The State Department on Wednesday confirmed there is no sign of foul play in the recent death of a U.S. Embassy staffer who was working in Ukraine. An unnamed U.S. government employee was working “under chief of mission authority” in Kyiv at the time of his death, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a press...
Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) introduced a bill Wednesday that would keep the House working in August it fails to pass a complete slate of 12 appropriations bills. The “Do Our Job Act” would cancel the August recess — the longest recess of the year — unless all the bills are passed. “The American people don't...
Cannabis products will no longer be a banned drug for Division I athletes in championships, the NCAA announced on Tuesday, saying it will instead treat marijuana like alcohol. The Division I Council announced that the decision to remove cannabis products from the banned drug class for its championships and postseason participation in football will be...
Story at a glance TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — An "ultra rare" $500 banknote from the 1930s is set to be auctioned off Wednesday. According to Hansons Auctioneers, the banknote was printed 90 years ago and is part of a major collection of rare USA notes uncovered in Wales. William Hayward, a coin/banknote valuer at Hansons,...
The number of LGBTQ elected officials in the U.S. has gone up nearly 200 percent since 2017, according to a new report from the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute. The report, first reported via NBC News, found that the amount of LGBTQ elected officials has risen 190.8 percent since 2017. It also found that there was a...
Taking a multivitamin every day is not found to help people live long, according to a new study. The new study analyzed data from nearly 400,000 healthy U.S. adults who had been followed for more than 20 years to examine the relationship between taking daily multivitamins and mortality. It was led by researchers from...
Nearly 3 in 4 voters heading into the November election think there should be a warning label applied to social media platforms — similar to those applied to R-rated movies, alcohol and tobacco, according to a new survey. The idea has been controversial, but support spans responding age groups in the latest Quinnipiac University poll,...
A letter signed by 16 top economists supporting Biden is filled with signatories who donated to Biden, other Democrats, or have criticized Trump in the past.
New York County Attorney General Alvin Bragg faces a bar complaint by America First Legal after the group took issue with his "unconstitutional" hiring practices.