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Richard Sharrocks/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Congress narrowly averted a partial government shutdown, buying a few extra weeks to try to work out an agreement on a set of bills that will fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year. After several days of nail biting over Fridays looming deadline, which would have seen four of 12 government funding bills expiring, both chambers passed the short-term funding bill -- allowing them to get out of town as another snowstorm barrels toward the E...

A woman from New York was arrested in Danbury after a long investigation by police who say she used a fake ID to finance her purchase of a vehicle at a car dealer on Federal Road almost one year ago. 35 year old Victoria Mendez is facing four felony charges, including first-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny, second-degree identity theft and second-degree forgery involving her part in the financing last March of a preowned 2020 Chevrolet Tahoe for more than $60,000. During...

In this July 1, 2021, file photo, well water runs through pre-filters at a new water treatment plant along Kimberly Ave. in Fullerton, CA. The plant is used to remove PFAS, a family of chemicals used for waterproofing and stain-proofing among other uses. -- Orange County Register via Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Doctors are now being encouraged to consider more blood testing for PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” according to guidance released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...

Steve Granitz/FilmMagicIt looks as if Pauly Shore fans are getting what theyve memed about — for the actor to portray fitness guru Richard Simmons in a dramatic biopic. Back in September, Shore responded to fans who noticed that the now-55-year-old former Encino Man star resembles Simmons, now 75, who hasnt been seen in public since 2014. "I reached out to him," Pauly explained at the time. "I heard hes living deep in Big Bear [California]. We’ve been playing phone tag (yes, h...

Former President Donald Trump speaks at his caucus night event at the Iowa Events Center, Jan. 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is on trial this week in New York City to determine whether he will have to pay former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll additional damages for defaming her in 2019 when he denied her allegations of sexual assault. Last year, in a separate trial, a jury determined that Trump was liable for sex...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. (Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trumps convincing victory in Mondays Iowa caucuses shows his continued strength among Republicans, and a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds once more that Trump is both viewed nationwide as the candidate whom Republicans and Republican-leaning independents would be most satisfied with as their 2024...

KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. has launched a new retaliatory strike against Houthi targets in Yemen amid the groups continued attacks on international ships in the area, officials said Wednesday. Five areas were targeted in the U.S. strikes on Yemen: the governorates of Hodeidah, Taiz, Dhamar, Bayda, and Saada, the Sanaa-Saba press agency, the Houthi state media claimed. CENTCOM said in a post on X Wednesday night that the strike targeted 14 Iranian-made Houthi missiles "t...

Assignment Judge Michael Blee on Wednesday dismissed Maria Lacca’s lawsuit seeking a recount in the Nov. 7 City Council election in Ward 5, saying she didn’t show sufficient evidence of errors in counting. According to the Press of Atlantic City, Republican Lacca challenged incumbent Democratic Councilman Muhammad “Anjum” Zia in the fifth ward but lost ... Read more

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- U.S. economic activity changed little in recent weeks as hiring stalled, prices grew modestly and the private sector feared uncertainty tied to the 2024 election, a Federal Reserve report released on Wednesday showed. A rosy outlook nevertheless pervaded the findings, since industry officials anticipated interest rate cuts this year, the report said. On the whole, the report depicts an economy that has downshifted from blistering growth in the middle of la...

DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Despite having a very effective and easily available vaccine, measles outbreaks have continued to pop up in the United States over the last two decades. Most recently, there have been eight cases confirmed in Philadelphia since December 2023, all among unvaccinated individuals. Additionally, a person with measles traveled through D.C.-area airports and cases have been identified in Delaware, New Jersey and Washington state, according t...