Vice President Kamala Harris appeared to take a swing at GOP lawmakers for making it harder to vote during a Saturday interview with Al Sharpton. “I recognize that when people make the effort to register to vote, to fill out that ballot, to go to the polls and vote, it is an effort that we...
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A fire that swept through a picturesque town in Maui this week has killed at least 89 people, authorities said Saturday, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire of the past century. The newly released figure surpassed the toll of the 2018 Camp Fire in northern California, which left 85 dead. A...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A white police officer handcuffed a Black child outside his Michigan home in an “unfortunate case of ‘wrong place, wrong time,’” the Lansing Police Department said Friday. The department posted the explanation on Facebook after cellphone video circulated on social media showing the officer leading the boy — whose hands are...
ROME (AP) — Italy celebrated the return Friday of 266 antiquities from the United States, including Etruscan vases and ancient Roman coins and mosaics worth tens of millions of euros (dollars), that were looted and sold to U.S. museums and private collectors. The returned items include artifacts recently seized in New York from a storage...
PLUM, Pa. (AP) — One person is dead, another critically injured and several people are unaccounted for following a house explosion in western Pennsylvania that destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others, authorities said. Allegheny County officials said three people were taken to hospitals after the blast that happened shortly before 10:30...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Whatever jitters Bills safety Damar Hamlin might have been feeling went away midway through the first quarter on Saturday, when he first heard the play call: Blitz. Four snaps into his first game in a competitive setting since a near-death experience on Jan, 2, Hamlin broke toward the line and stopped Indianapolis...
For a few hours, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was the top political draw at the Iowa State Fair. The moment, however, was fleeting thanks to the arrival of former President Donald Trump, the clear front-runner in the race for the GOP presidential nomination.
Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sanchez will donate $100 million to help rebuild Maui after the island was devastated by wildfires this week, Sanchez announced on Instagram. “Jeff and I are heartbroken by what’s happening in Maui. We are thinking of all the families that have lost so much and a...
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) announced he filed articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden on Friday. In a statement, Steube’s office said he filed the articles against the president for “for high crimes and misdemeanors.” The articles feature accusations of fraud, obstruction of justice and bribery stemming from allegations of illegal business dealings and tax...