‘Easy money’: How one pandemic relief program became fraudsters’ top target
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The watchdog report released Tuesday that revealed how some $200 billion in COVID-19 aid was potentially misspent threw into sharper relief how one pandemic-era program emerged above all ot…
Russian military leaders were aware of mutiny plan: US officials
Wagner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The United States assesses that members of Russia’s military leadership were aware of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s planned mutiny before he marched on Moscow, according to Biden administration officials.
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Pope prays for elderly victims of ‘senseless’ Massachusetts triple homicide: Priest
Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images(BOSTON) — Shockwaves from the gruesome home-invasion slayings in the Boston area of three elderly members of a devout Catholic family have reached Pope Francis at the Vatican, a priest told grieving parishio…
DOJ announces 78 people charged over $2.5 billion in false health care billings
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Wednesday announced a nationwide health care fraud crackdown that resulted in charges against 78 defendants in separate schemes that totaled more than $2.5 billion in alle…
Which US cities are forecast to be impacted by smoke from wildfires in Canada
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The hundreds of wildfires burning in Canada are continuing to cause poor air quality conditions for millions of residents in the U.S.
On Wednesday, the National Weather Service issued air quality alerts for at least 20 states fro…
Debris from Titan submersible brought ashore after catastrophic implosion
Jordan Pettitt/PA Images via Getty Images(ST JOHN’S, Canada) — Debris from the submersible that imploded while on a voyage to see the Titanic wreckage last week has been brought ashore.
The Canadian Press captured pieces of the Titan vessel being unl…
Salvaged debris from Titan submersible contains ‘presumed human remains’: US Coast Guard
Jordan Pettitt/PA Images via Getty Images(ST JOHN’S, Canada) — Debris recovered from the submersible that catastrophically imploded while on a voyage to see the Titanic wreckage last week contained “presumed human remains,” the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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Despite harmless powder, mysterious letters in 3 states could get someone killed, says top cop
Rep. Tory Marie Blew/Facebook(TOPEKA, Kan.) — While the mysterious white powder inside scores of envelopes sent to Republican lawmakers and officials in at least three states has been deemed harmless, investigators say the mailings could still get som…
Tom Cruise urges fans to see all the big movies this summer, not just his ‘Mission: Impossible’ film
Getty Images for Paramount PicturesMovie star and movie fan Tom Cruise took to Instagram on Wednesday to promote … everybody else’s summer movies.
In the post, the lead and producer of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is shown with tha…
Prime Video teases Jim Gaffigan’s newest stand-up special, ‘Dark Pale’
Prime VideoActor and comedian Jim Gaffigan is returning to Prime Video with Dark Pale, his third stand-up special for the streamer and his 10th overall.
A new teaser shows him riffing on fatherhood, a common theme for the father of five. In the snippe…