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Sunil Sharma via Getty Images (TIBET) — At least 126 people were killed and more than 188 others were injured as a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Tibet’s holy city on Tuesday, according to Chinese state media. The earthquake occurred in Dingri County, Shigatse City, Tibet, just after 9 a.m. with a focal depth of 10 kilometers, […]
Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House voted at 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act, passing the bill as its first piece of legislation of the 119th Congress on a vote of 264 to 159. Forty-eight Democrats voted in favor of the bill. “Laken Riley was brutally murdered by an illegal […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Members of Congress, the Supreme Court and other dignitaries will gather at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday afternoon for a lying-in-state ceremony for former President Jimmy Carter. Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver one of the eulogies for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Carter lands in […]
Photo By BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images (LOUISIANA) — The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The patient, who was exposed to non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds, was over age 65 and had underlying medical conditions, officials said. Last month, the Centers […]
Alexandr Kolesnikov/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Online holiday shopping soared to a fresh record high in 2024, driven by an array of e-commerce discounts and adoption of AI-fueled shopping assistants, according to data released on Tuesday by Adobe. E-commerce sales topped $240 billion in November and December, climbing nearly 9% when compared with the gift-buying season a year prior, […]
Kamara Morozuk/Bloomberg via Getty Images (OTTAWA, Canada) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he intends to resign as Liberal Party leader and prime minister once a new party leader is determined. “I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader through a robust, nationwide, competitive […]
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House and Senate lawmakers are now meeting in joint session to certify President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 victory. The vote count is occurring exactly four years after thousands of pro-Trump supporters violently stormed the U.S. Capitol, temporarily disrupting lawmakers affirming President Joe Biden’s 2020 win. Monday’s events are expected […]
Chase Castor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A major winter storm that broke snowfall records in the Midwest is now hitting the mid-Atlantic, bringing with it a heavy mix of snow and ice and canceling more than 1,800 flights across the U.S. The heaviest snow and ice is moving into the Appalachians and the East Coast’s […]
Philip Fong via Getty Images (SEOUL) — Thousands of South Korean citizens were gathering on Sunday near impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s residence a day before an arrest warrant for him expires. Protesters from both sides — one calling the warrant invalid or illegal and the other shouting for arrest — have occupied the wide […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In some high-stakes political drama, the House of Representatives on Friday voted to reelect House Speaker Mike Johnson to lead the 119th Congress by a razor-thin margin. Johnson, a Louisiana Republican who ascended to the leadership post in 2023 after the historic ouster of Kevin McCarthy, had […]
