National
Page: 333
kali9/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) –Police in Texas said they were investigating possible connections between a series of shootings in Austin and a fatal shooting near San Antonio that left six dead in total and injured several others on Tuesday. A suspect in his 30s was booked into the Travis County Jail and charged with capital […]
slobo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A house in Virginia exploded Monday night shortly after officers were executing a search warrant at the residence for reports of a person discharging several rounds with a flare gun, officials said. The suspect, who was inside the Arlington duplex at the time of the explosion, is presumed dead, authorities […]
Devin Dwyer/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — A historic multibillion-do7llar settlement with OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma hung in the balance at the Supreme Court on Monday as victims of the nation’s opioid epidemic urged the justices to approve the deal over opposition from the Biden administration, which warned it would let the company’s owners — the Sackler family […]
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An off-duty pilot accused of trying to shut down engines mid-flight on an Alaska Airlines plane in October was indicted on 84 charges — though the grand jury declined to go for attempted murder. Joseph David Emerson, 44, was charged with one count of endangering aircraft in the first […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Monday issued a dire warning about the urgent need to approve aid to Ukraine in its war with Russia, saying failure to act quickly will “kneecap Ukraine on the battlefield.” In a letter to congressional leaders, Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young said […]
DBenitostock/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A transgender athlete’s spot on a girls’ high school volleyball team that resulted in Florida school employees being reassigned and led to student walkouts is now at the center of an investigation to determine whether the school violated a 2021 state law that governs sports and gender. Jessica Norton, the […]
Joshua A. Bickel/Bloomberg via Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Ground-breaking events. Presentations of preposterously oversized checks. Ribbon-cutting ceremonies — especially ribbon cuttings. Increasing the in-your-face representations of things like a new battery manufacturing plant opening or the beginning of bridge construction — the fruits of the Inflation Reduction Act, the bipartisan infrastructure deal or the CHIPS […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Republican governor running for president debated a Democratic governor who made clear he is not running for president — and Nikki Haley’s momentum on the trail continued with a key endorsement. Also, a look ahead to the fourth Republican primary debate, on Wednesday. Here are the campaign updates you […]
slobo/Getty Images (ARLINGTON, Va.) — A house in Arlington, Virgina, exploded Monday night, shortly after officers were executing a search warrant at the residence for reports of a person discharging several rounds with a flare gun, officials said during a press conference. Police responded to a residence on the 800 block of North Burlington Street […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses are six weeks away as of Monday, with former President Donald Trump maintaining a hefty lead in Republican primary polls while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley jockey for more distant second place as they argue they are better alternatives given Trump’s […]
KVSP