© 2011 Dorann Weber/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Nisa Betancourt graduated college in May 2020, it was an unusual time. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Betancourt was unable to accept her diploma in person and the federal government placed a pause on student loan repayments and set interest rates to […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million civil lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump, his sons Eric Trump and and Donald Trump Jr., and […]
Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The National Guard will be assisting local police on Tuesday as tens of thousands of people are expected to attend two large-scale demonstrations in the nation’s capital, according to officials. The first rally, the “March For Israel,” is being organized by the Jewish […]
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Climate change is making it harder to “maintain safe homes and healthy families” in the United States, according to an extensive report compiled by experts across the federal government and released Tuesday. The report issues a stark warning that extreme events and harmful […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.) — A 65-year-old man was fatally struck by a vehicle after Monday’s Buffalo Bills game at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, law enforcement officials said. The Rochester resident was struck by a vehicle near Stadium Drive, Orchard Park Police said. He was […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Paul Pelosi, the husband of Democratic Rep. and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, took the stand Monday in the trial against the man accused of breaking into the couple’s home last year and striking him in the head with a hammer. Pelosi, 83, suffered […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security has designated Tuesday’s March for Israel in Washington, D.C., as a “Level 1” security event, the highest rating of risk assessment, sources tell ABC News. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas signed off on the designation earlier Monday, the sources said. For […]
David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — California Gov. Gavin Newson said Monday afternoon that the fire that shut down the I-10 freeway in Los Angeles is being investigated as arson. Newsom broke the news at a press conference about the incident alongside Mayor Karen […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million civil lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump, his sons Eric Trump and and Donald Trump Jr., and […]
David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Commuters in Los Angeles are bracing for an all-day traffic nightmare after one of the nation’s busiest freeways was shut down indefinitely by a massive fire that erupted over the weekend in a storage yard underneath the normally […]
