EL PASO, Texas — The new special agent in charge of the El Paso FBI office says encrypted messages shared by domestic terrorist groups could provide crucial information about planned attacks. Luis Quesada took the helm as the special agent in charge of the El Paso FBI office on Nov. 4th. Quesda says not all
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Stephen Miller, the controversial senior White House policy adviser with hardline immigration views, coordinated with editors at far-right news site Breitbart to shape its immigration coverage, pushing criticism of Republican Sen. Marco Rubio’s immigration policies, and otherwise directing editorial coverage, newly released emails from 2015 show. The emails were released Tuesday by the Southern Poverty
Continue Reading US Ambassador Gordon Sondland said in an interview a day after President Donald Trump’s July phone call with Ukraine’s leader that the United States would increase its support of the country if it undertook “promised” reforms. Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, did not specify in the July 26 interview with Radio Liberty
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A federal investigation into a fatal crash involving an Uber self-driving car concluded the probable cause was a safety driver distracted by their phone. The National Transportation Safety Board investigation also determined that an inadequate safety culture at Uber contributed to the March 2018 crash in Tempe, Arizona. Investigators described it as an avoidable crash
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(CNN Español) — Un sismo de magnitud 5,8 sacudió este martes a la provincia de San Luis, en Argentina, según reportes del Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El foco sísmico estuvo localizado a 10 kilómetros de profundidad y el epicentro estuvo ubicado a 63,5 kilómetros al noreste de la
Continue Reading Investigators of a fatal accident on a Southwest Airlines plane last year recommend that Boeing retrofit the engines of nearly 7,000 jets to prevent a repeat of the accident. A single passenger was killed on the plane when a fan blade broke and caused part of the engine covering to hit the side of the
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Allbirds co-founder Joey Zwillinger called out Amazon for releasing a private-label shoe that looks nearly identical to his company’s iconic “Wool Runner” sneakers in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Monday. Zwillinger said trying to compete against the tech giant as a relatively new startup is not exactly a “fair fight” and that the lookalike
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Paul Erickson, the former boyfriend of Maria Butina, agreed to plead guilty this week to two charges in South Dakota federal court — money laundering and wire fraud — with one of the criminal transactions sent to a person with the initials “M.B.” He admits, in the money laundering count, to transferring $1,000 to M.B.,
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Hundreds of people donated to pay off lunch debts at a Minnesota school after hearing that students’ hot meals were thrown away. About 40 students at Richfield High School who had a lunch balance of at least $15 had their lunches thrown away November 11 and replaced with cold lunches before school leadership intervened, Richfield
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Click here for updates on this story SAN BENITO COUNTY, Calif. (KSBW) — “Now is the time. No more kids can die,” said Rider McDowell. It’s been a little more than a year since Rider’s oldest son Errol died of brain cancer. “Errol McDowell was a nonpareil. One of a kind. He died last year
Continue Reading A group of Hmong family and friends gathered Sunday night in a Fresno backyard to do a very American thing — watch football. Instead, they became victims of another very American thing — a mass shooting that left four men dead and six others injured. As people in football jerseys prepared to watch a game,
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An Arizona man who says he sold ammunition to the gunman in the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal charges. Douglas Haig, 57, admitted he manufactured ammunition without a license at a workshop inside his Mesa home, the US Attorney’s Office in Nevada said. Authorities began investigating Haig after
Continue Reading President Donald Trump is officially a Florida man. Trump and his first lady Melania Trump registered to vote in Florida, making Mar-a-Lago their new primary residence on October 30, according to Florida’s voter registration file. The Trumps’ registration update was first reported by FloridaPolitics.com. Trump could well use his newly minted voter registration status as
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“The Polar Express” is Ty Swartout’s favorite book and he watches the movie a lot, so his parents knew he would be thrilled to ride a real-life version of the magical Christmas train. The 18-year-old, who has autism and is non-verbal, was really looking forward to going on the Grand Canyon Railway and Hotel’s Polar
Continue Reading Rep. Ilhan Omar has a request for the judge deciding the punishment of a man who threatened to kill her: “Show compassion in your sentencing.” The Minnesota Democrat on Tuesday called for restraint in the upcoming judgment of Patrick W. Carlineo Jr., 55, of Addison, New York, who sent her a death threat because of
Continue Reading Two Bureau of Prisons guards were charged by a federal grand jury Tuesday with conspiracy and filing false records in connection with their actions the night Jeffrey Epstein died in prison. The two guards, Tova Noel, 31, and Michael Thomas, 41, were taken into custody Tuesday morning and pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court.
Continue Reading The federal indictment against two prison guards on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein died provides a detailed breakdown of what was going on in the final hours of his life. Prosecutors say the guards, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, repeatedly failed to check on Epstein as required and then filed false forms saying they had.
Continue Reading The Houston Police Department has a message for the community: their doors are open. The department formally announced at a news conference Monday that it is changing its uniform policy to allow officers to wear their articles of faith while serving, a practice prohibited by many law enforcement agencies. In the words of Mayor Sylvester
Continue Reading Brittany Stineman was told her son wouldn’t make it to see his second birthday. But little Nash turned 3, and they celebrated by throwing him a birthday parade. Nash has a rare neuromuscular disease known as SMARD, or spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress. The disease causes muscular weakness and a sudden inability to breathe
Continue Reading At Syracuse University’s wellness center, it’s hard to find a clear path these days to even take a step. Students often cover nearly every inch of the entry hall — sitting on the floor, talking, eating meals, doing homework, sometimes spending the night. The scene might seem like chaos, but it’s not. These are organized
Continue Reading When KC Ahlers read the words on the sign, he was stunned. “Stop asking for money. Let the baby die. It’s called Darwinism. Happy Holidays.” Ahlers had been putting up flyers near a shopping mall in Toledo, Ohio, to help raise money for his baby boy, Randy James, lovingly known as RJ. But last week
Continue Reading DoorDash is being sued by DC Attorney General Karl Racine over allegedly deceiving customers with a controversial tipping policy. The complaint is drawing renewed attention to a since-changed DoorDash policy where a customer’s tip could be put toward covering the base pay for that customer’s delivery person instead of as an above-and-beyond payment as tips
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The Oregon Food Bank got a big donation just in time for Thanksgiving. On Tuesday morning, Foster Farms sent a semi-truck loaded with more than six tons of turkey, which is enough to feed hundreds of area families. The truckful of food is one
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Mobile, AL (WALA) — Police say 36-year-old William Derek Touchstone was high on drugs when he shot at random drivers for no apparent reason in 2017. According to investigators, one shooting happened in Semmes and the other in Mobile. Touchstone faced a slew of charges, including assault and
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GODDARD, Kansas — In a scene straight out of Jesus’ manger, a camel, a cow and a donkey were found traveling together — not in Jerusalem, but in small-town Kansas. The trio escaped their enclosures outside Goddard, Captain Lance Beagley of Goddard Police said. Rather than stay put in their pens, it seemed the only
Continue Reading Turkey’s decision to launch a military operation targeting America’s Kurdish partners in northern Syria and the Trump administration’s subsequent retreat has allowed ISIS to rebuild itself and boosted its ability to launch attacks abroad, the Pentagon’s Inspector General said in a new report. The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency said in the report “that ISIS has
Continue Reading Migrants waiting at the US-Mexico border before mid-July should not be subject to new Trump administration asylum limits, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The departments of Justice and Homeland Security issued a rule in July prohibiting migrants who have resided or “transited en route” in a third country from seeking asylum in the US, therefore
Continue Reading Twenty five people have been discovered on board a ferry travelling from the Netherlands to the United Kingdom, a spokesman for the Rotterdam Police told CNN on Tuesday. According to the spokesman, the people were discovered by the ship’s staff and seemed initially to be in “rather good condition” despite showing signs of having been
Continue Reading The White House has offered shifting descriptions of President Donald Trump’s medical exam in the days since he made an unscheduled Saturday visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Trump and White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham initially billed Trump’s visit as the first part of the President’s annual physical. But two days later,
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Mauricio Pochettino has been sacked by Tottenham Hotspur just six months after leading the club to the Champions League final. “The Club can today announce that Mauricio Pochettino and his coaching staff Jesus Perez, Miguel D’Agostino and Antoni Jimenez have been relieved of their duties,” said Tottenham in a statement on Tuesday. The English Premier
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