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HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Commander, the first family’s embattled German Shepherd, bit another U.S. Secret Service agent while President Joe Biden was walking him around the White House grounds, according to newly released records. Biden was walking Commander in the Kennedy Garden on Sept. 12, 2023, when the dog bit […]
NY State Office For Aging (NEW YORK) — Helen Macura has always wanted a dog, but the Prohibition-era home she has lived in since 1945 isn’t safe for a potential pet. Her childhood dream of owning a dog finally came true a couple years ago, when Helen was in her late 90s. Today, at 101 […]
A photo from Joshua Tree National Park shows a Joshua tree seedling. — Nick Graver/NPS (LOS ANGELES) — One of the natural wonders of the world facing threats from climate change may have gotten a fleeting reprieve as a result of extra moisture over the past couple of years. Populations of the iconic Joshua tree […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Even as the U.S. Supreme Court upheld access to the abortion pill mifepristone in a unanimous decision on Thursday, former President Donald Trump has yet to disclose his own abortion pill policy. For months, Trump has teased that he’d release policy details pertaining to the issue soon, but that moment […]
Relatives and supporters hold placards bearing portraits of Israeli hostages (L to R) Almog Meir Jan, Edan Alexander, and Matan Angrest, held in Gaza since the Oct. 7 attacks by the Palestinian Hamas group in southern Israel, during a rally calling for their release in Tel Aviv on Jan. 27, 2024. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty […]
Getty Images – STOCK (CANADA) — A segment of the polar bear population is at risk of extinction should ice-free periods continue to get longer, researchers have determined using analysis of the sea ice as well as the health of the bears themselves. Ice-free periods in Canada’s Hudson Bay have been lengthening over the past […]
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — An 8-year-old girl died after suffering a medical emergency aboard a flight to Chicago Thursday morning, which was rerouted to land in Peoria, Illinois, officials said. The child was transferred to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead, despite emergency personnel performing life-saving measures, Peoria County Coroner’s Office said […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Thursday he would not issue a presidential sentence commutation for Hunter Biden following his conviction earlier this week on federal gun charges. ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Selina Wang reported that Biden was asked about the issue following his press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr […]
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown stands for a photo at his campaign office on June 14, 2022 in Reno, Nevada. (Josh Edelson/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Nevada Republican Sam Brown cruised to victory in the GOP Senate primary earlier this week. Now, he’ll have to compete against a well-heeled incumbent — and Republicans are nervous. […]
Saul Martinez/Getty Images (PARKLAND, Fla.) — For more than six years, the 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School sat untouched like a time capsule, with its classrooms still filled with dried blood and students’ strewn papers. This week, the site of the Parkland, Florida, mass shooting will be torn down — a move […]
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