Day: April 26, 2023

House to vote Wednesday on debt ceiling, spending cut bill despite potential GOP holdouts

3:09 pm April 26, 2023

Senior Republican lawmakers emerged from their closed-door conference meeting Wednesday morning confident that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s bill to increase the federal government’s borrowing limit and cut federal spending will pass the House in a vote later today. McCarthy told reporters he expected the vote to come today – but did not say whether he […]

Second American dead in Sudan, White House National Security Council spox John Kirby confirms

2:15 pm April 26, 2023

White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby on Wednesday confirmed the death of a second American citizen in Sudan. On a virtual call with press, Kirby told reporters the unnamed American died on Tuesday. WHO OFFICIAL WARNS OF ‘HIGH RISK OF BIOLOGICAL HAZARD’ IN SUDAN AFTER FIGHTERS SEIZE LABORATORY: REPORTS “We extend our deepest […]

Idaho murders: Bryan Kohberger DA calls in big guns from state to join death penalty case

2:14 pm April 26, 2023

The Idaho prosecutor responsible for the case against suspected college student killer Bryan Kohberger has called in two special assistant prosecutors from the state attorney general’s office to help secure a conviction. Kohberger faces four charges of first-degree murder and another charge of felony burglary for allegedly stabbing four University of Idaho students to death […]

US to send nuclear-armed submarines to South Korea for first time in 40 years

2:09 pm April 26, 2023

President Biden is expected to strike an agreement with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeul, during the latter’s state visit, to dock nuclear submarines in South Korea. Biden and Yoon are expected to sign the agreement Wednesday as a show of solidarity with Seoul amid increasing nuclear tensions with North Korea, senior administration officials said. […]

Secret of keeping the brain young? Learn to play a musical instrument, says new study

2:06 pm April 26, 2023

A new study has found that learning to play a musical instrument could be the secret to keeping our brains young. Scientists connected to the new study also shared a second benefit: They found that the ability to play music can make us better listeners as we get older. The new research, which studied the […]