WASHINGTON — The political world waited over the weekend for Ron DeSantis to weigh in on the possible indictment of Donald Trump. And then waited. And waited some more. In the meantime, Trump world social media influencers and acolytes raked DeSantis over virtual coals, pointing to his silence as complicity […]
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Major climate report issues a dire outlook for human life on Earth
The chance to secure a livable future for everyone on Earth is slipping away. That was the dire message from a United Nations report released Monday, the culmination of more than six years of work by thousands of climate scientists contributing to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. […]
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The high price of Ozempic is pushing many to unregulated, copycat drugs for weight loss
When Robin Langois, 58, was prescribed the weight-loss drug Wegovy last year, she couldn’t afford the high price tag after her insurance wouldn’t cover it. But she later discovered on TikTok that people could get their hands on what appeared to be the drug’s active ingredient, semaglutide, from compounding pharmacies […]
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Trump says ‘illegal leaks’ indicate he will be arrested Tuesday in N.Y. hush money probe
Former President Donald Trump said Saturday that “illegal leaks” have indicated that he will be arrested Tuesday and called on supporters to protest. Trump, in posts on his social media platform Truth Social, referenced reports that he could soon face possible criminal charges in New York relating to a hush money payment […]
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Border crossings from Canada into New York, Vermont and N.H. are up tenfold. Local cops want help.
On the snowy border between New York and Canada, the local sheriff’s office is calling for the U.S. Border Patrol to put more manpower behind what the locals call a growing crisis: The number of illegal border crossings in the area over the last five months is nearly 10 times […]
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U.S. releases video of Russian fighter jet intercepting American drone
The U.S. military has released newly declassified video it says shows a Russian fighter jet harassing and colliding with an American drone over the Black Sea. The footage, released Thursday morning by the U.S. European Command and filmed from the drone’s onboard camera, shows a Russian Su-27 jet conducting what […]
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Texas judge weighs whether to order an abortion pill off the market in high-stakes hearing
A federal judge in Texas will hold a hearing on Wednesday in a lawsuit that seeks to overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the pills used in medication abortions. The coalition of anti-abortion groups behind the suit, called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, has requested a preliminary injunction […]
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Inflation cooled to 6% in February as the Federal Reserve weighs next steps on interest rates
Price growth cooled to an annual rate of 6% in February, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The annual reading was lower than January’s 6.4% year-over-year level and in line with economists’ forecasts. On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.4% in February from January, […]
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Biden says ‘the banking system is safe’ after Silicon Valley Bank shutdown
President Joe Biden said Monday that people should “rest assured” after his administration acted to ease uncertainties about the banking system in the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last week, the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history. The president spoke about the actions taken by his administration […]
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Historic ties to Russia but looking to the West, could Georgia be the next Ukraine?
The former Soviet state of Georgia is caught between its historic ties to the East and a future that may lie closer to the West. Its government, viewed by critics as too friendly with the Kremlin, has been rocked by mass protests in the capital. Parliament on Friday voted to […]