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The nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. As soon as she learned that Sen. Dianne Feinstein had passed away early Friday morning, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington began contacting her fellow female senators. Susan Collins, a Republican senator who had worked with Feinstein for nearly as long as she had, received the Democrat’s initial contact. Murray, Feinstein,…

On Saturday, lawmakers will return to Capitol Hill with no clear path to resolving a dispute that threatens to shut down significant portions of the federal government in less than 18 hours, including national parks and financial regulation. Infighting among Republicans in the House of Representatives has driven the country to the verge of its…

During Friday’s downpours and sudden flooding, New Yorkers were advised to remain indoors, but one resident of the Central Park Zoo saw an opportunity in the rising waters. A female sea lion was able to swim out of the zoo’s sea lion pool and explore as a consequence of the flooding. The zookeepers observed the…

President Biden said that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made a “terrible deal” with the right part of his party over spending, which has made a shutdown of the government more likely. In a future interview, Biden will say that McCarthy is putting his speakership ahead of the needs of the people by making a deal…

A decorated U.S. Special Forces medic who murdered his girlfriend’s husband wants Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to intervene and reduce his six-decade prison sentence, arguing that he deserves leniency because he helped put his girlfriend behind bars once he discovered she had lied about being abused and “used” him in an elaborate murder-for-hire plot.“I became…

Officials said that a Nevada man was arrested on Friday in connection with the unsolved 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur. The man is thought to be the last live suspect being looked into in the case. Documents from the Clark County District Court say that on Thursday, a grand jury charged Duane Keith Davis, 60,…

The legal team for special counsel Jack Smith argued in a court filing on Friday that recent comments made by Donald Trump about now-former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and other public figures strengthened its case that the former president should refrain from speaking publicly about the federal election interference case.…

Donald Trump, who will be present at his New York civil fraud trial the following week, criticized the case on Friday while imploring supporters to donate to his 2024 presidential campaign before an important deadline. According to two people briefed on Trump’s plans, he will fly to New York on Sunday evening and witness the…

In New York City, a state of emergency has been declared due to violent storms that have brought flash flooding. At least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport was closed on Friday, and several subway systems, streets, and roadways were flooded. In some areas of the city, up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) of rain fell,…

OCEANSIDE, MD – This festival has been hampered by inclement weather. The first Oceans Calling Music Festival was canceled in 2017 due to the leftovers of Hurricane “Ian.” Setup crews were behind schedule this week because to a storm last weekend and windy conditions this week. However, as tens of thousands of people arrived in…