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Former President Donald Trump's conviction in his historic trial in New York City is thrusting his 2024 election rematch with President Biden into unchartered grounds.Trump, who was the first former or current president to stand trial in a criminal case, has now become the first major party nominee to run for the White House as a convicted felon.And the verdict of guilty on all 34 counts could immediately impact the trajectory of the presidential race, where Trump currently holds the slight edge both in national polling and in public opinion surveys in most of the crucial battleground states that will

A Christian couple in Vermont say the state threatened to revoke their foster license over their position on transgender ideology and sex-change treatments for kids in their care.Melinda Antonucci, 44, and Casey Mathieu, 42, say the state made them take part in an LGBTQ+ training – as part of their license application – which discussed medical procedures for trans kids. They secured their license in January and fostered one child on an emergency basis for two weeks in February. Relations with the Vermont Department for Children and Families (DCF) began to strain that month when Antonucci posted to her personal Facebook

Days after "General Hospital" star Johnny Wactor was shot and killed, his co-worker who held him in his final moments shared new, harrowing details about the series of events that led to his death. "I’ve needed to take some time to collect myself and my thoughts. I was with Johnny in his last moments and I’m here to be his voice after such unimaginable events," Anita Joy wrote in an Instagram post on Wednesday. "He was killed senselessly by a coward who reacted without care of the gorgeous life he was taking," she wrote in her post. "I'm angry, I'm sad and

Over the years, a number of royal family members have gotten married in both private and very public ceremonies broadcast around the world. Various British royal family members wed people without royal status, and though regularly in the public eye, Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle are just two of the many spouses who married into the family.Below are some of the spouses who married into the British royal family and a deeper look into their relationships.WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE ROYAL FAMILY? A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR Queen Camilla is married to King Charles III. He became king

Critics are responding to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has attributed recent significant weather events and transportation crises to climate change, at least in part.On Sunday, Buttigieg was featured on CBS' "Face the Nation," where he claimed the effects of climate change are to blame for recent incidents of severe turbulence on airplanes and extreme weather.Anchor Margaret Brennan asked Buttigieg about strains on the national transportation system when bad weather compounds a heavy travel weekend like Memorial Day and what he thinks of NOAA's latest outlook predicting a more severe hurricane season this year."The reality is, the effects of climate

U.S. District Court Judge Larry Hicks, who was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001, was killed in a crash in Nevada, officials confirmed."Today’s news regarding the Honorable Judge Larry R. Hicks who served Nevada for over 53 years is tragic," Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said in a X post.The Reno Police Department and the Washoe Sheriff's Department confirmed that Hicks was hit and killed by a car outside the federal courthouse in downtown Reno, Nevada at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon.The 80-year-old was rushed to a local hospital where he later died, police said.Authorities said the driver

A grand jury in Alabama has indicted a man on four counts of capital murder in the 2023 deaths of his grandparents, his brother and a family friend.A Mobile County Grand Jury on Friday indicted Jared Tarant Smith-Bracy, 22, of Bay Minette, for the alleged crimes, al.com reported.Police have said Smith-Bracy fatally shot his 72-year-old grandmother, Barbara Smith; his 27-year-old brother, Jeremy Smith; and 71-year-old family friend, Sheila Glover, whose bodies were found Feb. 23, 2023, in the backyard of his grandparents’ home in Daphne. He was also accused of then using a pickaxe to beat his 80-year-old grandfather, Lenard

When Bronny James declared for the NBA Draft earlier this month, he simultaneously entered the transfer portal, keeping just about every option open.After the son of the NBA's all-time leading scorer attended the NBA Scouting Combine, he didn't get much love from scouts.However, ahead of Wednesday's deadline to opt out of the draft, the duo's agent, Rich Paul, said James will forgo the remainder of his college eligibility.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"He's staying in the draft," Paul told ESPN.James was a McDonald's All-American last summer but, a couple months later, he suffered a cardiac arrest during a