Ebony Parker, a former elementary school assistant principal in Virginia where a six-year-old student shot his teacher, has been indicted in the case. A special grand jury in Newport News, Va. has charged Parker, 39, with eight counts of child abuse, records unsealed Tuesday show. She was charged on March 11 with child abuse and...
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) said on Tuesday he does not think Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) should be ousted from his position for “doing the right thing” and letting Ukraine aid to the floor for a vote. Krishnamoorthi also predicted, in an interview with CNN's Jim Acosta, that enough Democrats would vote to save the speaker...
The Arizona Supreme Court Tuesday upheld an 1864 law that makes performing an abortion a felony. What does it mean? The 4-2 decision rejected arguments for a 15-week abortion ban and makes the medical procedure almost entirely illegal in the state. The Civil War-era law passed decades before Arizona became a state in 1912. The...
The April 15 tax filing deadline is less than a week away at a pivotal moment for U.S. tax administration, with the IRS undergoing big changes in the wake of a major funding boost and offering new ways for Americans to file their taxes. As of March 29, the IRS has received more than 90.3...
Republicans have narrowed the party affiliation gap with Democrats, closing on an advantage heading into the 2024 general election, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. The new survey released on Tuesday found the country is close to evenly split among party lines with nearly half of the registered voters, 49 percent, identifying as...
Vice President Harris on Tuesday met with family members of Americans still being held hostage by Hamas as the administration pushes for a cease-fire in Gaza that would lead to their release. Harris, in the meeting at the White House, "underscored that President Biden and she have no higher priority than reuniting the hostages with...
A Boeing engineer claimed the plane manufacturer brushed off safety concerns about the production of the company’s 787 and 777 jets, according to a complaint filed with the Federal Aviation Administration. Engineer Sam Salehpour, who said he has worked at Boeing for more than a decade, told the FAA there are sections of the fuselage...