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A high school student was shot dead by a classmate inside their Matthews, North Carolina, school Monday morning, police said.
The Matthews Police Department announced the death during a news conference hours after Butler High School, about 12 miles southeast of Charlotte, was placed on lockdown following the early morning incident, according to NBC affiliate WCNC. Continue reading “Student shot dead by classmate in NC high school, police say”
For the third time in a week, a suspicious package has been addressed to CNN. This time, on Monday morning, the package was intercepted in Atlanta, the home to CNN’s worldwide headquarters.
The package “was intercepted at an Atlanta post office,” CNN President Jeff Zucker said in a memo to staffers. “There is no imminent danger to the CNN Center.” Continue reading “Suspicious package headed to CNN’s Atlanta headquarters intercepted”
SONSONATE, El Salvador/TAPANATEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) – A new group of migrants bound for the United States set off from El Salvador on Sunday, following thousands of other Central Americans fleeing poverty and violence who have taken similar journeys in recent weeks.
The group of more than 300 Salvadorans left the capital San Salvador on Sunday. A larger group of mostly Hondurans, estimated to number at least 3,500, who left their country in mid-October and are now in southern Mexico, has become a key issue in U.S. congressional elections. Continue reading “New U.S.-bound group of migrants sets off from El Salvador”
Update (11:25 am ET): Police have cleared the synagogue with a robot and are now seeking to clear it for bombs with a canine.
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Update (11:15 am ET): Police have the shooter in handcuffs and are in the process of clearing the synagogue. According to scanner reports, at least 11 people have been tagged “dead on arrival.” Continue reading “At Least 11 Dead, 1 Cop Wounded, After Shooting At Pittsburgh Synagogue; Gunman Shouted “All Jews Must Die””
A new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows President Trump’s temporary tent city for unaccompanied alien children (UAC) at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Tornillo, Texas Land Port of Entry (LPOE) has dramatically expanded its capabilities over the last several months.
Tornillo’s tent city was designed to temporarily house 450 children under the supervision of HHS in June, when Trump’s zero-tolerance policy separated over 2,500 migrant children from their parents. Continue reading “As ‘Caravan’ Crosses Mexico, Trump’s ‘Temporary’ Tent City For Migrant Kids Balloons In Size”
Former Vice President Joe Biden and actor Robert De Niro — both prominent critics of the Trump administration — were the targets of suspicious packages discovered Thursday, officials said, one day after several similar parcels were sent to the homes and businesses of various Democratic politicos on Wednesday. Continue reading “Suspicious packages addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden, Robert De Niro”
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The leader of a California-based white nationalist group and three others have been charged with attacking demonstrators and conspiring to incite riots at political rallies across the state, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday,
Robert Rundo, 28-year-old founder of the Rise Above Movement, was taken into custody on Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport. Continue reading “U.S. white nationalist leader, three others charged with inciting riots”
President Trump signed a sweeping bipartisan bill into law on Wednesday aimed at making medical treatment for opioid addiction more widely available while also cracking down on illicit drugs being sent through the mail.
The bill, which was passed by Congress earlier this month, will expand access to substance abuse treatment in Medicaid. The Senate voted 98-1 on the measure following the House’s 393-8 approval. Continue reading “Trump signs bipartisan opioid bill aimed at curbing national crisis”
JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky.— Police say multiple people have been shot inside a grocery store on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky.
A dispatcher with the Jeffersontown Police Department said a suspect was detained following the shooting Wednesday afternoon at a Kroger store. Continue reading “Multiple people shot at Kroger grocery store in Kentucky”
Authorities have intercepted suspicious devices intended for former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and the Florida office of Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was evacuated Wednesday after a suspicious package was mailed there.
Also, CNN’s New York bureau in the Time Warner Center was evacuated after a package with an explosive device, addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, was discovered, city and local law enforcement officials said. Continue reading “Suspicious packages also sent to Maxine Waters and Governor Cuomo”
Police are investigating a suspicious package sent to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Sunrise, Florida.
Earlier Wednesday, suspicious packages were sent to the homes of the Clintons and Obamas and CNN’s headquarters. Democratic donor George Soros had a similar package sent to him this week. The packages sent to former President Barack Obama and the Clintons were intercepted by the Secret Service during routine mail screening procedures. The packages were identified to be potential explosive devices, according to a Secret Service statement. Continue reading “Suspicious Package Cases Grow, Debbie Wasserman Schultz First Known Congressional Target”
Update VI: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a Wednesday press conference that the pipe bomb sent to CNN’s New York office was “clearly an act of terror.”
NYPD commissioner James O’Neill said police found an envelope of white powder along with the bomb at the Time Warner building. “We’ve seen this before. We’ve seen worse. We will not be intimidated,” he said. Federal agents are currently testing the envelope. Continue reading “NYPD Issues Emergency Alert After Pipe Bomb Sent To CNN Newsroom”
TOKYO (AP) — A top U.S. energy official said Monday that Asia is the center of growth in energy demand and offers a great opportunity to expand American liquefied natural gas exports.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette told reporters in Tokyo that the U.S. is working with Japan and others to build facilities for U.S. LNG exports and improve their energy security. Japan is the world’s biggest importer of LNG. Continue reading “US seeking to boost LNG exports to Japan, rest of Asia”
Authorities on Monday said a second South Carolina police officer died from her injuries suffered in an ambush attack at the hands of an ex-Army sharpshooter earlier this month.
Florence County Sheriff Kenney Boone said Deputy Farrah B. Turner died Monday. She had been hospitalized since the attack. Continue reading “Second police officer dies after South Carolina ambush attack”
An explosive device was found on Monday at the Westchester, N.Y., home of billionaire George Soros.
The Wall Street Journal, citing local law enforcement, reported that police received a phone call from the residence about a suspicious package. Continue reading “Explosive device found at George Soros’ home: report”
Herald and News – by Holly Dillemuth
President Donald Trump mentioned the Klamath Reclamation Project on Friday during a signing of an executive memo slated to expedite a joint-biological opinion, integral to water availability in the Klamath Basin.
A joint-biological opinion that acts as a guiding document for environmental regulations in the Klamath Basin will likely be expedited for completion by August 2019, as result of an executive memo signed by President Trump in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Donald William Boettcher was born February 22, 1955 on a United States military base in Ft. Hood, Texas to Donald and the late Alounda Boettcher. He was the oldest of six children. Don passed away peacefully in his Paris, Michigan home with his wife and family by his side on Thursday October 18, 2018 at the age of 63. Don was under the gentle care of Great Lakes Home Hospice after a long battle with lung cancer.
Don was the beloved husband of Deborah Boettcher for 15 years. Loving son of Donald and the late Alounda Boettcher. Dear brother of Donna (Jim) Polen, the late Allen Boettcher, Alice Schmidt, Michael Boettcher and Mark (Ingé) Boettcher. Don will also be missed by many nieces and nephews; as well as his two loyal companions, “Teacup” and “Whole Wheat” who were Don & Deb’s feline friends. Continue reading “Don Boettcher Obituary”
Oct. 22, 2018 – 3:40 – Legal Immigrants for America founder Amapola Hansberger says the caravan of over 7,000 migrants heading to the border is an ‘immediate threat’ to U.S. national security. Continue reading “Legal immigrant calls caravan an ‘act of war’ against the US”
The ever-growing caravan of Central American migrants swelled on Sunday to an estimated 7,000 people, who are largely dedicated to traveling north in hopes of reaching the United States.
The caravan set out from Honduras on October 13 as a group of 160 migrants but grew to a massive group after word spread. The migrants have told news outlets they’re fleeing their home countries because of crippling poverty and widespread violence. Continue reading “The Central American caravan has swelled to an estimated 7,000 migrants”
A manhunt was underway Sunday for a suspect in the killing of a police officer near a suburban Atlanta school after he and his partner responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle, authorities said.
Tafahree Maynard, 18, is considered “armed and dangerous” and is believed to be the gunman who opened fire without warning Saturday afternoon on Gwinnett County Police Officer Antwan Toney and his partner, police said. Continue reading “Manhunt underway for ‘armed and dangerous’ suspect in killing of Georgia police officer”
