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Airdrops illustrate just how much of a disaster Gaza is

Airdrops are a last resort. They are inefficient, inaccurate, expensive and dangerous. Source: news.sky.com

Kirby: U.S. planned airdrops into Gaza are a supplemental effort, a cease-fire plan is still needed

White House National Security Communications Coordinator John Kirby says the announcement of US airdropping more humanitarian…

Waymo gets green light to expand driverless cars into LA and San Francisco

California cleared the way for Waymo to deploy driverless vehicles in San Francisco and Los Angeles…

With trash bins now required in NYC, only the rats are sorry to see the garbage piles go

New York City’s tradition of piling garbage bags on the sidewalk for pickup is going the…

Why Missouri currently doesn’t allow pregnant women to be legally divorced

A Missouri lawmaker has introduced legislation to clarify that the state’s judges can grant divorces even…

Maryland House OKs juvenile justice measure in response to rising auto thefts, gun possession

The Maryland House approved a measure on Friday designed to improve accountability and rehabilitation in the…

Joe Manchin confronted by climate protester at Harvard: ‘You sick f***’

Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) aide threw a climate protester to the ground after a tense interaction.…

DeSantis vetoes social media ban for kids under 16. Florida lawmakers offer new option

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed what would have been one of the most far-reaching social media…

Arizona’s new voting laws that require proof of citizenship are not discriminatory, a US judge rules

A federal judge is upholding provisions of new Arizona laws that would require counties to verify…

Trump mends fences with Club for Growth at Palm Beach retreat: ‘We’re back in love’

The Club for Growth has publicly set aside its feud with Donald Trump, inviting him to…

Gov. Abbott says Texas wildfires may have destroyed up to 500 structures

Wildfires may have destroyed as many as 500 structures in the Texas Panhandle, Republican Gov. Greg…

President Joe Biden signs short-term spending bill to avoid partial government shutdown

President Joe Biden on Friday signed a short-term spending measure that keeps one set of federal…

Iris Apfel, fashion icon and businesswoman, dies aged 102

American fashion icon and businesswoman Iris Apfel has died at her home in Palm Beach, Florida…

Cuban American lawmakers frustrated with progressives’ trip to Cuba: ‘Why were they there?’

Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) responded to the backlash for their trip to…

Study finds more older Americans struggling to afford food

American families today spend a bigger chunk of their income on groceries compared to the end…

Lisa Murkowski first senator to endorse Nikki Haley’s presidential bid

Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska on Friday endorsed Nikki Haley’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination,…

Wisconsin Republicans emerge victorious after court orders districting maps remain in place

Republicans were handed a victory in Wisconsin after the liberal-majority Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit from…

Georgia judge to rule in two weeks on ejecting Fani Willis from Trump case for conflict of interest

A Fulton County, Georgia, judge will decide within two weeks whether District Attorney Fani Willis’s love…

American tech fueling Russian war machine, lawmakers say

A Senate investigative panel has uncovered what lawmakers say is new evidence of American technology enabling…

Biden’s latest confusion: Mixes up Ukraine and Gaza

President Biden confused Ukraine and the Gaza Strip in an Oval Office meeting Friday with Italian…