President Joe Biden faces growing calls to exit the race after his disastrous debate performance. He’s due to meet with Democratic governors on Wednesday to try to reassure them of his competence. 25 Democratic House members are considering asking him to quit the race, a Democratic aide said. President Joe Biden is set to meet […]
A Republican incumbent on a commission that oversees elections in a major swing county in Nevada has fended off a far-right challenge and secured her party’s nomination in a race that could have had implications for national elections. Heading into Nevada’s primary on Tuesday, the incumbent, Clara Andriola, had been facing a challenge from the […]
A Coweta County man is recovering after being attacked randomly by five dogs and then dragged as he walked through his neighborhood, The Newnan Times-Herald reports. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Rebecca Bradley with Coweta County Animal Services said the man was attacked on May 17 around 4:45 p.m. at […]
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military and allied armed groups have staved off an attack by a paramilitary group and Arab militias on a major city in the western region of Darfur, officials and residents said on Saturday. The attack on Friday was the latest by the Arab-dominated Rapid Support Forces against el-Fasher, the provincial capital […]
Sudan’s military and allied armed groups have staved off an attack by a paramilitary group and Arab militias on a major city in the western region of Darfur, officials and residents said on Saturday. The attack on Friday was the latest by the Arab-dominated Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense minister said Thursday that since early in Russia’s war against Ukraine he has kept an emergency backpack ready, drawing detractors who said his comments did not send a reassuring message about the country’s safety. The comment from a high government official reflected the anxieties that have taken hold in […]
Progressive Rep. Summer Lee fended off a primary challenge from Edgewood Borough Council member Bhavini Patel, NBC News projects, in a race that served as an early test of how Democratic voters feel about the Israel-Hamas war and concerns over rising antisemitism at home. With 99% of the expected vote counted, Lee held a 21-point […]
SPRINGFIELD TWP. — Local officials are celebrating a recent court victory over one of the nation’s biggest housing developers, a win that keeps intact one of the most rural, lightly populated, and heavily agricultural areas in New Jersey. Builder D.R. Horton Inc. has a contract to buy the Van Wagoner family farm, about 286 acres […]
The German frigate Hessen has fended off an attack against a civilian cargo ship in the Red Sea, Germany’s armed forces, the Bundeswehr, said on X on Saturday evening. “An approaching missile was destroyed,” the army wrote. The Hessen has been deployed in the Red Sea since the end of February to protect merchant ships […]
Feb. 12 (UPI) — Security cameras were recording in a California neighborhood when a family’s dog fended off an attack from a mountain lion. Giant schnauzer Holly was let out into her family’s La Verne yard just before 9 p.m., and security cameras recorded the moment a mountain lion pounced on the 3-year-old, 93-pound canine. […]
As the sun rose Saturday, more than 300 mothers and fathers stood in line with blankets around their shoulders and hats pulled over their ears, waiting in the cold for a Harnett County angel. They queued up at dawn because Melanie Stewart, better known around Lillington as “Mama Moses,” promised free bicycles and toys as […]