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Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The record-breaking rain soaking the Southwest U.S. in recent weeks still won’t be enough to eliminate the megadrought status in the notoriously arid region completely, according to researchers. The extra precipitation fueled by several rounds of atmospheric rivers and an El Niño event has […]
Former Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake announces her bid for the seat of U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) at JetSet Magazine on Oct. 10, 2023 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Rebecca Noble/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — John McCain’s daughter Meghan McCain rejected Kari Lake’s offer on Wednesday to meet one-on-one after Lake claimed that disparaging comments […]
www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Schools nationwide have been at the center of the country’s culture wars. Restrictions on education and programs relating to race, gender, and sexual orientation have been implemented in several states, while schools and libraries are facing increasing waves of book-banning attempts. In a new survey, the Pew Research Center asked […]
Stanley tumblers are displayed on a shelf at a Dick’s Sporting Goods store, Feb. 2, 2024, in Daly City, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The trendy oversized Stanley thermos that reached viral fame on social media and became a must-have item is facing new criticism from customers. The parent company of the viral […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — When Mariya Grigoryeva found out she was pregnant with her second child days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, she prepared to flee. She and her young daughter left for Moldova in March 2022 while her husband stayed behind in Odesa to continue work as a seaman, she said. Two months […]
Former President Donald J. Trump speaks at the CPAC Conference in Washington, Mar. 4, 2023. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, an erstwhile cross section of the GOP that has turned into a major staging ground for the party’s MAGA grassroots, is set to kick off in […]
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A network disruption is affecting AT&T customers in the U.S. Thursday. In a statement to ABC News, the company confirmed the outage and advised customers to make calls over Wi-Fi. “Some of our customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions this morning. We are working urgently to restore service to […]
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Moscow’s arrest of a Los Angeles woman on charges of high treason has cast a new spotlight on the steep challenges imposed by Russia’s refusal to recognize almost all dual citizenships — sharply limiting diplomats’ ability to oversee the cases and intervene if warranted. Ksenia Karelina, a 33-year-old former […]
Lara Trump, daughter-in-law to former President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump, speaks at a VFW Hall in Beaufort, S.C., Feb. 21, 2024. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — “Absolutely none” of the Republican National Committee’s funds will be used to pay former President Donald Trump’s multimillion-dollar stack of legal bills, a senior […]
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro has been ordered by a federal judge to return presidential records he has in his possession. Navarro, who was then-President Donald Trump’s White House trade adviser, “continues to possess Presidential records that have not been produced to their rightful owner, the United States,” U.S. […]