One DEA agent was killed and two other law enforcement officers were injured in a shooting on an Amtrak train at a station Monday morning in Tucson, Arizona. , Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus said Monday that members of a regional narcotics “alliance” of local and federal authorities were conducting a routine check on a …
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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are back up and running after service was knocked out for hours
Facebook said its platform, along with Instagram and WhatsApp, were coming back online after a massive outage on Monday knocked out service to all three social media giants and took the sites offline for users across the world. All three platforms — owned and operated by Facebook Inc. based in Menlo Park, California — went …
Suspect charged with murder in shooting death of Utah football player Aaron Lowe
Police announced on Sunday that a 22-year-old man was arrested that morning in connection with the shooting death of Utah football player Aaron Lowe. The Salt Lake City Police Department confirmed the arrest of Buk M. Buk in Draper, Utah, early Sunday. Buk has been charged with aggravated murder, attempted murder and felony discharge of …
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Massive 126,000-gallon oil spill leaves wildlife dead on Southern California coast
A massive 126,000 gallon oil spill has dumped post-production crude off the coast of Southern California. The City of Huntington Beach said the spill measures approximately 5.8 nautical miles stretching from the Huntington Beach Pier to Newport Beach, forcing a closure of the ocean from the Pier to the Santa Ana River jetty. The U.S. …
President Biden signs last-minute bill to avert government shutdown ahead of deadline at midnight
President Joe Biden on Thursday night signed Congress’ stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown and extend government funding through December 3. The Senate and House voted on Thursday to pass a measure to resupply the federal government with funds until December in order to avoid a shutdown that was set to take place at …
FBI joins in the search for missing Florida woman Miya Marcano
The FBI is assisting in the search for a 19-year-old woman who went missing last Friday from an Orlando apartment complex. Sheriff John Mina of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that the FBI is aiding in the search for Miya Marcano, who was last seen at about 5 p.m. on Friday at the …
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Government report says baby foods found with high levels of toxins failed to be recalled by manufacturers
A new government report out Wednesday from the House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy finds more cases of major manufacturers selling baby food with high levels of toxic heavy metals, just eight months after a congressional report shed light on the issue of toxins in baby food. The report describes dangerous levels of arsenic, …
CDC urges pregnant women to get COVID-19 vaccination
According to data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fewer than one-third of pregnant women in the United States are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. More than 125,000 confirmed cases of the virus were reported among those pregmant, of which 22,000 required hospitalization and 161 died, including 22 deaths in August alone. …
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Jarrod Ramos, gunman in Capital Gazette shooting, is sentenced to multiple life terms
A judge ordered on Tuesday that Jarrod Ramos, the 41-year-old man who opened fire in an attack at a Maryland newspaper three years ago that killed five journalists, will spend the rest of his life in prison. Ramos took a gun to the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Md., in June 2018 and began indiscriminately firing …
Tresury Secretary Yellen warns U.S. may run out of money by Oct. 18 if debt ceiling is not raised
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress on Tuesday that the U.S. government could run out of money to pay its bills by Oct. 18 if lawmakers fail to raise the debt ceiling. Powell and Yellen said there would be a “devastating” impact if the United States defaults on its …