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Associated Press
5 hours ago
Company believes it found sunken barge in Ohio River near Pittsburgh, one of 26 that got loose
Associated Press - By MICHAEL RUBINKAM
A barge operator believes it has found a sunken barge in the Ohio River near Pittsburgh, one of 26 that broke loose and floated away during weekend flooding, company officials said Tuesday. Crews used sonar to locate an object in a stretch of river north of the city, which Campbell Transportation …
CBS News
1 hour ago
FDA announces recall of heart pumps linked to deaths and injuries
CBS News - By Daniel Chang, Holly K. Hacker
A pair of heart devices linked to hundreds of injuries and at least 14 deaths has received the FDA's most serious recall, the agency announced Monday. …
NBC News
2 hours ago
Federal appeals court overturns West Virginia's transgender sports ban
NBC News - By Matt Lavietes
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, a Republican who argued on behalf of the state, vowed to fight to keep the law in place. A federal appeals court struck down a West Virginia law that barred transgender athletes from competing on girls’ and women’s sports teams in public schools and …
BBC News
5 hours ago
Nasa says part of International Space Station crashed into Florida home
BBC News - By Max Matza
BBC News The 0.7kg metal object tore through man's roof after re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Nasa says part of International Space Station crashed into Florida home
The Daily Beast
5 hours ago
Tom Cotton Doubles Down on Calls for Mob Violence Against Protesters
The Daily Beast - Allison Quinn
The Arkansas Republican seems confused about laws against assault and battery. A day after encouraging members of the public to “take matters into …
Axios
6 hours ago
Democrats warn Mike Johnson: Don’t play us on foreign aid
Axios - Andrew Solender
House Democrats are warning House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that not including humanitarian aid in his foreign aid package could poison it for …
USA TODAY
5 hours ago
Sydney church stabbing that left 4 including bishop hurt deemed 'terrorist' act, sparked riot
USA TODAY - Natalie Neysa Alund
A mass stabbing at an Assyrian church in Sydney that left four people injured including its bishop was an act of terrorism, Australian police announced Tuesday morning. The knife-attack took place Monday about 7 p.m. local time at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church in the city suburb of …
USA TODAY
5 hours ago
Fire destroys Copenhagen's historic Old Stock Exchange as residents race to save treasures
USA TODAY - Julia Gomez
"Our own Notre-Dame moment," -Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen Flames in Copenhagen engulfed one of the best-known buildings in Denmark, known as the city's Old Stock Exchange, on Tuesday; the collapse of its spire brought images of the 2019 blaze at Paris' Notre-Dame and strangers united to …
Axios
5 hours ago
NPR suspends editor who accused network of liberal bias
Axios - Sara Fischer, Natalie Daher
NPR has suspended senior editor Uri Berliner after he wrote an essay deriding the network as having "lost its way" with a dominant "progressive …
Axios
5 hours ago
"Defendant is not above the law": N.Y. prosecutors urge judge to hold Trump in contempt
Axios - Erin Doherty
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a motion Tuesday seeking to hold former President Trump in contempt for alleged violations of his …
USA TODAY
11 hours ago
Campus crime is spiking to pre-pandemic levels. See your college’s numbers in our data.
USA TODAY - Suhail Bhat, Zachary Schermele
Parents in some corners of the country are concerned by the spike. Experts say they aren't worried and the numbers are largely consistent with trends over the past decade. As students returned to college campuses across the United States, so did campus crime, data shows, alarming some parents so …
NBC News
7 hours ago
House to deliver Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate to begin a trial
NBC News - By Scott Wong, Ryan Nobles, Frank Thorp V and Rebecca Kaplan
House Republican impeachment managers walked the articles over to the Senate chamber Tuesday ahead of what is expected to be a short-lived trial beginning on Wednesday. WASHINGTON — After a weeklong delay, the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon sent its articles of impeachment against …
Associated Press
16 hours ago
Only 1 in 3 US adults think Trump acted illegally in New York hush money case, AP-NORC poll shows
Associated Press - By THOMAS BEAUMONT and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first criminal trial facing former President Donald Trump is also the one in which Americans are least convinced he committed a crime, a new AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds. Only about one-third of U.S. adults say Trump did something illegal in the hush …
POLITICO
4 hours ago
Biden's campaign spending quadrupled in March
POLITICO - By Jessica Piper and Zach Montellaro
Massive ad buys drove most of the campaign’s spending. President Joe Biden’s campaign ramped up spending aggressively in March, flexing his cash advantage over former President Donald Trump with massive media buys. Biden’s campaign spent $29.2 million in March alone, according to campaign finance …
Associated Press
9 hours ago
Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics
Associated Press - By AMANDA SEITZ
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak that suddenly halted normal life around the globe in 2020. U.S. government officials will offer support in the …
The Hill
10 hours ago
House GOP looks for reset on government funding
The Hill - Aris Folley, Mychael Schnell
House Republicans are looking for a reset on government funding following the chaotic — and prolonged — spending process over the last year, adding …
DW English
17 hours ago
Ukraine updates: US House sets plan to vote on delayed aid
DW English - Deutsche Welle
The Republican leadership of the House of the US Representatives has said it will hold a vote on the package this week. But the bill will separate …
Axios
16 hours ago
White House declines Biden impeachment testimony invite from Comer
Axios - Rebecca Falconer
The White House sent House impeachment investigators a letter Monday declining their invitation for President Biden to testify before the panel at an …
1 day ago
Macron floats moving Olympics opening ceremony away from the Seine
politico.eu - Victor Goury-Laffont
“We have fallback scenarios, plan Bs and plan Cs,” said French president. French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday opened the door to moving the …
DW English
19 hours ago
Georgia: Thousands protest Russian-style 'foreign agent' law
DW English - Deutsche Welle
The ruling Georgian Dream party is once again trying to pass a bill that has been compared to Russia's "foreign agent" law. Georgia's president has …
Axios
18 hours ago
Internal document shows Arizona Republicans are considering new abortion ballot measures
Axios - Jeremy Duda
House Republicans may refer several new measures to the November ballot that would compete with the citizen initiative to enshrine abortion rights in …
POLITICO
1 day ago
Trump fundraising picks up, with help from big donors
POLITICO - By Jessica Piper and Alex Isenstadt
Trump’s takeover of the Republican National Committee was a financial boon to the RNC, too. Former President Donald Trump’s money machine ramped up in the first quarter of 2024, with the Republican National Committee raking in millions from a new joint fundraising arrangement. Trump’s own joint …
Bloomberg
19 hours ago
Israel Vows Response to Iran as Allies Urge Restraint
Bloomberg
Israel's senior military officials are calling for a response to Iran's weekend drone and missile attack, even as the US, UK and Europe push for the …
Bloomberg Opinion
18 hours ago
Modi Is Making India’s Polls All About Himself
Bloomberg Opinion - By Andy Mukherjee
India’s general election will get underway this week as a big summer sale. The two main political rivals will each try to attract nearly 1 billion eligible voters by claiming that their version of the future will cause less buyers’ remorse five years from now. Yet, the promotional packages are very …
The New York Times
19 hours ago
Boeing Defends Safety of 787 Dreamliner After Whistle-Blower’s Claims
The New York Times - Mark Walker
After a Boeing engineer went public with safety concerns, the company invited reporters to its South Carolina factory and top engineers vouched for the plane. Boeing sought on Monday to reassure the public of the safety of its 787 Dreamliner plane days before a whistle-blower is scheduled to testify …
CBS News
20 hours ago
"Rust" armorer sentenced to 18 months in prison
CBS News
"Rust" armorer Hannah Guttierez-Reed was sentenced to the maximum 18 months in prison for her role in the fatal on-set shooting of the film's …
The New York Times
21 hours ago
Israeli Settlers Kill 2 Palestinian Men in the West Bank, Officials Say
The New York Times - Aaron Boxerman
The Israeli military said the men were killed during a “violent exchange” that followed a report of a Palestinian attacking an Israeli shepherd. Israeli settlers fatally shot two Palestinians in the West Bank on Monday, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials, as tensions continued to spike …
1 day ago
Fourth body found weeks after Baltimore bridge collapse
bbc.co.uk - By Nadine Yousif
A fourth victim from last month's Baltimore bridge collapse has been recovered after salvage crews located the body trapped in one of the missing construction vehicles underwater. Six people died when the Francis Scott Key Bridge fell on 26 March after it was struck by a large container ship. The FBI …
The New York Times
1 day ago
Stabbing of Bishop in Australia During Livestreamed Service Was Act of Terror, Police Say
The New York Times - Victoria Kim
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in the attack, in which several people were injured. An official said the episode appeared to have been motivated by religious extremism. A stabbing at a church in a suburb of Sydney, Australia, that left several people injured and unfolded during a livestreamed …
Bloomberg
20 hours ago
US Envoy Heads to Korean Border to Keep Pressure on Pyongyang
Bloomberg - By Soo-Hyang Choi
The US ambassador to the United Nations went to the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas, where she criticized Pyongyang for endangering peace …
ABC News
20 hours ago
Salvage team recovers body of another missing worker in Baltimore bridge collapse: Officials
ABC News - Ivan Pereira and Sam Sweeney
Two people missing from the March 26 incident remain accounted for. The body of one of the three victims that had been unaccounted for following the …

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