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Delaware lawmakers approve a $1.1 billion capital budget for the fiscal year starting Monday

Jun. 27, 2024 18:03 PM EDT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware lawmakers on Thursday unanimously approved a $1.1 billion capital budget for construction, transportation, maintenance and economic development projects in the fiscal year that starts Monday. The spending plan is about $300 million less than this...

Report says unsecured tanker hatch spilled out gas in crash that destroyed I-95 bridge in Philly

Jun. 13, 2024 15:48 PM EDT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gasoline spilled out from an unsecured hatch on the top of the gasoline delivery tanker that overturned and ignited beneath an Interstate 95 bridge in Philadelphia a year ago, according to new details from federal investigators. Video evidence obtained by...

President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, is convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial

Jun. 11, 2024 18:20 PM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. ...

President offers love and pride for his son's addiction recovery after Hunter Biden's guilty verdict

Jun. 11, 2024 17:22 PM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden kept his distance from the courtroom where his son Hunter Biden stood trial on felony gun charges to avoid any appearance of meddling but his quick statement reacting to the jury’s guilty verdict Tuesday spoke to where his heart has been all along. ...

Special counsel David Weiss says 'no one in this country is above the law' after Hunter Biden is convicted in gun case

Jun. 11, 2024 13:22 PM EDT
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Special counsel David Weiss says 'no one in this country is above the law' after Hunter Biden is convicted in gun case.

President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden is convicted of all 3 felony charges in federal gun trial

Jun. 11, 2024 11:24 AM EDT
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden is convicted of all 3 felony charges in federal gun trial.

Who testified in Hunter Biden's trial on federal firearms charges

Jun. 11, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors who are weighing whether President Joe Biden's son is guilty of federal firearms charges heard deeply personal testimony about dark moments in Hunter Biden's past. The case playing out in Wilmington, Delaware, stems from a gun the younger Biden bought...

Jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial begin deliberating whether he’s guilty of federal firearm charges

Jun. 10, 2024 20:42 PM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial began deliberating Monday whether the president’s son is guilty of federal firearms charges over a revolver he bought in 2018 when prosecutors say he was addicted to crack cocaine. Hunter Biden is charged with three...

Biden will praise men like his uncles when he commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France

Jun. 05, 2024 17:14 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — As tens of thousands of soldiers stormed French beaches during the D-Day landings of World War II, 2nd Lt. John Arthur Finnegan was on duty in a mess hall half a world away on the northeastern coast of Australia. As President Joe Biden commemorates the 80th...

First lady Jill Biden arrives at Delaware courthouse for opening statements in Hunter Biden's federal gun case

Jun. 04, 2024 08:51 AM EDT
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden arrives at Delaware courthouse for opening statements in Hunter Biden's federal gun case.