Nine people were injured in a shooting in San Francisco on Friday night. Police say all are expected to survive. The San Francisco Police Department tweeted that the public should avoid the area while they investigate the shooting. The department said the shooting appeared to be targeted and isolated, and no known threat to the...
A federal judge has partially unsealed his decision that required former Vice President Mike Pence to testify in special counsel Jack Smith’s probe into the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, the chief judge for the district court for Washington, D.C.,...
Former President Trump – long deemed Teflon Don for his ability to dodge legal matters – is facing a series of serious criminal charges brought by the Justice Department, which unsealed a 37-count indictment on Friday related to his handling of classified documents. The indictment is Trump’s second this year, but it’s his first time...
A surprising Voting Rights Act decision at the Supreme Court has added a new dimension to the fight for House control ahead of the 2024 election cycle. The ruling paves the way for the creation of a second Black-majority congressional district in Alabama, but it is also likely to impact voting map fights in states...
A new survey found a larger-than-expected population of the world's most endangered marine mammal, a small porpoise whose collapse has generated international contempt toward Mexico. Researchers in the Gulf of California recorded between 10 and 13 individual vaquita marina porpoises over 17 days in May, roughly the same number of vaquitas spotted in October of...
Cancer centers are contending with shortages of key chemotherapy drugs, with potentially dire consequences once the scarcity starts hitting patients. A new survey released this week by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) found that 93 percent of cancer centers are reporting shortages of carboplatin and 70 percent are reporting shortages of cisplatin. These two...
Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear received more unconventional support for his re-election bid as a number of law enforcement officials endorsed him over Republican Daniel Cameron.
California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff said special counsel Jack Smith's indictment of former President Donald Trump proves Trump had "maligned intent."
GOP Rep. Chris Smith is sounding the alarm over what he says is a Biden administration plan to promote abortion in Africa using funding for a Bush era AIDS relief program.