Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court’s ruling Friday narrowing a key obstruction statute used against more than 300 individuals charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol could affect dozens of cases brought by the Justice Department in the three years since prosecutors […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Supreme Court Friday denied ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s request to remain out of jail while he continues to appeal his contempt of Congress conviction. Bannon earlier this month was ordered by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols to report to prison by […]
Getty Images – STOCK (WELLFLEET, Mass. ) — More than 80 dolphins are currently stranded on a beach near Wellfleet, Massachusetts, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare. The Atlantic whitesided dolphins are at the Great Island at the Herring River — also known at the “Gut” — which […]
Getty Images – STOCK (YULEE, Fla.) — A shark attacked a man in Florida, seriously injuring his arm, officials said. The attack unfolded around 11 a.m. Friday at West Rock near the port of Fernandina, which is north of Jacksonville near the Florida-Georgia border, Nassau County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Alicia […]
(Beaver, UT) — Containment on the Little Twist Fire is now 25-percent contained. Firefighters say the flames burning near Beaver have charred more than 25-hundred acres and more than 300 personnel are on site. Officials noted how rainstorms and cloud cover have helped keep fire activity limited over the last […]
(St. George, UT) — The 2nd Congressional District Republican primary is still too close to call. Incumbent Celeste Maloy was holding a slim lead over Colby Jenkins as of yesterday evening with roughly 95-percent of ballots counted. Maloy’s advantage was less than a thousand votes at the time. She had […]
Alex Wichman/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Homelessness advocates are condemning the Supreme Court’s ruling that an Oregon city’s ordinance to bar anyone without a permanent residency from sleeping outside does not amount to “cruel and unusual” punishment under the Eighth Amendment. In 2013, the Grants Pass city council attempted to ban […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Severe storms ravaged the country from Montana to Florida on Thursday, with winds gusting to 91 mph in South Dakota and hail as large as golf balls in Montana. In Melbourne, Florida, a tornado ripped through a neighborhood, damaging homes. “Fortunately no one was injured,” […]
A gigantic fish measuring 6 feet long and weighing 220 pounds has been caught in the Hudson River in New York during an environmental survey, officials said. — NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NEW YORK) — A gigantic fish measuring 6 feet long and weighing 220 pounds has been caught […]
The Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center is the first LGBTQ center in the National Park Service. — Courtesy of Stephen Kent Johnson (NEW YORK) — Mark Segal was 18 years old and had only lived in New York City for six weeks when he found himself at the center of […]
