ALBANY, N.Y. — The use of the red flag law in New York has surged over the past year to allow judges to confiscate weapons from people they deem dangerous. The rise in cases, according to prosecutors and elected officials, has helped quell gun violence in New York after an alarming spike during the Covid-19 … Read more
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign attempted to set the tone for the battle to come on Thursday, saying the incumbent Democrat will have many roads to victory in 2024. Despite polls showing tepid support for the 80-year-old president who would be 86 by the end of a second term, … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle under scrutiny for claiming they were in a two-hour car chase with the paparazzi. Here’s what we know about the incident. (Photo: AP Photo) Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s statement about their “near catastrophic car chase” created a media frenzy on Wednesday as the couple’s detractors cast doubt on their … Read more
KIEV (Reuters) – El ejército ucraniano afirmó el jueves haber logrado nuevos avances territoriales en los intensos combates en torno a la ciudad de Bajmut, en el este de Ucrania, pese a contar con menos soldados y armamento que las fuerzas rusas. En la última semana, Kiev ha afirmado que ha intensificado la presión sobre … Read more
By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – If investors agree on one thing this year, it’s that the dollar is going to fall. That’s made the greenback’s 2% bounce over the last month particularly confusing. U.S. inflation is cooling and the Federal Reserve may pause its interest rate hikes next month. So the dollar should be … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Rishi Sunak said his UK government is in talks with the European Union about Brexit-related rules that have triggered warnings from carmakers about the impact of looming tariffs on their profitability. Most Read from Bloomberg “It’s something that car manufacturers across Europe, not just in the UK, have raised as a concern,” Sunak … Read more
A protein found in bats could have “therapeutic potential” for humans. (Getty Images) It’s been a busy week in health news — from saying goodbye to COVID public health and mpox global health emergencies to ushering in a new era of over-the-counter birth control pills. But that’s not all that happened in the wellness space. … Read more
Jaylen Trice, 14, is a lyricist. He likes to put his thoughts and feelings on paper. “Everyday/ I go outside and there’s one thought on my mind/ ‘Will I die today?’” he wrote in his award-winning poem “Eternal Cycle,” that illustrated the patterns of violence that surround him. In a city beleaguered by gun violence, … Read more
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) unleashed jokes on House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) as he brought out a dog to sniff out a Biden family probe informant that the Republican claimed may have gone “missing.” Comer, who has claimed that the Bidens have been “influence peddling” and racked in over $10 million from foreign … Read more
The Macaw and Medusa face off one last time on ‘The Masked Singer’ Season 9 finale. (Photos: Michael Becker/Fox) Fifteen years ago, David Archuleta lost that epic “David vs. David” battle against David Cook on American Idol Season 7, and in one of that show’s earliest meme moments, a home video of a squad of … Read more