Hello Kitty fans and nostalgia seekers, listen up! 🎀 The little girl (not a cat—Sanrio’s words, not ours) turns 50 this year, and she’s everywhere. What started as a simple coin purse design has grown into a global icon gracing everything from Nikes to Balenciaga handbags. Not bad for a “little girl,” right? 😉
A viral video is being called out for spreading disinformation after it depicted the alleged destruction of mail-in ballots that were supposedly cast for former President Trump in a key county in the swing state of Pennsylvania.
Scripps News' Liz Landers has more information.
🍔 🍟 “I’ve now worked for 15 minutes more than Kamala. She never worked here.”
On Sunday, former President Donald Trump took over the fry station at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania. He also held an impromptu news conference, responding to questions directly from the drive-thru window.
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Donald Trump faced tough questions from Latino voters during a town hall hosted by Univision Wednesday. When questioned by one voter about his response to the 2020 insurrection, the former president referred to January 6th as “a day of love.”
Israeli airstrike hits northern Lebanon killing at least 22 people
International condemnation is growing in the wake of an Israeli airstrike in the northern Lebanese town of Aitou that killed at least 22 people, according to the United Nations.
Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly promised the US he will not strike oil or nuclear facilities but rather focus on military targets in retaliation for a ballistic missile attack by Iran earlier this month.
Disinformation has been swirling around both Hurricane Helene and Milton - and the federal responses to these catastrophic storms. The Biden administration has been aggressively debunking and addressing falsehoods and conspiracies.
We asked Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about one conspiracy about the weather. Elizabeth Landers
UPDATE: Officials have issued mandatory evacuations in Pinellas County, FL ahead of Hurricane #Milton's projected landfall as a Cat 3 storm.
Scripps News' Jennifer Glenfield is on the ground with the latest.