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Former Vice President Joe Biden is being criticized for highlighting his relationship with James Eastland — a Mississippi senator and noted segregationist — at a New York City fundraiser Tuesday night.  ...Read more

The former leader of a purported “self-help group” was convicted Wednesday of federal charges that centered on lurid details of what prosecutors called a secret society of “sex slaves” within a community of followers in upstate New York. ...Read more

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are expected to question former White House communications director Hope Hicks when she appears before the panel during a closed-door hearing Wednesday morning.  ...Read more

More than $1 billion worth of cocaine has been seized at the Philadelphia Port on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. They say the drug bust netted approximately 16.5 tons of the narcotic from a cargo ship. It is the largest in history in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. ...Read more

Two people were shot and wounded at a rally Monday for the NBA champion Toronto Raptors that turned into a stampede. Police said there were two arrests. Toronto police spokeswoman Allison Sparkes confirmed the shootings and arrests. Two firearms were recovered. “We have no incidents currently underway. Crowds are dispersing,” Sparkes said. Asked if it was a targeted shooting or terrorism-related, Sparkes said the investigation was underway. ...Read more

Heiress and fashion icon Gloria Vanderbilt has died at age 95. Vanderbilt’s son Anderson Cooper confirmed to CNN the fashion designer and socialite died at her home Monday morning with friends and family by her side. ...Read more

NASA announced that it plans to land the first female ever on the moon in 2024. It has been 45 years since U.S. astronauts set foot on the moon, but according to NASA the upcoming Artemis mission will aim to establish a sustainable human presence on the Moon by 2028 with the “first woman and the next man,” greeting the lunar surface. ...Read more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet convened on Sunday to inaugurate a new settlement named after Donald Trump, in a gesture of appreciation for the U.S. president’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the territory. Currently known as Bruchim, it is over 30 years old and has a population of 10 people. ...Read more

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is leaving her post at the end of June, President Donald Trump said on Thursday. ...Read more

An American-guided missile destroyer was sent to assist two burning tankers in the Gulf of Oman, following what the Trump administration on Thursday described as a “blatant assault” by Iran. The USS Bainbridge was dispatched to help the damaged Japanese and Norwegian vessels, according to 5th Fleet spokesman Cmdr. Josh Frey. ...Read more