President Joe Biden is in talks with top congressional leaders to strike a deal regarding the nation’s debt ceiling and to avoid a potential default. And judge denied former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes’s bid to avoid prison and another ordered her to pay restitution in a high-profile blood-testing fraud case. These stories and more highlight…

The ongoing debate regarding the presence of flavored milk in school cafeterias has once again taken center stage as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) considers a potential ban on chocolate and strawberry milk. The prospective ban aims to reduce children’s sugar intake, as flavored milk contains added sugars that plain milk does not. “Flavored…

Colombia’s navy successfully intercepted the largest narco-submarine ever seized in the country since data started being recorded in 1993. Measuring 100 feet in length and 10 feet in width, the submarine was found to be carrying three tons of cocaine with an estimated street value exceeding $100 million. Colombia has long been recognized as the…

Gov. Greg Abbott has deployed hundreds of National Guard troops to the border in anticipation of immigration policy Title 42 expiring on Thursday. And the Biden administration has unveiled new climate rules for power plants that are said to be some of the strictest ever for the industry. These stories and more highlight the rundown…

Authorities in Texas have taken into custody the driver of an SUV that crashed into a crowd outside a migrant shelter on Sunday, May 7, killing eight people and injuring at least 10 others. And more than 100 wildfires raging in western Canada have forced about 29,000 people to evacuate their homes, as officials in…

After a chaotic and nearly eight-hour stand off with police, the man accused of opening fire in an Atlanta hospital is now in custody. And in the days leading up to this year’s Kentucky Derby, four horses have mysteriously died. These stories and more highlight the daily rundown for Thursday, May 4, 2023.  Atlanta mass…