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DALLAS, TX — Two Dallas Police officers were shot and critically wounded Tuesday afternoon near a Home Depot store in Northeast Dallas, the department confirmed on Twitter.
A civilian was also shot, police said. That person’s condition is unknown.
A large police presence was seen gathered around the store after 4:00 p.m. Police said in an email the area remains a “very active scene.” Continue reading “Two Dallas Officers Shot In Northeast Dallas”
A Senate panel on Monday voted to give CIA Director Mike Pompeo a favorable recommendation that puts him on course to be confirmed as secretary of State, following a surprise last-minute vote switch by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
Pompeo was poised to face a historic setback by becoming the first secretary of State nominee since at least 1925 to fail to win over a majority of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Continue reading “Pompeo headed for confirmation after surprise panel vote”
TURLOCK, California (KTXL) — One teen ended up with a broken jaw and another arrested Wednesday after a couple of kids took the ‘senior assassination game’ too far.
The game, a town tradition for Turlock High School seniors landed an 18-year-old in jail. Caleb Norman was charged with felony aggravated assault.
Norman is a Turlock High School student who went to Donnelley Park with 10 other students to play ‘Senior Assassination.’ Police say things escalated from there. Continue reading “‘Senior assassination’ game leads to teen’s arrest”
Five juveniles from Stamford were arrested after they went into the Majestic movie theatre in Stamford with what appeared to be guns Sunday night and told everyone to put their hands up, according to police.
Police were alerted at 7:53 p.m. Sunday that several people had gone into the theater with guns and threatened people. Continue reading “Children With What Appeared to Be Guns Threatened Movie Goers in Stamford: Police”
The 29-year-old Illinois man accused of carrying out a fatal shooting Sunday morning at an Antioch Waffle House previously had weapons removed from his possession after a 2017 arrest near the White House.
Newly obtained Illinois police records also show the suspected shooter thought he was being stalked by Taylor Swift and had previously threatened people with an AR-15 rifle. Continue reading “Waffle House shooting: Father of suspect Travis Reinking previously took away son’s guns”
The Lyrid meteor shower is underway, and stargazers will have a full week to spot a shooting star.
If cloud cover is minimal and the sky remains moonless, skywatchers should be able to see up to 20 meteors in an hour when the meteor shower peaks in the early-morning hours of April 22, according to EarthSky. Continue reading “Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend: When and Where to See It”
No one should eat romaine lettuce — or any lettuce at all — unless they can be sure it’s not from Arizona, federal health officials said Friday.
More than 50 people have become sick in an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning linked to romaine lettuce and now several people in Alaska have also gotten ill, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new warning. Continue reading “Don’t eat any romaine lettuce, CDC now warns”
HOUSTON (Reuters) – An explosion set off a huge fire at Valero Energy Corp’s 225,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Texas City, Texas, refinery on Thursday afternoon but the fire was quickly contained, according the City of Texas City Emergency Management office.
No injuries were reported and the blaze, which was burning light hydrocarbons, was contained about an hour and a half after it broke out, Texas City Emergency Management said. Continue reading “Valero’s Texas City refinery hit by explosion, fire”
A proposal to allow school staffers to carry guns and spring into action in the event of a school shooting has divided a Florida district.
After the Brevard County sheriff’s office recently suggested the idea, hundreds of school employees quickly volunteered to do double duty as armed undercover marshals. Continue reading “Florida school district may deploy armed janitors to fight shooters”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Thursday that he would introduce legislation to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, marking a significant shift in policy for the Democratic leader and lending the movement to lower government barriers to the drug a powerful ally.
The top congressional Democrat told VICE News in an interview set to air Thursday night that legislation to increase access to marijuana is “long overdue” and that far “too many people” have been affected by the government’s crackdown on the drug. Continue reading “Schumer to introduce bill to decriminalize marijuana”
TRENTON, Fla. (WTVD) — Two Florida sheriff’s deputies were killed in the line of duty Thursday in an apparent ambush as they dined at a restaurant.
Gilchrist County Sheriff Bobby Schultz, told ABC News that approximately 3 p.m., two deputies were shot and killed in the Ace China restaurant in downtown Trenton, after a suspect walked up to business and fatally shot both deputies through the window. Continue reading “Two Florida deputies killed in apparent ambush at Chinese restaurant”
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is joining President Donald Trump‘s personal legal team to help represent Trump in the special counsel’s investigation.
White House lawyer Ty Cobb confirmed the move to CNBC.
“I’m doing it because I hope we can negotiate an end to this for the good of the country and because I have high regard for the president and for Bob Mueller,” Giuliani told The Washington Post. Continue reading “Rudy Giuliani is joining President Trump’s personal legal team for the Mueller probe”
NEW YORK, April 18 (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general on Wednesday asked Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislators to give him and other local prosecutors power to bring criminal charges against people pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump.
In a letter, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urged Cuomo and legislative leaders to close a loophole in New York’s double jeopardy law shielding recipients of presidential pardons from state prosecution. Continue reading “New York attorney general wants power to bypass Trump pardons”
Business Insider – by Andy Kiersz
Immigration has always been a central part of the American experience, and certain areas draw more immigrants than others.
The US Census Bureau recently released its annual population estimates for each of the country’s 3,142 counties and county equivalents. In addition to showing the estimated total population change in those areas between July 1, 2016 and July 1, 2017, the Census Bureau also included a breakdown of the components of that change, including net international migration, or the number of immigrants from other countries moving into a county minus the number of people leaving that county for another country. Continue reading “Here’s where immigrants are moving to in the US”
WPMT — As the saying goes, food is fuel for the brain.
And Kyle Byler, an 8th grade social studies teacher at Hand Middle School in Lancaster, hoped to bring his students some extra fuel during the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment testing, better known as the PSSAs.
“This teacher took it upon himself to make sure these kids were fed so they didn’t have to worry about being hungry while trying to take a test,” said Crystle Martinez, parent of an 8th grader at Hand Middle School. Continue reading “Teacher says he was suspended for making students pancakes”
The Internal Revenue Service announced late Tuesday that it would let taxpayers submit tax returns without penalty through Wednesday, after a long day of technical problems that fueled confusion about what is already one of Americans’ most frustrating interactions with their government.
A computer glitch at the IRS knocked offline the agency’s ability to process many tax returns filed electronically, a stunning breakdown that left agency officials flummoxed and millions of Americans bewildered. Senior government officials were at a loss to explain what happened, even as close to 5 million Americans were expected to try to file their taxes before the midnight deadline. Continue reading “IRS to delay tax deadline by one day after technology collapse”
Slide Fire Solutions, the inventor and manufacturer of bump stocks, will no longer be selling the firearm accessories.
On its website Tuesday, Slide Fire Solutions said it “will cease taking orders for its products and shut down its website.”
The company said it will process and ship all orders taken prior to May 20. The company did not say on its website what will happen to its factory in Texas. Continue reading “Bump stock maker Slide Fire will stop taking orders and is shutting down its website”
Barbara Bush, the widely admired wife of one president and the fiercely loyal mother of another, died Tuesday evening at her home in Houston. She was 92.
Jim McGrath, a family spokesman, announced the death in a statement posted to Twitter.
Continue reading “Barbara Bush, Wife of 41st President and Mother of 43rd, Dies at 92”
New York Times – by Maya Salam
Harry Anderson, an actor who starred as the kindhearted, zany Judge Harry Stone on the long-running NBC comedy “Night Court,” was found dead early Monday at his home in Asheville, N.C. He was 65.
The Asheville Police Department, which confirmed the death, did not release a cause but said no foul play was suspected.
Former first lady Barbara Bush, the wife and mother of two presidents, has decided to end medical treatment for a life-threatening illness.
Family spokesman Jim McGrath announced on Twitter Sunday that Bush, 92, made the decision after consulting with her family and friends. Continue reading “Former first lady Barbara Bush, wife and mother of presidents, declines medical treatment”