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The United States on Monday marked the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. President Joe Biden is due to deliver an address to members of the military, first responders and their families at a military base in Anchorage, Alaska. Biden’s Alaska stop comes as he travels home from […]
WASHINGTON — Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the charismatic former head of the far-right Proud Boys, was sentenced on Tuesday to 22 years in prison for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the longest penalty imposed so far for the deadly riot. Tarrio’s sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly […]
The United States honored its nearly 160 million workers Monday, the annual Labor Day celebration that unofficially marks the end of summer and gives families a last chance for get-togethers with friends and relatives the day before the school year starts in some communities if it hasn’t already begun. The national holiday, officially proclaimed in […]
WASHINGTON — More than a dozen people nationally have been charged with threatening election workers by a Justice Department unit trying to stem the tide of violent and graphic threats against people who count and secure the vote. Government employees are being bombarded with threats even in normally quiet periods between elections, secretaries of state and […]
Anderson Cooper has recalled a ‘mortifying’ moment on stage with Madonna. During the most recent instalment of Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast, the journalist said he is still “mortified” about being spanked by the pop star during her Rebel Heart concert in Brooklyn, New York in 2015. “That (moment,) I choose to forget. […]
Tropical Storm Idalia brought heavy rain Thursday to the U.S. state of North Carolina, a day after the storm slammed into Florida as a powerful hurricane. The National Hurricane Center reported widespread flash flooding in coastal areas of North Carolina, with the center of the storm expected to move out into the Atlantic later in […]
Hurricane Idalia is leaving a wake of destruction from the Gulf inland as it makes its way into Georgia. The storm, which rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 storm before dropping back to a Category 3 early Wednesday, made landfall about 7:45 a.m. near Keaton Beach, at the crux of Florida’s Big Bend region. […]
People in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida are preparing for the arrival of what forecasters expect will be a major hurricane when it makes landfall Wednesday. Idalia reached hurricane strength early Tuesday, with the National Hurricane Center saying it expected the storm to rapidly intensify further during the day. Hurricane warnings were in effect […]
A University of North Carolina faculty member was shot and killed in a campus building, officials said Monday. A suspect was arrested about an hour and a half after shots were reported, UNC Police Chief Brian James said at a news conference. Students and faculty at the flagship campus had barricaded themselves in dorm rooms, […]
Tropical Storm Idalia was near the coast of Cuba Monday on a potential track to come ashore as a hurricane in the southern U.S., the National Hurricane Center said. At 4 a.m. CDT Monday, the storm was about 125 miles (200 kilometers) off the western tip of Cuba with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph […]
