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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Special counsel David Weiss has indicted an FBI confidential source who provided derogatory information about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden on felony false statement and obstruction charges. Weiss indicted Alexander Smirnov, 43, on one count of making a false statement and one count of creating a false and fictitious record related to statements he made to the FBI on a document known as an FBI Form 1023. Charging documents released on ...

The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office and New Jersey State Police co-hosted a Drug Recognition Course at the Fannie Lou Hamer Event Center at Stockton University in Atlantic City NJ. The event was training for first responders to understand and be able to recognize drug overdoses and symptoms in addition to capturing accurate data for deployment ... Read more

Lionel Hahn/WireImageDakota Johnson gets her first crack at the superhero world with the new movie Madame Web, in theaters this weekend. She plays the title character, an EMT who discovers she has superpowers that have laid dormant inside her since birth. Johnson tells ABC Audio that taking on the new genre was "really fun," but challenging as well, because "It was such a new thing for me to do a big action-y movie." " ... [E]ven the days that we worked on blue screen ...

Penpak Ngamsathain/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Over the last several years, isolated outbreaks of measles have been popping up across the United States. Most recently, between Dec. 1, 2023, and Jan. 23, 2024, there have been 23 confirmed cases of measles with infections reported in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and the Washington, D.C. area. Emergency medicine physicians and departments have to relearn how to rapidly detect and diagnose a disease that many have never had to treat before, only...

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(LANSING, Mich.) -- One of 16 Republicans who allegedly acted as "fake electors" for former President Donald Trump in Michigan after the 2020 presidential election testified in state court Wednesday that he never intended to falsely make or alter a public record. James Renner and his alleged co-conspirators were charged by the Michigan Attorney General in July with charges including forgery and conspiracy to commit election forgery for allegedly attempting to...

Megan Briggs/Getty ImagesLove was in the air this Valentine’s Day as many celebrities publicly declared their commitment to their romantic partners on social media. David and Victoria Beckham shared loving tributes to each other on Instagram. David posted a romantic sunset selfie of the pair kissing. “Happy Valentines to an amazing wife, mummy & best friend. I love you,” he captioned the pic. Victoria decided to honor her husband by sharing a video of him swinging around on gymnast...

Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first medication to treat severe frostbite on Wednesday. Aurlumyn, manufactured by Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc., is an injection to treat severe frostbite in adults to reduce the risk of finger or toe amputation. "This approval provides patients with the first-ever treatment option for severe frostbite," Dr. Norman Stockbridge, director of the division of cardi...

Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Locust outbreaks, a visual often used in entertainment to signify an upcoming apocalypse, could worsen as global temperatures continue to climb, according to new research. Far-reaching, synchronized desert locust outbreaks are strongly coupled to climate change in the last several decades, a study published Wednesday in Science found. Desert locusts can migrate long distances, threatening crops in regions such as North Africa, th...

Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The White House said Wednesday it wants protecting democracy -- not conspiracy theories -- to be a key message heading into the general election, mentioning the recent conspiracy that alleged Taylor Swift was part of a psyop plot to help President Joe Biden win reelection. Asked about the Taylor Swift conspiracy during the White House press briefing, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the White House is "always going to be concerned" a...

Westend61/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The City of New York on Wednesday sued the companies behind SnapChat, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, accusing them of fomenting a "nationwide youth mental health crisis" by exposing children "to a nonstop stream of harmful content." The lawsuit, filed in California Superior Court, alleged the companies intentionally designed their platforms to purposefully manipulate and addict children and teens to social media applications. The lawsuit po...