Bipartisan pair of lawmakers push to protect children online
Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn introduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday focused on protecting children online and holding social media companies accountable as cries mount for improved safety features. The legislation would mandate independent
1,500 active-duty troops being sent to southern border ahead of expected migrant surge
John Moore/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Defense plans to send 1,500 additional active-duty troops to support the security mission along the U.S.-Mexico border for a temporary three-month period ahead of an expected surge of migrants with
Map: Where gender-affirming care is being targeted in the US
ABC News (NEW YORK) — States across the country are considering bans on transgender health care for minors. At least 14 states — Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and
Fifteen hundred active-duty troops being sent to southern border ahead of expected migrant surge
Bo Zaunders/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Defense plans to send 1,500 additional active-duty troops to support the security mission along the U.S.-Mexico border for a temporary three-month period, according to a U.S. official, ahead of
Preston Hemphill, white officer in Tyre Nichols case, will not be charged, his attorney says
amphotora/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Preston Hemphill, the white officer seen on body camera footage during Tyre Nichols’ traffic stop, will not be charged in Nichols’ death, according to Hemphill’s attorney. Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy
Nearly 300 arrested in 'largest international operation' targeting fentanyl and opioid trafficking: DOJ
WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nearly 300 people were arrested as a result of a years-long, three-continent operation targeting darknet trafficking of fentanyl and opioids, the Justice Department and FBI announced Tuesday. Under “Operation SpecTor,”
Russia-Ukraine live updates: 100K Russian casualties this winter, US says
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukrainian troops
'He raped you,' friend of E. Jean Carroll testifies she said after alleged Trump attack
Sorapong Chaipanya / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A friend of writer E. Jean Carroll, testifying Tuesday in Carroll’s civil defamation and battery case against former President Donald Trump, said that Carroll called her and described the
Nonprofit offers $50,000 reward for details in Rasheem Carter investigation
Courtesy of Rasheem Carter’s family (LAUREL, Miss.) — A national nonprofit organization is offering a $50,000 reward for any information that will lead to the “arrest and conviction” of a 25-year-old Black man’s killer. Rasheem Carter was
Muslim mayor speaks out after Secret Service denies him White House entry
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (PROSPECT PARK, N.J.) — A Muslim mayor who has represented Prospect Park, New Jersey, for nearly two decades said Tuesday he has not heard from the White House since the U.S. Secret Service blocked