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Sep 26, 2020
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown declared a state of emergency in Portland on Friday as authorities anticipate violent clashes between opposing groups over the weekend during a scheduled rally held by a right-wing group. Members of the Proud Boys are planning to gather at a downtown park Saturday, potentially setting the stage for confrontations with counterprotesters....
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Sep 26, 2020
President Trump, at his fourth and final stop of a multi-state campaign trip on Friday, blasted Joe Biden's lack of daily events.
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Sep 25, 2020
2Pac lives! Vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris called Tupac Shakur the "best rapper alive" during an interview at the NAACP's virtual convention Friday — even though the legendary emcee has been dead for more than two decades. "Best rapper alive?" CNN commentator Angela Rye asked the Oakland native. "Tupac," Harris answered with little hesitation before...
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Sep 25, 2020
President Trump on Friday announced a ban on oil drilling off the coast of North Carolina and Virginia — expanding an Atlantic moratorium he established this month. Trump announced the surprise restrictions at a large campaign rally in Newport News, Virginia. He had earlier this month banned drilling off the coast of Florida, Georgia and South...
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Sep 25, 2020
Despite a 9 p.m. curfew, protests continued in Louisville Friday night over a Kentucky grand jury's decision not to indict police officers in the killing of Breonna Taylor. Unrest was expected to continue through the weekend despite the curfew, announced by Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer Thursday. Two dozen protesters were arrested Thursday night, a day after...
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Sep 25, 2020
Massachusetts police arrested a woman they said threw a cup of iced coffee at a sleeping 2-year-old boy in a road rage incident. Emma Silva, 20, of Marstons Mill, Mass., was charged with assaulting a child with a dangerous weapon and negligent operation of a vehicle. Barnstable police said the boy's mother reported the road...
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Sep 25, 2020
WASHINGTON — President Trump skewered Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday after he threatened to slow-roll a COVID-19 vaccine in New York — telling the Democrat he should have trusted his guidance on nursing homes, too. "Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York wants to put New York at the END of the Vaccine List in that...
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Sep 25, 2020
He's serving hard time for hard partying. A Maryland man was sentenced Friday to a year in prison for hosting two parties in defiance of the state's coronavirus orders barring large gatherings, a local Fox affiliate reported. Shawn Marshall Myers, 42, had 50 to 60 people over in his Hughesville home for the first bash...
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Sep 25, 2020
A photo showing two New Jersey high school students apparently mocking the police death of George Floyd has been circulating on social media. The photo shows one shirtless student wearing a red "Make American Great Again" hat and a police badge on a chain pinning his knee to the back of the neck of another...
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Sep 25, 2020
The White House has indicated in conversations that Barrett was Trump's intended choice to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg but cautioned that he could still change his mind.
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Sep 25, 2020
A Utah man allegedly recounted to authorities his record of shocking child sex abuse — including how he videotaped himself abusing a child at a Mormon church during funeral services.
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Sep 25, 2020
Newly surfaced police bodycam footage shows the moments after the botched apartment raid that resulted in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. In the 44-second clip posted to Twitter Thursday by an attorney for Louisville police Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly — one of the three cops involved in the March 13 killing of...
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Sep 25, 2020
The victims compensation fund for Jeffrey Epstein's accusers has already received claims from 50 women and has begun issuing pay-outs to some, a rep with the fund said. The program — which went into effect June 25 — is being run independently of Epstein's $634 million estate. "More than 50 individuals have filed claims so...
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Sep 25, 2020
The bombshell admission is contained in a text message exchange that took place on Jan. 5, 2017, and was among several that lawyers for former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
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Sep 25, 2020
The Illinois teen accused of fatally gunning down two protesters during violent demonstrations sparked by the police shooting of Jacob Blake is fighting extradition to Wisconsin, according to reports. The disclosure was made Friday during a remote hearing at the Lake County Courthouse for suspected militia member Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, who appeared by video, NBC...
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Sep 25, 2020
Pablo Escobar's nephew claims he found $18 million cash in a secret "cove" in the late drug lord's Colombian home — after a "vision" led him to the loot. Nicolás Escobar told Colombian news outlet Red Noticias that he found the cash stashed in a plastic bag in a secret area behind a wall, as...
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Sep 25, 2020
Scientists said 98 percent of the 1,000 participants in the government-backed trial had "neutralizing antibodies" — which defend cells from pathogens — roughly a month after receiving the vaccination.
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Sep 25, 2020
President Trump is unveiling an economic empowerment plan for black Americans in Atlanta on Friday that will designate both Antifa and the Ku Klux Klan as terrorist organizations. The "Platinum Plan" details Trump's vision for a potential second term, including increasing access to capital to black businesses by almost $500 billion, which will create 3...
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Sep 25, 2020
The Ohio mom who was tased and arrested in the stands of a grade-school football game had refused to wear a mask because she has asthma and was keeping more than the recommended six feet away from other fans, her attorney said. Alecia Kitts was sitting in the bleachers when she got into a caught-on-camera...
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Sep 25, 2020
The white Louisville, Kentucky, police major who belittled Black Lives Matter protesters in an email — calling them "punks" who will be living in their parents' basements all their lives — has been relieved of her duties. Maj. Bridget Hallahan's last day with the Louisville Metro Police Department will be Oct. 1 and she will...
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Sep 25, 2020
Former Texas congressman Ron Paul suffered an apparent stroke-like illness in the middle of a live-stream on Friday afternoon.
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Sep 25, 2020
Many felt it was a unique and fitting tribute.
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Sep 25, 2020
Many felt it was a unique and fitting tribute.
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Sep 25, 2020
Insurance giant Prudential has fired an employee accused of telling a Korean-American social media star to "go back to Wuhan" while at a California restaurant, company officials said. Prudential Financial announced Tuesday it had terminated the man - identified as James Hilbrant - over video footage of the Sept. 12 encounter at the Bluewater Grill...
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Sep 25, 2020
A former teaching assistant in Illinois has admitted to having sex with a 14-year-old student while she worked at his school, according to disturbing new reports. Allyssa Gustafson, 24, entered a guilty plea Monday for aggravated criminal sexual abuse stemming from an innapropritate relationship with a student at Circle Academy in Urbana, the News-Gazette reported....
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Sep 25, 2020
A Florida man is not lovin' the dental agony he claims he suffered after biting into a McDonald's Chicken McNugget, according to a report. Alexei Stolfat of West Palm Beach says in a federal lawsuit against the fast-food giant that he felt "unbearable" pain when he bit into a bone in the chicken, which he...
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Sep 25, 2020
Two Amish brothers in Missouri admitted having sex with their 12-year-old sister and getting her pregnant — but managed to avoid jail time because a prosecutor feared they'd "be eaten alive" in prison, according to a report. The abuse came to light after a doctor alerted authorities that the girl was pregnant just after she...
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Sep 25, 2020
An investigation found Austin Pfeiffer died during the "surprise attack" and didn't have a firearm or bear spray with him at the time, according to Thursday's statement.
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Sep 25, 2020
The cabin crew of a British Airways flight has been held in what one flight attendant has described as a "concentration camp" in Hong Kong after a colleague tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a report. The incident — which sparked a diplomatic row between the UK and the former British colony — began...
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Sep 25, 2020
A Pennsylvania cop has been charged in an off-duty tire-slashing spree that allegedly took place after a bartender in the city where he works refused to serve him any more drinks. Pittston Police Officer Dion Fernandes, 44, was identified through cellphone video that captured the Aug. 29 incident, according to reports. A seven-second clip obtained...
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Sep 25, 2020
Katrina Fouts, 54, and Terry Hopkins, 65, were charged with the murder of Fouts' husband, 50-year-old David Fouts.
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Sep 25, 2020
President Trump on Friday told a group of Hispanic supporters in Miami that his upcoming debates with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will be like UFC cage matches. Trump — who famously faux-tackled WWE's Vince McMahon in 2007 — forecast a brutal takedown of Biden after pointing out UFC champion Jorge Masvidal in the audience....
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Sep 25, 2020
"Do I look like a person that is diminished?" the task force coordinator said when asked Thursday about a CNN report which claimed the health official was unhappy about her shrinking role on the panel.
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Sep 25, 2020
Breonna Taylor's family members on Friday called on Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron to release the transcripts from the grand jury that did not bring charges against the police officers in the young black woman's killing. "I never had faith in Daniel Cameron to begin with … I knew he had already been chosen to...
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Sep 25, 2020
"We believe this is the first criminal case in the country brought against those involved in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic," AG Maura Healey told reporters.
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Sep 25, 2020
Three people were arrested at an anti-mask protest in Idaho where churchgoers gathered to belt out religious songs in a city hall parking lot. The parishioners from Christ Church in Moscow — including a conservative candidate for a local county commission — were hauled away in handcuffs Wednesday for allegedly obstructing police officers while protesting...
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Sep 25, 2020
A Buffalo woman was charged Friday with hitting a cyclist while driving a pickup truck through upstate Breonna Taylor protesters as caught in a now-viral video. Joanna Gollnau, 25, was charged with felony reckless endangerment and reckless driving "for striking a bicyclist with her vehicle" outside City Hall during protests Wednesday, Buffalo police said. The...
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Sep 25, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is standing by her statement that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden should not debate President Trump. Speaking to CBS' "This Morning" Friday, Pelosi (D-Calif.) made the comments when asked if she still stood by her assertion in August that the former vice president should not take part in any of the...
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Sep 25, 2020
As a means to protect officers from threat incidents, Buffalo cops will don an identifying number instead of their name as part of a new policy change that went into effect last week.
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Sep 25, 2020
An FBI official who worked on former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election believed some investigators had a "get Trump" attitude and that the probe was a "dead end," according to a report. FBI agent William Barnett slammed the Trump-Russia collusion inquiry as "opaque" and described it as having...
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Sep 25, 2020
Say "cheese," Magawa! This 7-year-old giant African pouched rat on Friday was awarded a British veterinary charity's top civilian award for animal bravery after sniffing out unexploded landmines in Cambodia. In addition to 39 landmines, the heroic rodent discovered 28 other items of ordnance across 1.5 million square feet since he was trained by APOPO,...
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Sep 25, 2020
The Democratic governor and first lady received nasal swab tests Thursday afternoon after learning a staff member who works in their living quarters became infected with the virus, his office said.
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Sep 25, 2020
LOS ANGELES - Five Republican US senators have urged Netflix to reconsider plans to adapt a Chinese science-fiction book trilogy into a TV series because they said the author has defended the Chinese government's treatment of Uighur Muslims. "The Three-Body Problem" and two sequels were written by Chinese author Liu Cixin. Netflix announced earlier this...
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Sep 25, 2020
A Connecticut man is facing charges for fatally shooting a bear to protect his pooch, state officials said. William O'Connor, 26, was issued a summons Tuesday after gunning down the female black bear when his dog ran toward the animal and her cubs near the property line of his residence in Thomaston, the Connecticut Post...
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Sep 25, 2020
The Kentucky lawmaker who co-authored "Breonna's Law" has been charged with felony rioting after being arrested alongside her daughter at Breonna Taylor protests in Louisville. Democratic Rep. Attica Scott, 48, and her daughter Ashanti were among 24 arrested Thursday night after a stand-off between police and protesters seeking shelter in a downtown church, according to WFPL...
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Sep 25, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making history Friday as the first woman to lie in state at the US Capitol. Ginsburg, who died at 87 last week due to complications from metastatic pancreas cancer, is also the first person of Jewish faith to receive the honor, capping days of commemoration of her extraordinary...
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Sep 25, 2020
A relaxed-looking Alexei Navalny posted a touching selfie embracing his wife on his road to recovery after being poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent — and thanked his "good unknown friends" for saving his life. The 44-year-old Russian dissident was discharged Wednesday from a Berlin hospital, where he spent over a month after he fell...
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Sep 25, 2020
Parents in Wisconsin are knowingly sending their kids to school while infected with COVID-19 or experiencing symptoms, health officials said. Kirsten Johnson, the director of the Washington-Ozaukee Public Health Department, said this week there have been multiple cases of parents lying about their child being infected with the virus, news station WISN reported. "Something that...
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Sep 25, 2020
"Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank are very pleased to announce that they are expecting a baby in early 2021."
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Sep 25, 2020
Joe Biden and Donald Trump aren't the only ones preparing for uncertainty and mayhem after Election Day — Sen. Bernie Sanders is now calling for an independent commission to oversee the 2020 election amid concerns over fairness and accuracy. In an address Thursday at George Washington University in the nation's capital, Sanders (I-Vt.) backed Trump's...
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Sep 25, 2020
A suspected faulty propane system caused an Oklahoma City home to explode, killing a teenage girl and injuring her parents and brother, fire officials said. The girl, 14-year-old Berklee Maguire, was killed in the early Thursday blast at her northeast Oklahoma City home that was completely obliterated in a blast so powerful that neighbors and...
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Sep 25, 2020
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants to seek a "bill of rights" to protect college students from being expelled for partying hearty during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Sep 25, 2020
A married Argentinian MP has resigned after cavorting with his girlfriend during a virtual session of congress — pulling down her top to kiss her newly enhanced breast. Juan Emilio Ameri, 47, shocked fellow lawmakers by sitting through parts of the on-camera session being played on a giant screen in parliament with a woman on...
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Sep 25, 2020
A female teacher's assistant at a special needs school in Illinois has pleaded guilty to the sexual abuse of a 14-year-old student.
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Sep 25, 2020
Kamala Harris will join Democratic candidate Joe Biden Friday to pay their respects to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the US Capitol.
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Sep 25, 2020
One of Aubrey Gregory's friends, George Rodman, feared the worst when he received word about the shooting, which brought back memories of when his son was killed in the line of duty in 2017.
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Sep 25, 2020
A London cop was shot dead in his precinct early Friday while booking in a suspect — after officers failed to find his gun during an earlier search, according to reports. The custody sergeant was shot dead at about 2.15 a.m. while booking a 23-year-old man into custody in Croydon, the Metropolitan Police said. The...
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Sep 25, 2020
At least two people were wounded in a knife or axe attack Friday outside the former Paris office of the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly — and a suspect has been arrested, according to reports. One of the victims was badly injured but is expected to survive, a police source told Reuters. The victims are a...
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Sep 25, 2020
A 2-year-old in Alabama was able to gain access to a handgun and accidentally shoot his 12-year-old cousin, according to authorities. Mobile police responded to a report of a shooting Wednesday evening, where the 12-year-old's mother told officers her toddler nephew had found a gun on a bed and accidentally shot her son, news outlets...
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Sep 25, 2020
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un apologized Friday over the killing of a South Korea official near the rivals' disputed sea boundary, saying he's "very sorry" about the "unexpected" and "unfortunate" incident, South Korean officials said Friday. It's extremely unusual for a North Korean leader to apologize to rival South Korea...
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Sep 25, 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued a rare apology Friday to South Korea over the killing of one of their officials, authorities in Seoul announced. The mea culpa was delivered in the form of a letter from Chairman Kim to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, in which the supreme leader wrote that he was...
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Sep 25, 2020
A pick-up truck driver plowed through a group of protesters in Los Angeles Thursday night, hurling one of the demonstrators to the ground before speeding away, according to reports. The crowd of demonstrators were marching down Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood just before 9 p.m. when the black truck accelerated through the crowd, the Los Angeles...
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Sep 25, 2020
One of the Louisville police officers shot Wednesday night amid protests over the Breonna Taylor indictment decision was back to his precinct the next day for roll call. Maj. Aubrey Gregory, who was shot in the hip, received a standing ovation as he limped into a room at a Louisville Metro Police Department station house...
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Sep 24, 2020
A California woman was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to having sex with a 16-year-old boy while working as a Sacramento County sheriff's deputy. Shauna Bishop, 44, will serve six months in custody and five years of formal probation. She is also required to register as a sex offender, KCRA reported. Bishop turned herself in...
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Sep 24, 2020
Protesters took to the streets in Louisville for the second night of unrest in the Kentucky city Thursday, as demonstrators confronted armed militia members in the wake of a grand jury decision to clear cops in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, according to reports. Police formed a perimeter around nearly 100 protesters who sought...
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Sep 24, 2020
A pack of masked "bandits" is marauding in a San Francisco park. A pack of 14 of the furry critters emerged from the bushes at Golden Gate Park on Thursday, startling a father and son who snapped a picture of the bizarre scene, SFGate reports. "It was so surreal…a posse of bandits…like out of a...
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Sep 24, 2020
Joe Biden will pay his final respects to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday as she lies in state at the US Capitol Building. Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, is scheduled to make the trip with his wife, Jill, one day after President Trump paid his respects to the late Supreme Court justice,...
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Sep 24, 2020
WASHINGTON — The primary source of the controversial Steele dossier had previously been investigated by the FBI for contacts to suspected Russian-intelligence officials, according to information released by Attorney General William Barr. The new charge was outlined in a letter sent by Barr on Thursday to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), whose panel...
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Sep 24, 2020
Rochester police spent more than $1.4 million on overtime in under three weeks responding to Black Lives Matter demonstrations stemming from the police-custody death of Daniel Prude, according to a report. The bulk of the OT for cops in the upstate city came during the first two weeks of this month after the protests broke...
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Sep 24, 2020
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the capture of a New Zealand man who reportedly left his pet cat behind when he went on the run in a $17 million sex-trafficking and online child-pornography scheme in southern California. Michael James Pratt, 37, is accused of using "force,...
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Sep 24, 2020
Portland protesters were filmed tossing a Molotov cocktail at a group of police officers during violent Breonna Taylor protests Wednesday night. Video shows one protester hurl the lit makeshift explosives at the officers, sending cops in riot gear scattering to safety as flames burst on the ground. One officer was hit on the foot, but...
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Sep 24, 2020
Richard Blum penned a letter to the school chancellor's office on behalf of the unnamed student, who was waitlisted and had just a 26 percent chance of getting into the prestigious university.
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Sep 24, 2020
An Ohio drug convict mounted a daring, caught-on-camera escape from custody during his sentencing earlier this week, a report said. Nickolaus Garrison, 34, has been on the run since Tuesday, when he shook loose from deputies and fled the Highland County Courthouse, where he was to be sentenced on a felony meth possession charge, WKRC...
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Sep 24, 2020
A driver in Denver was caught on video footage driving into a group of Black Lives Matter protesters outside the Colorado State Capitol Wednesday night. Video from the scene shows several protesters approach the silver SUV, asking the man driving to turn around as it approached a larger demonstration. As the driver refused, more protesters...
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Sep 24, 2020
Hip hip hooray! People with chunky thighs or large hips are less likely to die early compared to those with bigger bellies, a new study suggests. The study, published this week in the medical journal BMJ, says that central fatness or fat stored around the abdomen is associated with a higher risk of early death...
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Sep 24, 2020
President Trump outlined his long-awaited health care plan on Thursday, signing a series of executive orders protecting Americans with preexisting conditions, ending surprise billing and introducing more affordable public options. The move comes as the Trump administration tries to overturn Obamacare in the Supreme Court, arguing that a mandate requiring people have health care is...
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Sep 24, 2020
"They thought it was serious because I was screaming ‘Shoot!' — as in ‘Shoot the puck!'"
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Sep 24, 2020
A Washington state man is accused of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend after a body was found on a hillside, officials said. Colin Patrick Dudley, 37, of Tacoma, appeared in court Wednesday for the murder of 33-year-old Kassanndra Cantrell, who was three months along when she vanished on Aug. 25, news station KOMO reported. Relatives reported...
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Sep 24, 2020
Paunchy former New Jersey governor Chris Christie once threatened to sit on Mike Bloomberg — during a bizarre, jealous rant involving the Queen of England. The asinine threat is alleged in former governor David Paterson's dishy new memoir, "Black, Blind & in Charge." It was July 8, 2010. Paterson was leading New York and Christie...
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Sep 24, 2020
Health and Human Services spokesman Michael Caputo, who went on medical leave last week after making controversial statements, has been diagnosed with cancer, according to reports. Caputo, 58, was diagnosed with a "metastatic head and neck cancer" after undergoing surgery for a lump on his neck last week at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda,...
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Sep 24, 2020
Amazon has released a new dashcam gadget that allows drivers to record police stops by simply saying, "Alexa, I'm getting pulled over," the company announced Thursday. Using the command, the Ring Car Cam tapes audio and video of the interactions then automatically uploads them to the user's cloud, the firm said in a blog post...
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Sep 24, 2020
A Lansing, Michigan woman has been charged with murder after authorities say she started a house fire that killed her boyfriend's mother and his two young nephews.
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Sep 24, 2020
A Colorado man was busted for shooting and killing a woman in a feud over her grandchildren playing near his yard, prosecutors said. Jason Arroyo, 33, of Denver, was charged Tuesday for the shooting that killed Patricia Cruz, 55, and wounded two other of her relatives, news station KMGH-TV reported. Police said Arroyo became upset...
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Sep 24, 2020
The Justice Department on Thursday said the FBI has opened an investigation into nine absentee ballots — seven cast for President Trump — that were found in the garbage near Scranton, Pennsylvania. Trump routinely expresses doubt about the reliability of mail-in voting amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the investigation quickly became national news. "At this...
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Sep 24, 2020
Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw dropped an epic, four-minute spot on Thursday casting him and five fellow Texas GOPers as an "Expendables"-esque team in a high-stakes fight to take the polls this fall.
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Sep 24, 2020
A black Los Angeles police officer remained calm and composed while a group of angry protesters taunted him with racial slurs — coming within inches of his face, video shows. The stoic cop, wearing glasses and a helmet, remains stone-faced as at least three protesters — two of them wearing costume masks — yell at...
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Sep 24, 2020
Air travelers coming to New York from Europe will be required to fill out state-issued COVID-19 contact tracing forms after the CDC nixed its own screenings earlier this month.
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Sep 24, 2020
A female pickup-truck driver revved her engine before racing through a group of Breonna Taylor protesters in upstate New York — peeling away after hitting a cyclist, according to video and reports. The Dodge truck was caught in numerous videos revving its engines as it drove toward dozens of demonstrators who were blocking traffic outside...
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Sep 24, 2020
WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday rebuked the "appalling" booing of President Trump by mourners as he paid his respects to late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. "I think the chants were appalling but certainly to be expected when you're in the heart of the swamp," press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters during a White...
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Sep 24, 2020
A leading Republican congressman demanded Thursday that the FBI reveal whether it's investigating allegations of "potential criminal activity" by the son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. In a two-page letter, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) called on FBI Director Christopher Wray to write back regarding what he called the "explosive report"...
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Sep 24, 2020
The FBI issued a warning to "raise awareness" of the threat posed by disinformation in the wake of the 2020 elections. The goal of foreign interlopers and cybercriminals would be to use bogus websites and social media "in an attempt to discredit the electoral process and undermine confidence in U.S. democratic institutions," the FBI and...
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Sep 24, 2020
A federal judge on Thursday tossed a lawsuit filed by former Playboy model Karen McDougal that claimed she was defamed by Fox News host Tucker Carlson's comments about her alleged affair with Donald Trump in 2006. Carlson had accused McDougal of shaking down Trump for $150,000 in exchange for her silence about an alleged 10-month...
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Sep 24, 2020
A shotgun-toting Washington State grandma stopped a would-be home intruder in his tracks — and held him until police arrived. The granny, who only gave her first name, Sandy, told KIRO that a man was trying to break into her home Sunday night. She knew something was wrong when her dog started barking, she said....
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Sep 24, 2020
An Arkansas man visiting a state park uncovered a 9-carat diamond that he initially thought was glass, officials said. Kevin Kinard, 33, a bank branch manager from Maumelle, had been exploring Crater of Diamonds State Park with pals when he picked up a marble-sized gem that had a rounded, dimpled shape, according to park officials...
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Sep 24, 2020
US Attorney John Durham is expanding his probe into the origins of the Russia investigation and turning his sights on the Clinton Foundation, according to a report on Thursday. Durham, who was named by Attorney General William Barr to investigate "Crossfire Hurricane," the FBI's operation to examine any ties between the Russians and President Trump's...
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Sep 24, 2020
Eat, pray, burn. A village in Bali that became a tourist hotspot after it was featured in the hit memoir "Eat, Pray, Love" is now a massive COVID-19 crematorium, according to a report. Bebalang Village — where author Elizabeth Gilbert stopped during her soul-searching journey — has been flooded by the bodies of people who...
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Sep 24, 2020
A California man has been using his family's vineyard as a "tactical training camp" before he mowed down a group of protesters in his truck, federal authorities said. Benjamin Jong Ren Hung, 28, was busted Wednesday on gun crimes stemming from him driving into a demonstration May 31 in Pasadena, according to a federal criminal...
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Sep 24, 2020
A pair of Florida siblings -- one a paramedic, the other a teacher's aide -- died from COVID-19 just one day apart, relatives and county officials said.
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Sep 24, 2020
Speaking on the Senate floor Thursday, McConnell (R-Ky.) described 26-year-old Taylor's killing as "tragic."
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Sep 24, 2020
"Violent opportunists have exploited these demonstrations in various ways," the department said in a statement explaining the charges.
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