Under pressure, Biden considering speech on Chinese spy balloon, other objects shot down
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Under political pressure from Democrats as well as Republicans, President Joe Biden is considering giving a speech in the coming days to address the Chinese spy balloon and the three
Guaranteed income embraced by leaders of some of largest US counties
Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Some of the largest counties in the U.S. are joining forces to provide guaranteed income to residents in need. County leaders from Los Angeles County, Chicago’s Cook County, Houston’s Harris
How people survive for days under earthquake rubble as survivors are found in Turkey, Syria
Mustafa Yilmaz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake and hundreds of powerful aftershocks struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria, survivors were still being pulled from the rubble. Rescue efforts continue even
Moderna says its COVID vaccine will remain free for all consumers, even those uninsured
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Moderna will keep its COVID vaccine on the market at no cost to consumers, even after the federal government stops paying for it, the company announced Wednesday. “Everyone in
100 million Americans across 30 states on alert for severe weather
ABC News (NEW YORK) — There are 100 million Americans across 30 states on alert for severe weather as a major winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow, high winds and a threat for tornadoes from
US risks default as soon as July unless debt ceiling is raised, financial agency estimates
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. risks defaulting on its debts as early as July unless the borrowing limit is raised, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a report on Wednesday. The federal government on
DOJ won't charge Gaetz in sex-trafficking probe as lawyer for minor calls investigation 'difficult experience'
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice has informed lawyers representing witnesses that it will not bring charges against Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz after a multiple-year sex-trafficking probe into the Florida congressman, multiple sources tell
Mom arrested after 6-year-old son allegedly brings semi-automatic handgun to school
Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office (NORRISTOWN, Pa.) — A Pennsylvania mother has turned herself in to police after her 6-year-old son allegedly took a semi-automatic handgun from her room and brought it to school, prosecutors said. When
US watched Chinese balloon from launch, may have accidentally drifted: Official
ABC News Illustration/Google Earth (WASHINGTON) — U.S. intelligence agencies tracked the Chinese spy balloon from its launch in China and watched as it may have been inadvertently blown into U.S. airspace, a U.S. official has confirmed to
New Titanic footage to be released from 1986 exploration of wreck
Bettmann / Contributor/ Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Never-before-seen footage from the 1986 exploration of the site of the Titanic shipwreck is set to be released Wednesday. The footage was captured by cameras in a three-person research