4 hrs ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden on Tuesday set a 10-year deadline for cities across the nation to replace their lead pipes, f ... (AP)

5 hrs ago - President Joe Biden praised Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for doing a “great job” dealing with Hurricanes Helene and Milton on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris criticized him ... (Mediaite)

5 hrs ago - October 8, 2024 The Lincoln Project is targeting Donald Trump in a new, emotional abortion rights ad that depicts a dying, pregnant woman pleading to her father to protect her reproductive rights. Within three hours Tuesday morning, the ad had more ... (Florida Politics)

6 hrs ago - Published: Oct. 08, 2024, 2:09 p.m. The Evangelicals for Harris organization is not backing down despite legal threats from a conservative ally of former President Trump. The group said Tuesday on social media platform X that lawyers for Rev. Frankl ... (NJ.com)

6 hrs ago - The free Starlink service Elon Musk and SpaceX so graciously promised for communities devastated by Hurricane Helene in the US is not actually entirely free, according to those living in the aftermath - and the satellite operator's own signup page. T ... (The Register)

6 hrs ago - 10/08/24 2:56 PM ET More than 80 organizations urged Congress in a Tuesday letter to return from its pre-election recess to pass a supplemental package replenishing funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to address recovery effort ... (The Hill)

7 hrs ago - October 8, 2024 3:11pm The White House has launched a Reddit account to provide information on Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The account — user name u/whitehouse — went live this afternoon, including a photo of President Biden receiving a b ... (Deadline)

7 hrs ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the U.S., the Justice Department said Tuesday. Nasir ... (AP)

7 hrs ago - Updated 12:53 PM EDT, Tue October 8, 2024 New York CNN — The window for a final 2024 presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is closing. CNN has publicly offered to host a debate in Atlanta on ... (CNN Business)

8 hrs ago - Oct 8, 2024, 03:20 PM EDT | Updated 37 minutes ago ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Orlando’s tourism machine began grinding to a halt Tuesday with at least three major theme parks and the main airport announcing closures ahead of Hurricane Milton  ... (Huff Post/AP)

8 hrs ago - Updated 3:08 PM EDT, October 8, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s has some beef with today’s largest meat packers. The fast food giant is suing the U.S. meat industry’s “Big Four” — Tyson, JBS, Cargill and National B ... (AP)

9 hrs ago - 10/08/24 3:30 PM ET The “Uncommitted” National Movement – a pro-Palestinian political group opposing the Biden administration’s support for Israel – encouraged its followers to back Vice President Harris’s presidential b ... (The Hill)

9 hrs ago - Oct. 8, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT When groups of evangelical students canvass for climate votes at their Christian colleges later this month, they’ll have a tagline: “Love God, Love Your Neighbor, Vote for Climate!” It’s the first such i ... (NBC News)

9 hrs ago - Posted October 8, 2024 at 5:00am Aviation advocates are pushing Congress to modernize the nation’s air traffic control systems, blaming stagnant funding in part for the Federal Aviation Administration’s growing backlog of essential upgrades ... (Roll Call)

10 hrs ago - October 8, 2024, 12:56 PM The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first over-the-counter combination COVID-19 and flu test outside of emergency use on Monday evening. This means the Healgen Rapid Check COVID-19/Flu A&B Antigen Test ... (ABC News)

10 hrs ago - Oct 8th, 2024, 2:57 pm Vice President Kamala Harris accused former President Donald Trump of being “punked” by Russian President Vladimir Putin after a new report said Trump secretly sent Covid tests to Putin during the Covid-19 pandemic. ... (MEDIAite)

11 hrs ago - Oct 8th, 2024, 11:31 am A Minnesota man seen tossing a police barricade over a wall during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will himself have to spend half a year behind bars. Paul Orta Jr., 34, of Blue Earth — a city near the southern bor ... (Law & Crime)

11 hrs ago - October 8, 2024 12:43 PM EDT Updated an hour ago Oct 8 (Reuters) - U.S. power consumption will rise to record highs in 2024 and 2025, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) on Tuesday. EIA proje ... (Reuters)

11 hrs ago - Kathleen Culliton October 8, 2024 2:19 A documentary about the Trump administration's family separation policy will not air before Election Day because MSNBC is concerned about offending the Republican presidential nominee, according to new reports. ... (raw story)

12 hrs ago - The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it issued, opens new tab a safety alert to airlines warning of the potential for limited or jammed rudder movement on certain Boeing 737 airplanes after a safety official urged the agency to take ac ... (Reuters)