COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy implied Saturday that American involvement in the war in Ukraine may be because of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden. “The purpose of the U.S. military [is] to advance American interests, to protect the homeland. Not to aimlessly fight some random …
Read More »Teenager charged with hate crime in fatal stabbing of O’Shae Sibley in Brooklyn
The 17-year-old suspect arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 28-year-old gay man at a Brooklyn gas station was charged with murder as a hate crime, officials said Saturday. The suspect turned himself in at a police station in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources told NBC News on Friday. …
Read More »Philadelphia Eagles player found not guilty of rape and kidnapping
An Ohio grand jury found Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Joshua Sills not guilty of charges of rape and kidnapping, officials said. The 25-year-old was indicted just days before the Super Bowl this year on one count of rape in the first degree and another count of kidnapping in the first degree, stemming …
Read More »Green backlash? U.K.’s leader fuels battle over driving — which could signal a coming climate fight
LONDON — Posing in a car once owned by conservative icon Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak explained why he was launching a media blitz to burnish his own credentials as a champion of the average voter against what he considers state overreach in the name of the environment. …
Read More »Special counsel cites threatening Trump post in request for protective order in election case
Federal prosecutors on Friday asked the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s election case to bar him from publicly disclosing some of the evidence gathered during the their investigation. In a court filing, attorneys with the special counsel Jack Smith’s office requested U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ensure that sensitive materials are …
Read More »Economy added 187,000 jobs in July, unemployment falls to 3.5%
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Read More »Gilgo Beach murder victim ‘Jane Doe Seven’ identified 27 years after she went missing
One of the victims in the Gilgo Beach murders, previously dubbed “Jane Doe Seven,” has finally been identified, 27 years after her partial remains were found, officials announced Friday. Karen Vergata, 34, was identified using DNA genetic genealogy, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced in a news briefing …
Read More »Multipronged $50 million campaign backed by labor aims to prioritize child and senior care
A new labor-backed campaign plans to spend at least $50 million ahead of the 2024 election to put child and senior care legislation back on the priority list, after it fell out of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda during his administration. The “Care Can’t Wait” campaign is focused on resurrecting …
Read More »Tennessee Democrats expelled by GOP over protests win back their seats
The two Democratic state representatives in Tennessee who were expelled by Republicans in April for protesting in support of gun safety on the chamber floor won elections Thursday night for their old seats, The Associated Press projected. Justin Jones won his election for his state House seat in Nashville, and …
Read More »Trump pleads not guilty in 2020 election case
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he engaged in criminal conspiracies aimed at subverting the 2020 presidential election results and keeping himself in power. Trump was arraigned on an indictment charging him with conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an …
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