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Brandon Bell/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — A showdown is unfolding in Texas as Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to remove Democrats who have fled the state in protest of Republican-led effort to create a new congressional map. Abbott said Texas House Democrats have until 3 p.m. local time on Monday to return to the statehouse for the special […]
Jon Hobley | MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images (ST. LOUIS) — About 3,200 union members at Boeing facilities in Michigan and Illinois went on strike at midnight on Monday after rejecting an contract offer from the company, the union said. Local members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, who build and maintain […]
Ezra Acayan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The State Department is taking over programs previously run by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in a move officials say will restructure U.S. foreign assistance and reorient it toward national interests, as a new study finds the cuts could contribute to millions of deaths by 2030. Secretary of […]
Hassan Jedi/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Hospitals in the Gaza Strip recorded five deaths over the past 24 hours due to malnutrition, the Gaza Ministry of Health in the Hamas-run territory said on Monday. All of those who died from malnutrition in the past 24 hours were adults, the ministry said. The deaths bring […]
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The deadly mid-air collision at Reagan Airport in January was years in the making, the operations manager of the DCA air traffic control tower on the night of the accident told the National Transportation Safety Board on Friday. “I don’t think this accident occurred that night,” Clark Allen, the operations […]
Courtesy Polk County, Tennessee, Sheriff’s Office (CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) — Tennessee man was taken into custody Friday after authorities allege he threatened to kill public officials and law enforcement and was then discovered with 14 improvised explosive devices in his home when investigators arrived to arrest him. Kevin Wade O’Neal, 54, was arrested at a residence […]
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Emergency rooms across the country are seeing a spike in tick bite cases, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. July has already seen the highest number of tick-related ER visits since 2017, with the Northeast region reporting the most cases, the CDC said. […]
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Thursday sharply criticized India over its trade policy, escalating a series of attacks as the White House readies to ratchet up tariffs on the country. The Trump administration plans to slap 25% tariffs on Indian products and impose additional penalties starting on Friday, the president said on social media. The […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (JERUSALEM) — Unable to find a diplomatic answer to the hostage crisis, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for a “military solution” to free the remaining hostages being held by Hamas terrorists, an Israeli official told ABC News on Sunday. Netanyahu has suggested expanding the Israeli military operation in Gaza and using […]
P A Thompson/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Democratic statehouse legislators are planning to leave Texas on Sunday in order to break the quorum of a special legislative session in which Republican state legislators are aiming to pass a new congressional map that could create up to five new GOP seats. The move comes after a […]
