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Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday night, a senior DNCC spokesperson confirmed. Their speeches will “make a strong case to elect Harris,” the spokesperson said. “We are so excited to honor and celebrate the President’s lifetime of […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (SAN ANTONIO) — The main gate to U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has reopened after an off-base shooting incident early Saturday. Guards at the gate discharged their weapons in the incident, but there was no active threat to the base and no one from the base sustained any injuries, according […]
Timothy A. Clary/ Getty Images (PHILIDELPHIA) — The presidential debate set to be held by ABC News will take place at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, the network announced on Friday. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump had previously committed to attending. The Sept. 10 debate will be moderated by “World […]
Brad Vest/Getty Images (KIMBERLING CITY, MO) — A Missouri woman was arrested Friday morning in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud Elvis Presley’s family out of millions of dollars and the ownership of Graceland, the Justice Department announced. Lisa Findley is alleged to have orchestrated the scheme to conduct the sale of Graceland by […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday signed a proclamation establishing the Springfield 1908 Race Riot Monument, located on the site of a deadly attack on a Black community by a white mob 116 years ago. By establishing the monument, the White House said in a statement, the president is “recognizing the […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — In an encore “20/20” airing August 16 at 9 p.m. ET, the show, which originally aired in 2020, revisits the case of Pamela Smart, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for being an accomplice in her husband Gregg’s murder in 1990. Smart, whose murder trial was the […]
Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. James Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said Friday he is launching an investigation into what he says is Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s “extensive engagement with China.” The probe into Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate is a sign of what the House […]
SEE Alliance (TALLAHASSEE, FL) — The New College of Florida is under fire after what appears to be hundreds of books that have been wiped from its collection and discarded on the street. Social Equity Through Education Alliance (SEE), a local activist group, was alerted on Thursday by a New College student who reported […]
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled a sweeping economic agenda on Friday, vowing to ease inflation, fix the housing market and slash taxes for middle-income families. The plans include eye-catching proposals such as a ban on grocery price gouging and a $25,000 subsidy for first-time homebuyers. Economists who spoke to ABC […]
Austin Police Department (AUSTIN, TEXAS) — A 78-year-old man has now been charged with a murder committed over 40 years ago after genetic genealogy helped investigators identify him as a suspect. Deck Brewer Jr., a man already imprisoned in Massachusetts, has been charged with the 1980 murder of 25-year-old Susan Leigh Wolfe, according to the […]
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