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Russia is raising a stink about F-16s in Ukraine by saying they're nuclear-capable, even though the types of warplanes already deployed there can carry nukes
Ukraine already uses the Su-24, which even Russian ally Belarus said in 2022 that it's modified to carry nuclear weapons.
Biden leads Trump in polls for first time since last year
President Biden is leading former President Trump in polls for the first time since October, according to The Hill/ Decision Desk HQ’s (DDHQ) latest average of polls. Biden is ahead of Trump by 0.1 percentage points. The president is polling at 45 percent support to Trump’s 44.9 percent, based on DDHQ’s average of 685 polls pitting…
Bear dragged crash victim's body from car in Massachusetts, police say
HATFIELD - A bear is believed to have dragged the body of a western Massachusetts crash victim out of his car on Sunday, State Police say.Investigators say 31-year-old Daniel Ducharme, of South Hadley, was likely killed as a result of the crash on Route 91 south in Hatfield. Police said the evidence suggests he was "either fully ejected or partially ejected and later dragged from the car by the bear."Another driver called police at 11 a.m. on Sunday when they noticed a car in the woods off the side of the road. Troopers found a "heavily damaged" 2016 Honda Civic...
The accounting firm that Trump hired for his media firm’s IPO was caught copy-and-pasting previous audits and is now banned forever
Financial regulators permanently banned the accounting firm that the parent company of Donald Trump’s media platform hired in an enforcement action after an investigation revealed that the firm wasn’t really conducting audits and instead just pasted old work into new papers and forged the date. The investigation results did not include work performed for the Republican presidential candidate’s Trump Media and Technology Group.
Georgia Republican backs Biden, blasts those in party who ‘fall in line’ with Trump
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) revealed Monday he would be backing President Biden in November’s election and criticized other Republicans who “fall in line” with former President Trump. In an op-ed published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday, Duncan wrote it is “disappointing to watch an increasing number of Republicans fall in line…
Elizabeth Holmes has more months shaved off prison sentence, records show
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has shaved several more months of her jail time, prison records show.Holmes, 40, was convicted in January 2022 on four counts of fraud and conspiracy for lying about the capabilities of her biotech company’s blood testing technology and conning investors out of millions of dollars.She was originally sentenced to 11 years and is housed at the minimum security Camp Bryan federal prison in Texas.In July 2023, The Independent reported that Holmes’s prison sentence had been shortened by nearly two years, with a projected release date of December 29 2023.The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) database now...
Former Trump attorney calls hush money judge a ‘pro’
Former Trump attorney William Brennan said Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the New York hush money case involving former President Trump, is a “pro” and “a pleasure” to work with. Trump has frequently targeted Merchan before and during the hush money trial, lashing out and saying he is running an unfair proceeding. But Brennan…
Gov. Kristi Noem suggests Biden's dog should be shot too
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, facing criticism for a story in her new book about killing her dog, suggested that President Biden should do the same with his former dog, Commander. In her book, Noem writes about killing her dog, a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer named Cricket after the dog had shown aggressive behavior. Noem also writes that if she got to the White House, she would say "Commander, say hello to Cricket." Mr. Biden's dog had been known for biting people at the White House. The German shepherd was removed from the White House last year in the wake of multiple documented...
Murder charges against 5 deputies dropped in death of Irvo Otieno
Murder charges against five sheriff's deputies in the death of Irvo Otieno at a Virginia mental health hospital last year have been dropped as his family expressed outrage Monday over the prosecutor's decision.
Greene signals possible offramp for Johnson ouster vote
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) huddled Monday for almost two hours with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — a marathon meeting suggesting the pair is seeking a deal to defuse tensions and preclude floor action on the Georgia firebrand’s resolution to boot Johnson from power. The two emerged from the Speaker’s office separately but bearing the…
Tornado tears through northeast Oklahoma, leaves trail of damage
A tornado destroyed homes and toppled trees and power lines when it roared through a small northeast Oklahoma city, one of several twisters that erupted in the central United States amid a series of powerful storms. The tornado ripped through the 1,000-person city of Barnsdall, about a 40-minute drive north of Tulsa, Monday night. The nearby city of Bartlesville also took a "direct hit" from a funnel, according to Washington County Emergency Director Kary Cox.Stephen Nehrenz, a meteorologist at CBS Tulsa affiliate KOTV, said on social media late Monday that, "The Hampton Inn in Bartlesville took a hit from tonight's...
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