
The latest incident occurred Sunday, when an 11-month-old girl in Palm Bay, Florida, died after she was l…
Debt ceiling deal passes the House as US moves closer to preventing historic default
Michael Godek/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The House on Wednesday night approved a bill to raise the nation’s debt ceiling while cutting some government spending over the next two years, in a major victory for both the White House and Republican leaders…
Scoreboard roundup — 5/31/23
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Tampa Bay 4, Chi Cubs 3
Atlanta 4, Oakland 2
Milwaukee 4, Toronto 2
Cincinnati 5, Boston 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 3, Texas 2
LA Angels 12, Chi…