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DuKai photographer/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — At least one Delta passenger was taken to the hospital for heat-related illness after the plane sat on the tarmac for hours on Monday in Las Vegas, where temperatures reached triple digits. Passengers on a Delta flight to Atlanta experienced extreme heat while the plane was taxiing at Harry […]
DenisTangneyJr/Getty Images (MIDDLETOWN, Conn.) — New England liberal arts college Wesleyan University has ended legacy admissions in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down race-based affirmative action. In a statement released Wednesday, University President Michael S. Roth addressed the importance of formally ending admission preference for “legacy applicants.” “We still value the ongoing relationships that […]
Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME (CONCORD, N.H.) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday that he will not run for reelection next year, elevating the race to replace him to the heart of the gubernatorial map in 2024. Sununu, a Republican who is serving his fourth two-year term as his state’s executive, hails from a […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sat down Tuesday with CNN’s Jake Tapper for an interview — and even just by sitting across from Tapper, DeSantis entered unfamiliar territory. It was the first interview that DeSantis has given a mainstream media outlet since he announced his run for president in late May. That […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEWARK, N.J.) — A New Jersey Ponzi scheme architect, whose 24-year prison sentence was commuted by then-President Donald Trump in 2021, has been arrested again Wednesday on charges he defrauded investors by making false promises involving humanitarian supplies destined for Ukraine. Eliyahu Weinstein and four other men were charged with conspiring to defraud […]
ABC News (UPPER MAKEFIELD, Pa.) — A search for a 2-year-old girl and her 9-month-old brother who were washed away with their mother in a flash flood in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, is expected to be scaled back on Wednesday after officials said rescue crews combed the entire flood zone more than a dozen times. Severe […]
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s campaign slammed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ culture war platform on Tuesday as a “contrived political stunt,” in its first on the record comments on the Republican presidential candidate. DeSantis rolled out a proposal to “rip the woke out of the military” by, in […]
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Concerned about the massive bureaucratic lift of restarting student loan payments this fall, some Senate Democrats are questioning whether loan servicers can smoothly transition out of a three-year-long payment pause. “With the resumption of payments now fast approaching, we are requesting updated information on your plans to ensure a smooth […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (CLAYCOMO, Mo.) — A Ford assembly plant in Claycomo, Missouri, was evacuated and shut down on Tuesday night after police received a report about a possible threat. At a press conference, Clay County Sheriff’s Office officials said a man who claimed to be armed with explosives, a rifle and a handgun barricaded […]
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican candidates for president and lawmakers on Capitol Hill largely fell in line, again, behind former President Donald Trump on Tuesday after he was informed that he is a target in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The target letter indicates that Trump, who is […]
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