Former American football star and celebrity criminal defendant OJ Simpson has been cremated, the lawyer handling his estate said. Simpson died last week at home in Las Vegas at the age of 76. Lawyer Malcolm LaVergne told The Associated Press he was present, along with unspecified other people, for the morning event at Palm Mortuary […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An election this month in Pittsburgh and some of its suburbs is emerging as an early test of whether Israel’s war with Hamas poses political threats to progressive Democrats in Congress who have criticized how the conflict has been handled. U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, a first-term lawmaker who has aligned herself […]
President Joe Biden upped his criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s role in the Israel-Hamas war but did not indicate any significant changes in U.S. policy toward its Middle East ally. “I think what he’s doing is a mistake,” Biden said in an interview with Univision that is set to air Tuesday night in […]
Child advocacy organizations say a new report is rightfully scathing against the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services. Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Human Rights and Law, released chilling findings discovered as part of a bi-partisan inquiry into the state’s handling of foster children. “What’s clear, is that our child welfare system is fraught with […]
WASHINGTON — Just five minutes into a meeting with President Joe Biden, a Palestinian American doctor who has treated gravely injured patients in Gaza couldn’t bear to stay, so he left. Dr. Thaer Ahmad, who specializes in emergency medicine, recalled getting emotional when talking about the many Palestinians he cared for, describing the scale of […]
Stoneham Superintendent apologizes to upset parents for the handling of a recent arrest at school Parents in Stoneham were upset and voiced their concerns at a School Committee budget meeting Thursday night. “He was an armed pedophile trying to gain entrance into school,” said Andrew Dawson, a parent. Dawson and several parents are angry that […]
Sarah Ferguson has expressed her admiration for Britain’s Princess of Wales, saying she will be “surrounded by the love of her family and everyone is praying for the best outcome”. Britain’s Duchess of York, who was herself diagnosed with skin cancer this year after facing breast cancer last summer, said Kate’s video revealing her cancer […]
The Department of Transportation announced it is beginning a review of the data collection and privacy practices of the nation’s 10 largest airlines. The agency wants to ensure passenger data is properly protected and not unethically sold to third parties. “Airline passengers should have confidence that their personal information is not being shared improperly with […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel who impugned the president’s age and competence in his report on how Joe Biden handled classified documents after his years as vice president is set to be questioned himself on Tuesday, as House Republicans seek to keep a spotlight on the unflattering assessment of the president. Robert Hur will […]
The House subcommittee tasked with investigating the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday subpoenaed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in relation to his administration’s handling of nursing homes during the pandemic, according to documents first obtained by ABC News. Specifically, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic is seeking to question […]
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — President Joe Biden’s most serious opponent in Michigan’s Democratic primary isn’t Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota, his nominal rival for the party nomination. It’s “Uncommitted.” Angered by Biden’s refusal to force an enduring cease-fire in Gaza, unhappy Democrats in Michigan are pushing others to cast protest votes in Tuesday’s primary by checking […]
The controversy over special counsel Robert Hur’s characterization of President Joe Biden’s memory has obscured one of the most surprising findings in his report: evidence that Biden knowingly kept classified materials at home for years and failed to turn them in. After a yearlong investigation, Hur found that the evidence of “willful retention” — the […]