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Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of a series of strikes by Israel on Iran’s nuclear sites, potentially pushing the Middle East to the brink of an all-out conflict, President Donald Trump told ABC News he thought the attacks had been “excellent” and suggested there was “more to come.” On Thursday, […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI is considering moving its training academy from Quantico, Virginia, to Huntsville, Alabama, according to sources familiar with the decision, as part of a broader effort to shift federal law enforcement resources out of the Capital region. The FBI said in a statement that “any […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Democrats expressed outrage after Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference on Thursday in Los Angeles, taken to the ground and handcuffed by law enforcement officers. Noem was speaking to the media about the federal response to protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids […]
Lee County Sheriff’s Office (BOCA GRANDE, Fla.) — A 9-year-old girl was attacked by a shark while snorkeling off the Florida Gulf Coast, with the animal nearly biting her entire hand off, her family said. At approximately 12 p.m. on Wednesday, 9-year-old Leah Lendel was swimming in Boca Grande, Florida, near the shore, with her […]
Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) (ORLANDO, Fla.) — The Orlando, Florida, community on Thursday evening is set to honor the 49 victims who were gunned down at the Pulse nightclub on June 12, 2016. It was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at the time, though it was surpassed by the […]
New Castle County Police (NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Md.) — A Maryland mother has been charged with the murder of her 3-year-old daughter after falsely reporting to police that the child was kidnapped at gunpoint, according to Maryland State Police. Darrian Randle, 31, was charged with first- and second-degree murder, first-degree child abuse resulting in the […]
Michael Nagle-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A New York judge has declared a mistrial on the third-degree rape count in Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes retrial on Thursday, after the jury foreman refused to return to deliberate. The foreman had told Judge Curtis Farber on Wednesday that he was afraid to be in the same room […]
Craig Hudson For The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are pushing for an investigation into top Justice Department official Ed Martin over his stated plans to “shame” political opponents of President Donald Trump who he’s unable to charge criminally, as well as a host of other politically charged matters Martin […]
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (BOSTON) — A JetBlue flight rolled into a grass area off the runway after landing at Boston Logan International Airport on Thursday, officials said. No one was hurt, Massachusetts Port Authority said. Passengers were seen exiting the Airbus A220 by the stairs. “The runway is closed at this time as the aircraft […]
Nandan Dave/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON and DELHI) — An Air India airliner carrying 242 passengers and crew en route to the United Kingdom from India crashed shortly after takeoff, with at least one passenger surviving the crash, local officials said. “The flight, which departed from Ahmedabad at 13:38 hrs, was carrying 242 passengers and […]
