In the wake of the Trump administration’s recent federal takeover of the Washington, D.C. police force in an effort to curb violent crime crippling the nation’s capital, critics and city officials continue to push back on the move, insisting that crime in D.C. has been “going down” for years. But… Read More
Brutal heat wave smothers Pacific Northwest
Residents of the Western U.S. sweltered in a heat wave Saturday that hospitalized some people, with temperatures forecast to hit dangerous levels throughout the weekend in Washington, Oregon, Southern California, Nevada and Arizona. About 1.2 million people were under extreme heat risk, meaning temperatures were expected to stay dangerously high… Read More
Trump’s “Back to the Future” plan for U.S. energy
President Donald Trump has a plan for U.S. energy that’s straight from “Back to the Future” — and it’s pretty clever. The Trump administration is preparing to use 20 metric tons of Cold War-era plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads as reactor fuel by U.S. power companies, marking the first significant… Read More
Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrenders to ICE; faces possible deportation to Uganda
Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrendered to U.S. immigration authorities in Baltimore Monday and faces possible efforts by the Trump administration to deport him immediately. The 30-year-old Maryland construction worker and Salvadoran national spoke at a rally before he turned himself in. “This administration has hit us hard, but I want to… Read More
Tommy Fleetwood wins Tour Championship; his first PGA Tour victory
Tommy Fleetwood never lost hope, never made excuses, each time that elusive PGA Tour victory slipped away. His popularity soared, not just as a sympathetic figure but for his attitude and the sincere joy he showed the players that beat him in the toughest of losses. The cheers and the… Read More
Hulk Hogan’s death under investigation
Police in Florida are investigating the death of professional wrestling icon Hulk Hogan more than three weeks after the WWE legend died from what the medical examiner concluded was a heart attack. New questions have emerged about potential medical malpractice during a recent surgery that may have caused Hogan’s death…. Read More
6 dead at Colorado dairy farm from toxic gas exposure
An apparent accident at a dairy in a rural farming community in Colorado involving exposure to gas killed six people, including a high school student, authorities said Thursday. Investigators are looking into what kind of gases may have played a role in the deaths Wednesday at Prospect Valley Dairy in… Read More
Federal judge orders “Alligator Alcatraz” to stop all expansion
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday halting further expansion and ordering the winding down of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” that advocates said violated environmental laws. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams’ injunction formalized a temporary halt she… Read More
Erik Menendez denied parole; citing misbehavior in prison
Erik Menendez was denied parole Thursday by a California board that said his continued misbehavior during decades in prison for murdering his parents with his older brother in 1989 showed he is still a risk to public safety. A panel of two California commissioners denied Menendez parole for three years,… Read More
Active shooter at Villanova University deemed a “cruel hoax”
False reports of active shooters at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday led to panic and temporary lockdowns at the two campuses as they kicked off their fall semesters. In Pennsylvania someone called 911 at about 4:30 p.m. reporting a shooter in a Villanova law… Read More
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