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Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Many of Washington’s iconic flowering cherry trees will be cut down because of climate change. While warming temperatures are causing cherry blossoms all over the world to bloom earlier, rising sea levels are leaving the National Park Service no choice but to cut down more than 150 trees that have […]
Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday heard arguments about whether to temporarily block the state of Texas from enacting a sweeping and controversial new immigration law while further litigation plays out. The state’s Senate Bill 4, also known as SB4, allows Texas authorities to arrest unauthorized immigrants […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Rankin County sheriff’s deputy Christian Dedmon was sentenced to 40 years in prison during a hearing in federal court in Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday for his role in two attacks, including the torture of two Black men, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Dedmon received the maximum sentence […]
Bruce Yuanyue Bi/Getty Images (CARTAGENA, Colombia) — Centuries after the Spanish galleon ship San José sunk in Colombian waters and nearly a decade after it was initially discovered, the estimated $17 billion shipwreck is set to be recovered as soon as April, according to officials. “For the first time in history, a model of comprehensive […]
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake is gearing up for a likely contest against Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, one she’s warned will get “nasty,” by leaning into former President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies. “I’m going to spend the next seven months working my tail off. You all know I […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing back on Donald Trump’s “extraordinary” request for a stay of his $464 million civil fraud judgment, arguing the former president’s recent request was unreliable, procedurally improper and based on a flawed premise. “There is nothing unusual about even billion-dollar judgments […]
Martin Leigh/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the U.S. welcomes spring, it also means the arrival of allergy season, which affects millions of people. High pollen levels can lead to a variety of symptoms including sneezing, runny nose, itchy and watery eyes, hives and coughing — and Americans may have to deal with them for […]
Scott Olson/Getty Image (WASHINGTON) — Now two weeks after she ended her 2024 presidential campaign, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley continues to win some votes against Donald Trump in the Republican primary, despite the former president clinching the party’s nomination on March 12. It remains unclear how many of these anti-Trump votes were cast early, […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee on Wednesday cleared the way for former President Donald Trump to appeal the judge’s ruling that ultimately kept Fulton County DA Fani Willis on the election interference case. McAfee granted the joint request from Trump and some of his codefendants to obtain a certificate of […]
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address Republican senators via a video conference at their conference lunch Wednesday — a move that comes days after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for Israel to hold a new election seen as a way to replace Netanyahu. Senate Republican Conference Chair John […]
