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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont. Via ABC News (NEW YORK) — Half of the country now has state laws that require financial literacy for high schoolers, teaching them the ins and outs of balancing a checkbook, opening a bank account and more. Some educators and elected officials, like Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, are calling for such […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) — A Douglas C-54 aircraft transporting fuel crashed into a frozen river shortly after takeoff Tuesday in Fairbanks, Alaska, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Two people were on board the plane, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which is also investigating the incident. Preliminary information showed that the […]
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the U.S. will begin sending military equipment to Ukraine within “a few hours.” Biden, in remarks from the White House, announced he signed the $95 billion foreign aid package that passed the House and Senate with bipartisan support. “It was a difficult path [to […]
Getty Images – STOCK (WEST RICHLAND, Wash.) — A former police officer suspected in the killings of his ex-wife and girlfriend has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, officials said Tuesday night. The child he was accused of abducting was “uninjured” and taken “safely” into custody, the police added. Oregon State Police […]
Rep. George Santos is surrounded by journalists as he leaves the Capitol after his fellow members of Congress voted to expel him from the House of Representatives, Dec. 1, 2023. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Disgraced former Rep. George Santos has suspended a long shot comeback bid to represent New York’s 1st Congressional District, he […]
ABC News (PHOENIX) — Chaos and confusion have ensued after the Arizona Supreme Court issued a ruling April 9 that a near-total abortion ban from 1864 could go into effect, despite it predating Arizona becoming a state. The ban prohibits all abortions, with the only exception being to save the life of the mother. After […]
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Tuesday night passed a package to deliver $95 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan — a bipartisan win months in the making. The package was approved 79-18. Thirty-one Republicans joined with 48 Democrats to pass the legislation. That’s nine more Republicans than supported the […]
POOL/ABC News (NEW YORK) — The district attorney in Stanislaus County, California, has filed new paperwork in court opposing a motion by Scott Peterson’s defense team — the Los Angeles Innocence Project — for DNA testing in the murder case of Laci Peterson and Conner Peterson. In a more than 300-page filing on Monday, the […]
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would decide whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution in the federal government’s election subversion case, many court experts considered it a major win for his team — because it means a trial could be substantially delayed again or even […]
Audubon Aquarium Rescue (NEW YORK) — A juvenile bottlenose dolphin was found shot to death with bullets lodged in its brain, spinal cord and heart and now authorities are offering a handsome reward for information on who committed the gruesome act. Authorities from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) received a report on March […]
