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Supporters of U.S. aid to Ukraine are watching the House turmoil with growing alarm
Leaders dropped $6 billion in Ukraine aid from the temporary funding measure passed Saturday as they focused on passing it quickly, just hours before the government would have shut down.
Climate destruction fuels growing sector of the U.S. economy
The overall price tag of global warming has long been the subject of debate. New data from Bloomberg Intelligence has put a number on the cost of burning fossil fuels.
What to do with 1.1 million bullets seized from Iran? U.S. ships them to Ukraine
The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet and its allies have intercepted numerous ships believed to be transporting weapons and ammunition from Iran to Yemen in support of the Iranian-backed Houthis.
Massachusetts shooting claims life of baby delivered after mother was one of several hit by gunfire
Authorities say the baby of a pregnant woman who was shot following a fight on a downtown street was delivered at a hospital and died.
Suspect charged in Tupac’s fatal shooting makes first court appearance in Las Vegas
Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis was arrested and charged in the 1996 fatal drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur last week.
McCarthy’s ouster leaves House adrift as divided Republicans seek a new leader
It is a wide open battle for the job just as Congress faces a new deadline to fund the government by mid-November, but work on that legislation is on hold due to the vacancy in the speaker’s office.
Biden suggests he has a path to get more aid to Ukraine
Aid for Ukraine has been a source of tension and uncertainty as several Republicans in the House have severe doubts or openly oppose additional funding to sustain the Ukrainian military.
Capitol rioter who attacked cameraman and police officer gets more than 4 years in prison
The Illinois man also has been charged in in that state with first-degree murder in the death of a woman killed in a wrong-way car collision on Nov. 8, 2022, while the man was fleeing from police.
Shooting erupted during dispute at a Baltimore university, but victims were unintended targets
The shooting happened at Morgan State University as students were headed to a homecoming week campus ball.