4 men wounded in shootings on South, West sides Four men have been wounded in shootings on the South and West sides since mid-morning Wednesday, according to Chicago police. Most recently, a 20-year-old man was shot in the left leg in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side about […]
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Navy F/A-18 jet crash off Key West leaves 2 aviators dead Two U.S. Navy aviators died Wednesday after the F/A-18F Super Hornet jet they were flight training in crashed off the coast of Key West, Florida. The aviators — one pilot and one weapons systems officer — ejected from the […]
New Jersey state police charged 11 in cargo theft trafficking ring New Jersey state police say they’ve dismantled a cargo theft trafficking ring and recovered more than $1 million worth of merchandise. The 11 arrests announced Wednesday culminate a five-month investigation that started when detectives began probing the theft of […]
Teacher accidentally fires gun and injures student during safety lesson A teacher accidentally discharged a firearm while teaching a public safety class, injuring one student at a Northern California school on Tuesday, police said. Dennis Alexander, who is Seaside City’s mayor pro tem and a reserve officer with the Sand […]
The Nerve Agent Too Deadly to Use. Until Someone Did. For nearly three decades, since a Soviet whistle-blower told the world of its existence, the nerve agent Novichok has scared American weapons experts. The Pentagon sent teams to destroy abandoned laboratories that once produced the chemical, believed to be orders […]
Family of slain DNC staffer sues Fox News over retracted story The family of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, who was killed in 2016, has filed a lawsuit against Fox News, an investigative reporter and one of the network’s frequent guests over a story about Rich and allegations that […]
Austin police identify 17-year-old killed by porch package bomb A 17-year-old victim in a series of deadly package bombs delivered to homes in Austin, Texas, was identified Tuesday as Draylen Mason, as a law enforcement source revealed the same person may have constructed the three devices. Mason, described by Austin […]
Students injured when Monterey County teacher accidentally fires handgun in class A teacher injured three students Tuesday when he accidentally fired a gun inside a Seaside High School classroom, according to reports. The teacher was identified as Dennis Alexander, a reserve police officer for the Sand City Police Department and […]
Ivanka Trump Meets Sex Trafficking Bill Advocates Ahead of Vote Ivanka Trump met Tuesday at the White House with victims’ advocates, representatives of Big Tech and lawmakers who are poised to pass a bill within days to tackle online sex trafficking. The bill, which has split the technology community, would […]
Special Election Results in Trump County Give Democrats Hope Until very recently, Bob Rogers, a retired coal miner in his seventies, thought his party was dead. Rogers, who flew Chinook helicopters in Vietnam before spending 43 years in the mines of western Pennsylvania, is a lifelong Democrat, but for a […]
