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Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, Jen Jordan headed for November showdown
Gordon picked up Donald Trump’s endorsement after entering the race earlier this year. The former president has targeted Carr for being unwilling to help overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. Trump narrowly lost the state to Democrat Joe Biden. Jordan, a Democrat from Sandy Springs who is in her second full term …
Chris Murphy Slams Fellow Senators After Texas Shooting: ‘Why Are You Here?’
Senator Chris Murphy was a young United States representative from Connecticut when he stood at a firehouse in 2012 with families from his district as they learned that their children, all first graders, had been shot dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School. On Tuesday, nearly 10 years later, he stood on the Senate floor in …
At least 18 children killed in Texas elementary school shooting
At least 18 children and one adult are dead following a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, about 85 miles west of San Antonio. The suspect is also dead. Eighteen children and one adult were killed in Tuesday’s mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, according to Sgt. Erick Estrada of the Texas Department of …
Florence Pugh addresses Will Poulter dating rumors amid beach pics
Florence Pugh is setting the record straight on whether she and Will Poulter are dating. “Ooookay. Man. This is getting a little silly now. No, Will Poulter and I are not dating,” the actress, 26, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, days after pics of the two hanging out in Ibiza went viral. “We …
Gunmen in Mexico kill 11, including 8 women, in massacre at two bars
More than a dozen gunmen shot dead 11 people — including eight women — at a Mexican hotel and its two bars in a massacre being linked to cartel warfare, according to authorities and reports. The coordinated attacks in the central Mexican city of Celaya saw more than 50 shots fired in an ambush that …
Japan will send an astronaut to the moon with NASA, President Biden says
Japanese astronauts will ride on NASA Artemis missions to the moon, and potentially even reach the surface, amid an interagency push to expand lunar exploration. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida confirmed that commitment Monday (May 23) during a meeting in Tokyo, NASA and the White House said in separate announcements. A …
Dwayne Haskins was legally drunk when he was fatally struck, autopsy shows : NPR
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins warms up before a game against the Baltimore Ravens on Dec. 5, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption toggle caption Gene J. Puskar/AP Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins warms up before a game against the Baltimore Ravens on Dec. 5, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Gene J. Puskar/AP FORT LAUDERDALE, …
Is Putin achieving his goals in Ukraine? | Russia-Ukraine war
The last of the Ukrainian defenders in the port city of Mariupol surrendered at the Azovstal plant on Friday. The fact that at least half of them belong to the Azov regiment, created by far-right militants in 2014, offers the Kremlin a chance to claim major progress with regards to one of the officially declared …
Ex-Sixers big man Al Horford helps Celtics blowout Heat in Game 4
While the Philadelphia 76ers are no longer in the playoffs following their Round 2 loss to the Miami Heat, now is the time to check on some former Sixers who are still in the playoffs and competing. The Eastern Conference finals feature a couple of prominent ex-Sixers in Jimmy Butler for the Heat and Al …
Russia and China hold military exercise near Japan during Biden visit
China and Russia sent jets over the seas in northeast Asia on Tuesday in what Japan’s defense minister called a “provocative” and “unacceptable” move as President Biden was visiting the region. Driving the news: Japan says it scrambled jets as Chinese and Russian planes neared the country’s airspace while Tokyo was hosting the leaders of …
