Former president Obama rallies Democrats for Harris in Chicago
contact@hellonews.website Former President Barack Obama addressed Democrats in his home city of Chicago Tuesday, saying Vice President Kamala Harris is the right choice to take on Donald Trump in the U.S.…
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Washington, DC, councilmember arrested on bribery charge
Washington — A Washington, D.C., councilmember known for promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories has been arrested on charges that he accepted over $150,000 in bribes in exchange for using his elected…
Extreme heat at US airshow sickens about 100 people; 10 hospitalized
Extreme heat at a Colorado airshow caused about 100 people to seek emergency treatment and sent 10 people to area hospitals on Saturday, officials said. The majority of patients were…
COVID-19 cases in US surge; experts suggest keeping vaccinations current
COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests it’s on the upswing around the country. “We’ve seen these summer increases every summer that…
As Colorado River states await water cuts, they struggle to agree on longer-term plans
WASHINGTON — The federal government is expected to announce water cuts soon that would affect some of the 40 million people reliant on the Colorado River, the powerhouse of the…
Somali American member of Congress Ilhan Omar faces repeat primary challenge
Minneapolis, Minnesota — Democratic U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, one of the progressive House members known as the “Squad” and a sharp critic of how Israel has conducted the war in…
Pentagon chief orders submarine to the Middle East, tells aircraft group to hasten its transit
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly…
US downs Brazil, 1-0, to win gold medal in women's soccer
The U.S. women’s soccer team won its fifth Olympic gold medal by beating Brazil 1-0 on Mallory Swanson’s early second-half goal in the tournament final Saturday at the Paris Games.…
Huge California wildfire chews through timber in very hot and dry weather
CHICO, California — California’s largest wildfire so far this year continued to grow Thursday as it chewed through timber in very hot and dry weather. The Park Fire has scorched…
As Japan marks atomic bombing anniversaries, its military emerges from shadow of WWII
Tokyo — Japan this week restated its aim to rid the world of atomic weapons as it marks the 79th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki —…
Kamala Harris is now Democratic presidential nominee
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris, a daughter of immigrants who rose through the California political and law enforcement ranks to become the first female vice president in U.S. history,…
Harris interviewing possible vice presidential running mates, with decision soon
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is interviewing three more possible Democratic vice presidential running mates Sunday and one could soon make a choice on who would join her in running…
Heat deaths of people without air conditioning underscore inequity
PHOENIX, ARIZONA — Mexican farm worker Avelino Vazquez Navarro didn’t have air conditioning in the motor home where he died last month in Washington state as temperatures surged into the…
Russia, China leading wave of ‘unprecedented’ intelligence threats to US
washington — The United States is facing a series of unprecedented threats from foreign intelligence agencies, some of which are increasingly cooperating with each other to gain an advantage, according…
An 'Undue Burden'
Prague/Washington — Portraits of Alsu Kurmasheva are scattered throughout the Prague apartment she shares with her husband and two daughters. But the journalist has not set foot here in more…