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Thomas Niedermueller/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management (VIENNA, Austria) — Taylor Swift’s three concerts in Vienna this week have been canceled after two suspects were arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack, authorities said. “We have no choice but to cancel the three scheduled shows for everyone’s safety,” a message from Barracuda Music said. “All […]
Getty Images – STOCK/Dmitrii Marchenko (WASHINGTON) — As voters prepare to head to the polls in November, inflation, foreign policy and reproductive rights have dominated the national conversation, with environmental policy failing to emerge as a major ballot issue. But with climate change fueling more damaging and deadly weather events, experts question if the effects […]
seng kui Lim / 500px /Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A California man convicted of carrying out some of the most extended and brutal assaults against police during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday. The 20-year prison term for David Dempsey, handed down by senior D.C. […]
Adam Bettcher/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sen. JD Vance affirmed former President Donald Trump’s assertion that the vice presidential pick doesn’t matter to the vast majority of voters. However, Vance stressed he’s “absolutely” sure Trump is confident he could step up as commander in chief if needed. “Trump was asked recently very directly, ‘Would you […]
John Lamparski/Getty Images (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — The sheriff for Illinois’ Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office, which employed the former deputy charged with fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her home after she called 911 to report a prowler, will be retiring later this month, he announced Friday in a statement. “As elected leaders, we must always put […]
Getty Images – STOCK/chrispecoraro (LONDON) — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 has rocked the coast of southern Japan, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of the earthquake is just a dozen miles off the coast of the city of Miyazaki on the island of Kyushu in Japan but the […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — A United States military base in eastern Syria was attacked by a one-way drone, according to a U.S. defense official. Initial reports do not indicate there were any injuries in the attack, but the official said that medical evaluations and a damage assessment following the attack were ongoing. “On Aug. […]
Hans Neleman/Getty Images/STOCK (ATWATER, Calif.) — A Federal Bureau of Prisons employee died after coming into contact with an unknown substance in the mail room at the U.S. penitentiary in Atwater, California, according to a bureau spokesperson. The employee began to feel unwell on Friday after coming into contact with the substance and was rushed […]
People gather in support of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ attack on Israel on April 14, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) (TEL AVIV, Israel) — The Israeli military is working in close coordination with the Pentagon to prepare for a “series of scenarios” in which either Iran or one of its proxies, namely […]
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — This week, hours after Vice President Kamala Harris announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate in the 2024 election, the website domain “HarrisWalz.com” sold for $15,000. It was a tidy profit for domain owner Jeremy Greene Eche, who bought it for around $9 in 2020. Eche is […]
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