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Erik Simonsen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Boeing’s Starliner capsule launched Wednesday for its first astronaut-crewed flight into space to the International Space Station (ISS) after several delays. The liftoff occurred at 10:53 a.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida Weather was 90% favorable to launch. Derrol Nail of NASA Communications said […]
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study analyzing maternal mortality rates found that nearly two-thirds of maternal-related deaths in the U.S. happen up to a year after a woman has given birth. The finding is part of a wider study by The Commonwealth Fund that analyzed maternal mortality rates among 14 developed nations, […]
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Aviation industry executives gathered in Dubai for the annual International Air Transport Association meeting this week, where they revealed that despite record high profit projections, airfare will continue to climb in the coming months. The group says its pricing prediction is partly due to global inflation and long-term recovery […]
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — AT&T has resolved the “interoperability issue between carriers” customers were experiencing on Tuesday, the company said in a statement. Customers began reporting a “nationwide issue that is affecting” their ability to call non-AT&T users, AT&T said at the time. The company later clarified the network “did not experience a […]
Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building and United States Courthouse on July 26, 2023 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Mark M (WILMINGTON, Del.) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden is on trial in Delaware on three felony charges related to his efforts to obtain a […]
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Voters in New Jersey, South Dakota, New Mexico, Montana and Washington, D.C., will cast ballots in presidential and down-ballot primary elections on Tuesday. These are some of the last primary elections and caucuses of the 2024 cycle. But with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump the presumptive nominees of […]
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden took executive action Tuesday that limits the number of migrants who can claim asylum between ports of entry at the southern U.S. border. Biden administration officials recently told reporters on a call that the executive action would do what Congress couldn’t: provide substantive immigration reform. “The administration […]
Matt Cardy/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York state is weighing landmark legislation that would prevent tech platforms like Instagram and TikTok from using algorithms for social media feeds viewed by children. The measure would require social media companies to present posts to children in the order they’re issued by followed accounts, eliminating the role […]
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, negotiations are apparently stalled […]
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland is pushing back forcefully on “false” and “extremely dangerous” narratives he says are being spread about the Department of Justice in an appearance before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. The hearing comes as House GOP lawmakers threaten to hold Garland in contempt for withholding records they’ve […]
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