Day: July 20, 2024

Moon landing 55 years ago tops list of 7 powerful examples of American exceptionalism

8:22 pm July 20, 2024

Man walked on the moon for the first time 55 years ago today, July 20, as America’s Apollo 11 mission achieved a dream bigger than Earth itself. The world was riveted by the event. An estimated 650 million people — nearly 20% of the entire human population at the time — watched the moon […]

Trump would-be assassin Thomas Crooks researched mass shooter Ethan Crumbley: source

8:19 pm July 20, 2024

Would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks researched mass high school shooter Ethan Crumbley before attempting to kill the former president, according to a source familiar with the matter. Ethan Crumbley, now 18, is serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing four students and injuring seven others at Oxford High School in Michigan […]

Reporter’s Notebook: ‘Do not stop filming’

8:16 pm July 20, 2024

It wasn’t a shock, but a moment of déjà vu. A sequence of pops and cracks, a chilling moment of silence across the crowd of more than 15,000, and President Trump being rushed at by his security detail. Is this really happening? As a field producer with one of the five major broadcast networks, you are […]

Trump shooting victim Corey Comperatore: Pennsylvania community mourns ‘hero’ firefighter

7:29 pm July 20, 2024

As friends and family gathered to remember Corey Comperatore, the father and firefighter killed by gunfire at a Trump rally on July 13, at his funeral on Friday morning, locals lined the streets leading to Comperatore’s church to remember the fallen “hero.” Comperatore, 50, was shot during an assassination attempt against the former president in […]

Joe Biden with COVID at age 81: What to know about the risk the virus poses to older adults

7:26 pm July 20, 2024

President Joe Biden’s testing positive for COVID-19 this week may spark questions about how the virus affects older adults in America. Certain populations are at a higher risk of severe illness from COVID — and older adults top that list, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). On Wednesday, the White […]