The Weather Channel

Severe thunderstorms and flooding rain will continue to target parts of the Plains, Midwest and South early this week as a frontal system slowly moves eastward.

Continue reading “Severe Storms and Flash Flooding Expected in Midwest, Plains and South Early This Week”

Press Herald

RANDOLPH, N.H. — Seven people were killed in a crash between a truck and several motorcycles in New Hampshire, state police said Friday, in what witnesses described as a “devastating scene” as bystanders grabbed first aid kits and blankets to treat injured motorcycle riders scattered along the highway.

State police said that a 2016 Dodge 2500 pickup truck collided with the riders on Route 2 in Randolph. Authorities said additional details would be provided as they investigate the crash.  Continue reading “Seven killed in crash between truck and motorcycles in New Hampshire”

WTMJ

Both sides of I-41/94 have been closed in Mount Pleasant in Racine County after an explosion of a semi-truck.

It happened around 11 a.m. Wednesday on the overpass at County Highway K.

There was no initial word on the severity of any injuries.  Continue reading “Semi-truck explosion leads to closure of both directions of I-41/94 in Mount Pleasant”

Yahoo News

President Trump issued a public warning Monday night, by tweet, of a mass deportation effort by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to start next week.

“Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States,” he tweeted.  Continue reading “Ex-ICE officials criticize Trump’s tweet about upcoming deportation sweep”

AOL

Patrick Shanahan, the acting secretary of defense who President Donald Trump said would be tapped to take over the job permanently, is stepping down and withdrawing from consideration, Trump said Tuesday.

“Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, who has done a wonderful job, has decided not to go forward with his confirmation process so that he can devote more time to his family,” Trump tweeted.  Continue reading “Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan steps down, withdraws from Cabinet consideration”

New York Post

They were dead wrong.

Cops and medics were so duped by a diapered doll made to look like a baby’s decomposing body near a Queens park on Tuesday that they pronounced it “dead” and spent hours at the scene before figuring out it was just a toy.  Continue reading “‘Dead baby’ found in Queens park appears to be hoax”

New York Post

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday night signed legislation granting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants — shortly after the controversial measure passed the state Senate.

Cuomo’s action came despite throwing supporters a last minute curveball by asking the state’s top civil attorney, Solicitor General Barbara Underwood, to review the measure for possible safety concerns — threatening to veto it if he didn’t like her assessment. Continue reading “Cuomo signs bill granting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it is easing previously announced cuts in hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the Central American nations of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala but will not allow new funding until those countries do more to reduce migrant flows to the United States.

The State Department said that after a review of more than $615 million in assistance that President Donald Trump ordered in March to be cut entirely, it would go ahead with $432 million in projects and grants that had been previously approved. The remaining amount will be held in escrow pending consultations with Congress, it said. Continue reading “US restores some aid to El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala”

NBC News

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan announced Monday that President Donald Trump’s administration will send a thousand troops to the Middle East amid increased tensions with Iran.

Shanahan said that the increased forces were in response to a request from U.S. Central Command for defensive purposes to address air, naval and ground-based threats in the Middle East. U.S authorities accused Iran of attacks on two tankers last week, though the country’s foreign minister has denied the accusations.  Continue reading “U.S. sending 1,000 troops to Middle East amid heightened tension with Iran”

BBC

Egypt’s former President Mohammed Morsi, ousted by the military in 2013 after one year in office, has collapsed in a courtroom and died, officials say.

A top figure in the now-banned Islamist movement Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi had just spoken from a cage at a hearing on charges of espionage. State TV said the cause of death was a heart attack.  Continue reading “Egypt’s ousted president Mohammed Morsi dies during trial”

AOL

Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland, Fla., shooting survivor turned gun rights activist and conservative pundit, was set to attend Harvard University next year.

But Kashuv announced on Twitter Monday that the school rescinded its acceptance offer after racist messages he exchanged with other students months before the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School surfaced online.  Continue reading “Harvard rescinds offer to Parkland gun rights activist after racist messages surface online”

New York Post

The Pennsylvania man arrested for allegedly torching a Brooklyn rabbi’s home on Thursday had such a burning grudge against the religious leader that he tattooed a reminder on his forearm to “Never let go of the HATRED” and to “KILL” the rabbi.

Cops arrested Matthew Karelefsky, 41, of McKeesport, Pa., on Sunday and charged him with arson and two counts of attempted murder, for setting ablaze the Midwood home of Rabbi Jonathan Max early Thursday. The inferno leaped to two neighboring buildings and left 13 injured.  Continue reading “Suspected Brooklyn firebug had tattoo reminding him to ‘KILL’ rabbi”

AP News

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Undaunted by a dangerous journey over thousands of miles, people fleeing economic hardship and human rights abuses in African countries are coming to the U.S.-Mexico border in unprecedented numbers, surprising Border Patrol agents more accustomed to Spanish-speaking migrants.

Officials in Texas and even Maine are scrambling to absorb the sharp increase in African migrants. They are coming to America after flying across the Atlantic Ocean to South America and then embarking on an often harrowing overland journey.  Continue reading “Record Number of African Migrants Coming to Mexican Border”

New York Post – by Michael Lello

According to a classic Pink Floyd song, “Money, so they say, is the root of all evil today.” But the band’s legendary guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour is turning that sentiment on its head by selling off more than 120 of his guitars to benefit his charitable foundation. They’ll be sold at auction at Christie’s New York on June 20.  Continue reading “Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour to auction off guitar collection for charity”

National Bourbon Day

Celebrate America’s “Native Spirit” on National Bourbon Day – June 14

There is something about bourbon that’s captured our global attention. In North America sales have soared and in the U.S., where bourbon originates, one of the nation’s most popular whiskey makers reversed a decision to water down its recipe in an effort to meet worldwide demand.  Continue reading “Happy National Bourbon Day!”

Commercial Appeal

A fatal police shooting led to a violent confrontation between officers and community members in Memphis’ Frayser neighborhood Wednesday night after a man was killed in a shooting involving U.S. Marshals.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation identified the man as 20-year-old Brandon Webber on Thursday morning.  Continue reading “Man killed in Frayser police shooting identified as 20-year-old Brandon Webber”

Weather Channel

Skygazers near Amarillo, Texas, were treated to the breathtaking sight of a cumulonimbus “mushroom” cloud associated with a thunderstorm southeast of the city Tuesday evening.

A cumulonimbus cloud is a towering, vertical cloud containing a thunderstorm, formed from water vapor forced upward by powerful upper-air currents.  Continue reading “Cumulonimbus ‘Mushroom’ Cloud Hovers in the Sky Near Amarillo, Texas”

KBTX TV 3

NAVASOTA, Tex. (KBTX) – The ongoing debate continues on a planned bullet train from Dallas to Houston. The legislative session in Austin recently wrapped up, and proposed legislation to fight the train ultimately didn’t pass.

Texas Central said their railroad plan is rolling along after a successful legislative session, despite those efforts to stop them. This year, more bills were filed than ever before. Continue reading “Texas Central, landowners, legislature react to Legislative session”

Dallas News – by Lauren McGaughy

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott signed a new law Monday that clears up which CBD products are legal in Texas and will also allow local farmers to grow hemp as a crop.

The law, which received bipartisan support in the state Legislature, goes into effect immediately.  Continue reading “Gov. Greg Abbott signs law legalizing hemp production, CBD products in Texas”