After spending fight, House Democrats regroup in Philadelphia to plan for midterms
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The last time Democrats gathered in-person for a caucus retreat, in 2019, the House majority crafted an agenda centered on plans for a bipartisan infrastructure bill and lowering prescription
Two years into pandemic, Americans still feeling deadly impact of COVID-19
Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — March marks two years since the coronavirus pandemic upended life across the globe. Although the nationwide quarantine was initially meant to last only 14 days, in the hope of slowing down
Permitless gun carry laws draw opposition from law enforcement
Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Alabama became the latest state to remove permit requirements to carry a concealed gun in public, as multiple states debate similar measures this session. Known as “permitless carry” or “constitutional carry”
Hong Kong doubles down on 'Zero COVID' policy, as death rate soars to world’s highest
CGinspiration/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — As much the rest of the world learns to live with COVID-19, the highly infectious omicron variant has finally broken through Hong Kong’s once-lauded defenses. The city was a poster child for
What is the threat from a 'cornered' Putin as the Russia-Ukraine conflict drags on?
MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Long before the first shot was fired, diplomats the world over have been trying to find a way to broker some sort of peace between Ukraine and Russia. After
How two strangers came together to help African students in Ukraine amid the Russian invasion
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The two women had never met in a real life, but through social media they found a common interest: helping Africans students stranded in Ukraine during the Russian invasion. Patricia Daley and
Former Trump adviser Michael Flynn meets with Jan. 6 committee, takes fifth
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, appeared Thursday before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and exercised his Fifth Amendment
How New York City is preparing for expected rising sea levels from climate change
Matteo Colombo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The rise in sea levels has been imminent as concerns over climate change grow, and with the latest predictions and extreme weather events, cities are rushing to create long-term solutions to
Raven-Symoné says it's “so important” Disney Channel features diverse characters: “It shows that it's relevant”
Disney/Carell Augustus On Friday, Raven-Symoné returns in season five of Disney Channel’s Raven’s Home, which sees her titular character moving back to San Francisco to help her dad recover from a heart attack. Speaking to ABC Audio, Raven said season
Scoreboard roundup — 3/10/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Brooklyn 129, Philadelphia 100 Golden State 113, Denver 102 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Winnipeg 2, New Jersey 1 Arizona 5, Toronto 4 (OT)