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Fire on US warship in Japan leaves 2 sailors with minor injuries

A fire broke out Wednesday on the USS New Orleans warship off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, leaving two sailors with minor injuries. The fire on the amphibious transport dock ship has been extinguished and its cause is under investigation, the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said in a statement. The… Read More

Nebraska announces new immigration detention center dubbed ‘Cornhusker Clink’

Nebraska announced plans Tuesday for an immigration detention center in the remote southwest corner of the state as President Donald Trump’s administration races to expand the infrastructure necessary for increasing deportations. The facility will be dubbed the “Cornhusker Clink,” a play on Nebraska’s nickname of the Cornhusker State and an… Read More

Walmart issues recall of… radioactive shrimp!?

Walmart has recalled frozen, raw shrimp sold in 13 states because federal health officials say it could have potential radioactive contamination. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked Walmart to pull three lots of Great Value brand frozen shrimp from stores after federal officials detected Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope, in… Read More

Maine police officer arrested by ICE agrees to leave the country

A Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities has agreed to voluntarily leave the country, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday. ICE arrested Old Orchard Beach Police Department reserve Officer Jon Luke Evans, of Jamaica, on July 25, as part of the agency’s effort to step up illegal immigration… Read More

Yosemite National Park Ranger fired for hanging transgender flag

A Yosemite National Park ranger was fired after hanging a transgender pride flag from El Capitan while some park visitors could face prosecution for illegal protests. Shannon “SJ” Joslin, a ranger and biologist who studies bats, said they/them hung a hguge 66-foot wide transgender pride flag on the famous climbing… Read More

Target CEO abruptly steps down amid company struggles

Target is counting on a company veteran to revive its magic as it struggles to compete with rivals like Walmart. The Minneapolis-based retailer said Wednesday that Chief Operating Officer Michael Fiddelke, who has been with Target for 20 years, will become CEO Feb. 1. He succeeds Brian Cornell, who helped… Read More

[VIDEO] Fox News star detained by police in D.C.

President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to combat crime in the nation’s capital earlier this month, a whopping 212 arrests have occurred since the Trump-ordered crackdown. Things have tightened up so much, even one of Fox News’ top stars was not immune… Read More

Alan Dershowitz releases some tragic news

Elon Dershowitz, the film producer who carved out his own successful career in entertainment while carrying the distinguished name of his father, renowned attorney Alan Dershowitz, died Sunday at the age of 64 after suffering a stroke. Alan Dershowitz announced his son’s passing Monday on social media, and said that… Read More

Beloved college basketball star dies in tragic Utah drowning

Omaha basketball player Deng Mayar drowned Saturday in a Utah reservoir, police said. Herriman police said Mayar died at Blackridge Reservoir after going underwater about 35 yards from shore. Mayar, 22, was a graduate student who joined the Mavericks after playing two seasons for Summit League rival North Dakota. Mayar,… Read More