A group of former senior Trump administration officials filed a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission for refusing to charge President Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee over the 2020 election. America First Legal’s complaint accuses the campaign and the DNC of failing to disclose their involvement with a now-discredited letter by 51 former […]
Hamas says its political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, has left Egypt after holding talks with Egyptian officials about a possible cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and an exchange of hostages held by the militants for Palestinians imprisoned in Israel. During Hamas‘ Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, militants killed about 1,200 people and took some 250 […]
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers are considering legislation to enable authorities to prosecute people who threaten to harm election officials or their immediate family members, as threats are on the rise across the country. The Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024, which has the support of Gov. Wes Moore, would make threatening an election official a […]
WASHINGTON — With election season already underway, some state election officials are expressing frustration that Congress has yet to allocate federal money they have come to rely on to help cover the costs of securing their systems from attacks, updating equipment and training staff. Election officials face a long list of challenges this year, including […]
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The storming by Israeli troops of southern Gaza‘s main hospital brought chaos to hundreds of staff and patients inside, as health officials Friday said four people in intensive care died after their oxygen cut off. Troops were searching the facility, where the military said it believes the remains of hostages […]
The man accused of shooting three police officers and barricading himself inside his Southeast home all day Wednesday was wanted for punching a dog on camera last year, according to court documents made public Thursday. The filing also revealed that Stephen Claude Rattigan, 48, of Southeast, had 31 dogs at his home when D.C. […]
A fake alligator and a fake crocodile placed in an Arizona lake look lifelike enough to confuse residents. The “deadly” foam reptiles have been placed into the lake in Mesa’s Riverview Park in recent months to give turtles and birds a place to rest and soak in the sunlight. “First, we tried a dirt ramp that worked […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A missile strike on the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukraine border on Thursday killed five people, including a child, and injured 18 others, a Russian official said. It was the latest in exchanges of long-range missile and rocket fire in Russia‘s war on Ukraine. Hours earlier, Russia fired two […]
More than six months after the Maui wildfires gutted the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii, and killed 101, state transportation officials announced new evacuation routes for residents. The Aug. 8, 2023, blaze trapped many Lahaina residents. There are still two missing people unaccounted for from the fire, Robert Owens and Elmer Lee Stevens, the Maui […]
PARIS — French government officials on Monday accused Russia of operating a long-running online manipulation campaign against Ukraine’s Western backers in the lead up to the second anniversary of Moscow’s military invasion of its neighbor. French foreign ministry officials said in a media briefing that Russia has stepped up efforts to manipulate information and spread […]
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