Bidens mark first lady's 70th birthday with bike ride near beach home
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (REHOBOTH BEACH, Del.) — A quiet day at the beach for a big birthday. President Joe Biden, in rare midweek move, had whisked his wife, first lady Jill Biden, away from Washington
Target Deal Days set to compete with Amazon Prime Day
jimkruger/iStock (New York) — Target has jumped on the summer deals bandwagon, announcing it will be hosting a Deal Days digital sale from June 20 to June 22. With 36 straight hours of deals, Target’s shopping bonanza
Texas man who used Grindr to target gay men pleads guilty to hate crime charges
Marilyn Nieves/iStock (DALLAS) — A Texas man who attacked and robbed gay men after luring them to a residence using the dating app Grindr has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes charges, the Justice Department announced Thursday
Activists ask North Carolina governor to press for federal probe in fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr.
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (CHARLOTTE) — Determined to get justice for a Black man fatally shot by North Carolina sheriff’s deputies who were deemed justified in their use of deadly force by a local prosecutor, a group of
DOJ investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over former firm's political donations
Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A spokesperson for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy confirmed Thursday that the Justice Department is investigating the mail chief over reports that he improperly reimbursed employees at his former company for their personal
Uneaten oysters provide pearl of an environmental solution during COVID-19 pandemic
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Environmental groups and oyster farmers have found a silver lining — or a pearl — amid the ravages of the pandemic. Millions of oysters that went unsold when restaurants closed are finding
Buffalo wins NHL Draft Lottery
cmannphoto/iStock (NEW YORK) — The Buffalo Sabres won the NHL’s draft lottery and will pick first overall during July’s draft. “It’s a great moment for our franchise,” Buffalo general manager Kevyn Adams said during the broadcast on
High school valedictorian denounces Texas abortion law in surprise graduation speech
WFAA-TV (DALLAS) — A high school valedictorian used her graduation speech to speak out against a newly signed law in her home state of Texas that bans abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy. The commencement
'No way of knowing' if Nashville Christmas Day suicide bombing could have been thwarted: Report
Terry Wyatt/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — An after-action review of a Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville has concluded “there is no way to know for sure” whether police could have thwarted the devastating attack that injured
Small business grant program earns Sequim statewide recognition
By Pepper Fisher SEQUIM – The City of Sequim has once again been singled out by the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) with the presentation of a Municipal Excellence Award for its Small Business Rapid Relief Grant