Homelessness surged by 12% to more than 650,000 in 2023, HUD report says
The number of homeless people counted across the United States on a single night in January 2023 jumped by 12% higher over a similar count…
Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay nearly $150M in election worker defamation suit
In Washington, D.C., on Friday, Rudy Giuliani (C) arrives at a U.S. District Court for his defamation case brought by two Fulton County, Ga., election…
U.S. homelessness up 12% to highest reported level
WASHINGTON — The United States experienced a dramatic 12% increase in homelessness as soaring rents and a decline in pandemic assistance combined to put housing out…
Sen. Padilla warned Biden not to fold to GOP on immigration
WASHINGTON — Sen. Alex Padilla approached President Biden at a campaign fundraiser at a sprawling, multilevel mansion in the Pacific Palisades last weekend to offer a…
Nikki Haley: Where GOP presidential contender stands on abortion, other issues
1 of 4 | Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks at a town hall in Waukee, Iowa, on Sunday. Photo by Joe Fisher/UPI WAUKEE, Iowa,…
Appeals court rejects Trump’s challenge of N.Y. civil trial gag order
An appellate court on Thursday rejected Former U.S. President Donald Trump's latest attempt to remove a gag order that bars him and his staff from…
Search suspended for missing 12-year-old boy following deadly Alaska landslide
Rescue crews have suspended efforts to find the remains of a 12-year old boy presumed killed in a landslide that left his entire family dead…
FDA issues warning to pet companies for selling unapproved antibiotics
Chewy Inc. was among nine pet companies the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to Thursday for selling unapproved animal antibiotics. The animal…
President Joe Biden announces rebates for drugs that raised prices faster than rate of inflation
President Joe Biden will visit the National Institutes of Health Thursday to tout efforts by his administration to require rebates on drugs that raised their…
White House adviser Jake Sullivan to hold ‘serious conversations’ with Israeli leaders on Gaza casualties
1 of 4 | Smoke rises above houses during Israeli bombing in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday. U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan was…
Antisemitism in US was on rise even before Israel-Hamas war
Like a plague that long lay dormant, antisemitism has sprung back to virulence in the U.S., deeply unsettling American Jews, many of whom had viewed…
Two arrested after seven Virginia students eat fentanyl-contaminated gummy bears
1 of 2 | Clifford Dugan is one of two people who were arrested in connection to Tuesday's hospitalization of five Virginia fourth-grade students who…
Senate passes sweeping $886B defense policy bill
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed the $886 billion defense bill that will set the Pentagon's policy priorities for fiscal year 2024. File Photo by…
Florida teachers sue state over pronoun, title restrictions in schools
Three Florida teachers are suing the state for discrimination over a law, dubbed by critics as the "Don't Say Gay" law, that bans them from…
MLB Hall of Famer Larry Doby awarded posthumous Congressional Gold Medal
1 of 8 | Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La.,, awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Larry Doby Jr., in honor of his father…
Judge pauses Trump election interference case over immunity appeal
A federal judge agreed Wednesday to pause former President Donald Trump's election interference proceedings as he appeals the case to a higher court. Trump argues…
Hunter Biden defies House order for private testimony ahead of impeachment inquiry vote
1 of 10 | Hunter Biden on Wednesday defied a request to testify behind closed doors in the House's impeachment inquiry into his father, President…
NYT: Putin Is ‘Banking On’ the U.S. Failing to Deliver Aid to Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine hit a brick wall of resistance from Senate Republicans on Tuesday as he made an urgent plea for quick approval…
Man faces life in prison on charges of attacking Jewish couple in Beverly Hills
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon announced charges Tuesday against Jarris Jay Silagi, a man accused of attacking a Jewish couple over the weekend.…
Virginia elementary students receive medical treatment for ingesting fentanyl-laced gummy bears
Seven Virginia elementary school students ingested fentanyl-laced gummy bears, resulting in five of the children requiring medical attention, authorities and officials said. Source link