David Ryder/Getty Images (OLYMPIA, Wash.) — Washington state legislators are looking to get ahead of some technological tools used for political misinformation before they say they further disrupt the public trust in government. The state Senate passed a bill last month that would provide political candidates with legal safeguards in civil […]
Jefferson Siegel/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, on Wednesday completed his testimony before a Manhattan grand jury investigating a 2016 hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Cohen answered questions from each of the grand jurors over the course of […]
9th grader sues school district after staffer allegedly ‘physically assaulted’ her when she didn’t recite the Pledge of Allegiance (LEXINGTON, S.C.) — The family of a 15-year-old Black honor student is suing her South Carolina school district, alleging she was assaulted by a school staffer who she said was upset she […]
Google Maps Street View (SACRAMENTO) — Authorities are looking for a suspect who crashed a helicopter after trying to steal it from Sacramento Executive Airport in California early Wednesday. No one was injured in the crash and no one is in custody, Sacramento police said. The attempted theft of the chopper […]
Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, right greets fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui before introducing him at a news conference, Nov. 20, 2018, in New York. — Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Guo Wengui, an exiled Chinese billionaire with business ties to Steve Bannon, has been […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A 16-year-old softball player with cerebral palsy has gained thousands of social media followers sharing her recovery efforts after a major leg surgery. Throughout her life, Charlie Duffy has had over 20 surgeries to help correct pain and walking issues affecting the left side of her […]
Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Colorado man was indicted on hate crime charges Wednesday for allegedly defacing public spaces in New York City — including the iconic Charging Bull statue — with Nazi symbols and racial slurs in 2021. James Ryan, 40, was indicted on three felony counts […]
Venja Röber / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The aftereffects of the winter that wasn’t in the Northeast are continuing to reveal themselves, as another recreational activity opens early due to mild weather conditions. The Niagara City Cruises, the famed boat tours that take tourists to the falls, is opening […]
Ana Rodríguez, Veronica Mata, Gloria Cazares and Kimberly Rubio speak with Nightline. — ABC News (UVALDE, Texas) — Nearly 10 months after 19 Robb Elementary School students and two teachers were killed in one of the worst mass shootings in the country’s history, mothers of those victims told ABC News […]
aimintang/Getty Images (WELLESLEY, Mass.) — Students at Wellesley College, a Massachusetts private liberal arts college for women, approved a referendum to expand the college’s admission policy and use of gender-neutral language. Students voted on Tuesday in favor of allowing transgender men and non-binary individuals who were assigned male at birth […]
