Kellyanne Conway, a counselor to President Donald Trump and one of his fiercest defenders, found herself in a standoff Friday with a conservative-leaning newspaper after it accused her of threatening to investigate a reporter’s personal life.
Former President Jimmy Carter fractured his pelvis in a fall at home Monday night and was recovering at a hospital, according to representatives for the Carter family.
Parts of a Hard Rock Hotel under construction in New Orleans collapsed Saturday morning, killing one and injuring at least 18 others, a city official said. There are three people who remain unaccounted for.
For decades, the discussion of whether or not UFOs exist has been debated in American pop culture and within science communities. The ongoing conversation reached a fever pitch last week when the U.S. Navy confirmed that three widely shared videos captured by naval aviators in 2004 and 2015 were indeed real and showed what it called “unidentified aerial phenomena.”
An Arizona state trooper accused of using his authority to victimize women during traffic stops has been arrested on 61 charges that included sexual abuse, sexual extortion, kidnapping and harassment, officials said.
Sen. Kamala Harris of California apologized Saturday after a man attending a town hall called President Donald Trump’s actions “mentally retarded” and she responded with a chuckle.
Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, both R-Ky., are recovering at home from medical procedures they had over the weekend, their teams said. McConnell, the majority leader, fractured his shoulder at his home in Louisville, while Paul underwent surgery to remove a portion of his lung.
Depression and anxiety. The state of the country. Climate change. Mass shootings. Today’s students are grappling with a variety of issues beyond the classroom.Uganda New York Times world21 Jul 2019
A black member of Georgia’s House of Representatives said she had been the target of verbal harassment and had been told “go back where you came from” at a grocery store near Atlanta on Friday.Uganda New York Times world21 Jul 2019
A school district in eastern Pennsylvania faced criticism after sending letters this month to more than three dozen parents warning that if their debt for school meals was not paid, their child could be placed in foster care.Uganda New York Times world21 Jul 2019
A school district in eastern Pennsylvania faced criticism after sending letters this month to more than three dozen parents warning that if their debt for school meals was not paid, their child could be placed in foster care.Uganda New York Times entertainment8 Jul 2019
The festival, Afrofuture Fest, initially charged people of color $20 and “non-POC” $40, according to the ticketing details on its Eventbrite page early Sunday. Now all tickets will be $20.
A tip led the authorities to the home of the man, William Engelder, in Allegany, New York, about 70 miles south of Buffalo and near the Pennsylvania border, in August 2018.
A 2-year-old boy died from complications of E. coli and three other children were sickened in cases that officials said were linked to contact with animals at the San Diego County Fair in June.
Days after Donald Trump Jr. shared, and then deleted, a tweet questioning Sen. Kamala Harris’ race, several of her rival Democratic presidential candidates lent her their support Saturday.
The San Francisco Board of Education voted unanimously this week to cover a series of murals at George Washington High School that includes images of a dead Native American and slaves at work.
Debate about the series of 13 murals, called “The Life of George Washington,” has been going on for over half a century but has heated up in the past couple of years. The seven-member board’s decision came Tuesday, during the panel’s last meeting of the school year.
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