www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images (MIAMI) — An activity permission slip for a reading of a Black author’s book at a Miami-Dade public school library stoked anger and confusion among parents and school board members. In a now-viral post on social media, a parent posted a photo of a required permission slip for an event in which “students […]
amphotora/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two protesters dumped red powder on the encasement protecting the U.S. Constitution at the National Archives, prompting the closure of its rotunda and galleries Wednesday afternoon. Around 2:30 p.m., two men poured red powder on themselves and the encased Constitution in the Archives’ rotunda. D.C. police responded to the scene where […]
David Eulitt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Despite hundreds of police officers being on the scene of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration in Kansas City, Missouri, a mass shooting erupted, raising the question of how the tragedy could change security preparations at mass gatherings around the country. One person was shot dead and 22 others were injured […]
Kansas City police are seen at Union Station, where a shooting broke out during the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. (Glenn E. Rice/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — The mass shooting that erupted at the end of the Chiefs’ […]
Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images (TEL AVIV and LONDON) — Before war erupted between Israel and Hamas in October, the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip was home to around 250,000 people. Now, the population has swelled to an estimated 1.4 million, according to the United Nations, and residents are living in fear […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Robert Hur is scheduled to testify in a public hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on March 12, according to sources familiar with the matter. It comes after House Republicans requested his testimony earlier this week, in addition to requests for audio recordings and transcripts related to Hur’s investigation […]
Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Feb. 14 mass shooting following a parade and rally for the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl win has left one person dead and at least 21 others injured, according to officials. The shooting has reignited discussions about the prevalence of gun violence in America. As of Feb. 15, […]
ABC News (TEL AVIV, Israel) — Some families of Israeli hostages say they have reached their breaking point and have begun to take extreme measures to express their frustration more than four months into the Israel-Hamas war. Dozens of people have blocked traffic in recent days on Israeli highways, lit fires, thrown buckets of fake blood, […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel David Weiss has indicted an FBI confidential source who provided derogatory information about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden on felony false statement and obstruction charges. Weiss indicted Alexander Smirnov, 43, on one count of making a false statement and one count of creating a false and […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case is set to hear arguments over motions to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, primarily over accusations that she benefited financially from a personal relationship with a prosecutor she hired for the case. Trump co-defendant Michael Roman, a […]
