Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling extraordinary meetings of the government to occur Tuesday evening local time, signaling a potential breakthrough on the release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas for at least 45 days. Netanyahu is convening first the war cabinet, then the security cabinet and then the government on Tuesday evening,...
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg released a public service announcement reminding airline passengers of their rights Tuesday morning. “[I]f your flight does get delayed or canceled, know that the Department of Transportation has your back,” Buttigieg said in the PSA video posted to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “For example, we have secured enforceable...
President Biden said Tuesday that efforts to bring home hostages being held by Hamas are "looking good," amid reporting that a tentative deal has been made to release hostages. “We are now very close, very close. We could bring some of these hostages home very soon, but I don’t want to get into the details...
The majority of respondents in a new survey say they are worried about being tricked by a scammer, making it the second-highest crime concern for Americans. In a Gallup survey released Tuesday, 57 percent of respondents say they either frequently or occasionally worry about being tricked by a scammer or providing access to a financial...
Puerto Rico: land of sun, sand and — in recent years — American millionaires and billionaires avoiding taxes and potentially defrauding both the United States and Puerto Rican governments.
As wildfires across the U.S. West become increasingly severe, scientists are aiming to unravel the ways such large-scale blazes are impacting the survival of species and their habitats — for better and for worse. About 100 species surveyed in California’s Sierra Nevada, southern Cascades and Klamath regions are experiencing high severity conditions over more than...
The newly redrawn district boundaries for the North Carolina state Senate divide predominantly Black counties in a way that dilutes the power of Black residents, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. The lawsuit — filed against the North Carolina State Board of Elections, the president of the state Senate and Speaker of the state House...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said Monday that his office is opening an investigation into Media Matters for America over its recent reports accusing X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, of placing ads for mainstream brands next to pro-Nazi and white nationalist content. Paxton’s office said it is investigating the liberal media watchdog...
Paris Hilton, who has alleged sexual abuse while at a teen facility in Utah in the '90s, thanked lawmakers for their work on the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act just days before Thanksgiving.