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Jennifer Lopez stood up for Puerto Ricans at a rally for Kamala Harris on Thursday. Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe recently sparked outrage when he referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage” during a Donald Trump rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Lopez, who has Puerto Rican parents, spoke out to […]
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, who dressed as a giant panda, hosted trick-or-treaters on the White House South Lawn on Wednesday for the last time. The first lady had participated in the National Zoo’s announcement earlier this year that pandas would be returning to Washington. They arrived in the nation’s capital in […]
The highly contentious, tightly contested U.S. presidential election is now a week away. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate, is set to deliver her so-called “closing argument” to voters in a Tuesday evening speech near the White House. Republican former President Donald Trump is campaigning in Pennsylvania, one of the seven political battleground states […]
A proposed multibillion-dollar missile defense system for Guam has been reduced to 16 sites on the island from the original 22, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said in a draft environmental impact statement on Friday. The project is designed to create “360 degree” protection for the U.S. Pacific territory from missile and air attacks of […]
OUSTON — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter told an energetic crowd Friday she was not attending Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign rally as a celebrity, but her fame made an impact, anyway. Even before the “Cowboy Carter” creator graced the stage in support of Harris with her mom, Tina Knowles, and her longtime friend and collaborator Kelly Rowland, Beyoncé’s influence was felt outside […]
EVERETT, WASH. — Boeing reported a loss of more than $6 billion in the third quarter and immediately turned its attention to union workers who will vote Wednesday whether to accept a company contract offer or continue their crippling strike, which has dragged on for nearly six weeks. New CEO Kelly Ortberg laid out his plan […]
DETROIT — Had she wanted to, Michelle Chumley could have afforded a pricey new SUV loaded with options. But when it came time to replace her Chevrolet Blazer SUV, for which she’d paid about $40,000 three years ago, Chumley chose something smaller. And less costly. With her purchase of a Chevrolet Trax compact SUV in June, […]
ST. PETE BEACH, FLA. — U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday surveyed the devastating damage in Florida left in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton sweeping across the state last week, where residents are still recovering from the destruction wrought by late September’s Hurricane Helene. “This area is taking a real beating from back-to-back storms,” Biden said […]
Hurricane Milton brought flooding rains and damaging winds to central and northern Florida on Thursday, destroying homes and leaving at least four people dead and 3 million without power before moving into the Atlantic Ocean. The storm made landfall late Wednesday near Siesta Key in Sarasota County as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained […]
Florida is preparing for its largest evacuation since 2017 as Hurricane Milton, now a powerful Category 5 storm in the Gulf of Mexico, heads for the southeastern U.S. state. The storm’s pending arrival follows the recent devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene. At last report, Milton was about 1,130 kilometers (702 miles) southwest of Tampa, […]
