Presidential candidates converge on Iowa for a week full of events
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — With six months until nomination contests begin, presidential candidates are once again converging on Iowa, the first-in-the-nation Republican primary state whose coveted nomination remains up for grabs.
On F…
Trump allegedly attempted to have surveillance video deleted: Special Counsel
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump and two others are facing additional charges in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents after leaving office.
The charges came in a…
Bryan Kohberger seeks indictment dismissal in Idaho college killings case
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(MOSCOW, Idaho) — Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four Idaho college students last year, are trying to get his indictment dismissed.
In a new court filing from July 25, but released on Thursday, Ko…
Prosecutors have discussed potential charges against Carlee Russell over ‘hoax’ kidnapping
Hoover Police Department(NEW YORK) — The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Bessemer Division office has talked with police about potentially pressing charges against Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who told police she was kidnapped after she went…
‘Weather-related killer’: Biden outlines new actions to combat excessive heat, protect workers
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced steps to help communities keep cool and stay safe as deadly heat continues to blanket much of the U.S.
Biden met virtually with the mayors of Phoenix and San Ant…
Texas teachers say they were fired after attending drag show, posting on social media
Courtesy Kristi Maris(HOUSTON) — Two teachers say they were fired from their school after attending a drag performance and posting about it on social media.
Kristi Maris, one of the former teachers at the First Baptist Academy in Baytown, Texas, said…
Amid staggering student loan debt, Black women also face unequal pay
Ravenn Moore(NEW YORK) — Ravenn Moore, a 43-year-old mom in the Detroit area, said she accumulated tens of thousands of dollars of debt while earning both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees as a first-generation college student.
Over the next decade…
US not seeking permanent new base in Papua New Guinea, Austin says
Luis Martinez/ABC News(WASHINGTON) — As Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Papua New Guinea’s top leaders on Thursday, to build on a new defense cooperation agreement signed between the two countries in May, Austin stressed that the U.S. is not s…
Toddler undergoes first-of-its-kind heart transplant after two open-heart surgeries
Courtesy of Abigail Robinson(NEW YORK) — Elias Robinson-Rodriquez was just 11 months old when he underwent a type of heart transplant so rare it had previously been performed on only six children globally.
Elias, now 1, was born with a congenital hea…