Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering a shortlist of candidates for his running mate that includes New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura‚ NBC News confirmed Tuesday. Kennedy said in an interview last month that he would most likely name his VP pick within the next 30 days. The self-imposed deadline passed in early March with no announcement‚ and he said Wednesday in a post on X that he...

The Keystone State saw nail-biters in both the 2016 and 2020 elections and looks to be headed for a repeat this November. Former President Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential race by less than a percentage point‚ while President Biden squeaked out his 2020 win by just over a point. In the presumptive 2024 rematch‚ Trump (49%) has a narrow edge over Biden (47%) among Pennsylvania registered voters‚ according to the latest Fox News Poll released Wednesday. That 2-point...

Vladimir Putin is assured of retaining power in Russia's presidential election‚ according to state-run polling firms‚ the latest surveys of which conclude the only question is how big his majority will be. Nevertheless‚ the details of the results—notably turnout—could yet provide clues as to the scale of underlying dissent in the increasingly authoritarian country. Early voting opened on February 26 in the more remote parts of Russia but citizens across 11 time zones go to the polls...

Nex Benedict‚ the 16-year-old Oklahoma student who died one day after a fight in a high school bathroom‚ died by suicide‚ the state's medical examiner said on Wednesday.  The summary report said that Benedict‚ who identified as nonbinary and used they/them pronouns‚ died due to the combined toxicity of two different medications.  "From the beginning of this investigation‚ Owasso Police observed many indications that this death was the result of suicide‚" the Owasso...

Just when you thought it couldn't get any more bizarre or surreal‚ the Boeing story did just that. As previously reported‚ the aerospace giant has been under regulatory scrutiny following a string of safety-related incidents since the beginning of the year (really‚ since 2019 when two of its 737 MAXes fell out of the sky like overpriced deadly paperweight‚ but let's just skip to the latest snafu)‚ starting with a door blowing off a flight and continuing with multiple other...