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ABC News (DETROIT) — The Great Lakes is seeing record-low levels of ice during a time of year when ice cover is typically closing in on peak levels, according to the latest measurements. It continues to be the winter that wasn’t in the upper Midwest and Great Lakes regions, where average ice cover has continued to […]
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 100 days since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest between the warring sides since Israel’s founding in 1948, shows no signs of letting up soon and the brief cease-fire […]
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional House Ethics investigators have obtained text messages allegedly showing that a few months after first joining Congress, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz asked a young woman, who at the time had received payments for sex from Gaetz’s then-close friend Joel Greenberg, to join him and others on a three-day […]
Jamie Squire/Getty Images (KANSAS CITY) — One person is dead and 10 to 15 people are injured from a shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, following the parade and rally for the Chiefs’ Super Bowl win, officials said. The exact number of gunshot victims was not immediately clear, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said, calling the […]
Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The White House said Wednesday it wants protecting democracy — not conspiracy theories — to be a key message heading into the general election, mentioning the recent conspiracy that alleged Taylor Swift was part of a psyop plot to help President Joe Biden win reelection. Asked about the Taylor […]
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — One of 16 Republicans who allegedly acted as “fake electors” for former President Donald Trump in Michigan after the 2020 presidential election testified in state court Wednesday that he never intended to falsely make or alter a public record. James Renner and his alleged co-conspirators were charged by the Michigan […]
Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Locust outbreaks, a visual often used in entertainment to signify an upcoming apocalypse, could worsen as global temperatures continue to climb, according to new research. Far-reaching, synchronized desert locust outbreaks are strongly coupled to climate change in the last several decades, a study published Wednesday […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson wants a one-on-one meeting with President Joe Biden to find a way forward to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and border security, but those requests have been denied. Johnson on Wednesday reiterated his call for a sit down with Biden, seeking to put the onus on […]
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (CRESTVIEW, Fla.) — A Florida deputy is seen firing his weapon repeatedly at his patrol vehicle after mistaking the sound of an acorn hitting the roof of the car for a muffled gunshot, according to video released alongside a sheriff’s office investigation. Newly released body camera footage of the November 2023 incident […]
Eric Yang/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Anaconda Smelter Stack has been a towering landmark for the town of Anaconda, Montana, but it was also one of the factors behind the decades of environmental damage that is still being cleaned up. Standing at over 585 feet tall, the stack was once used as part of […]
