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A Waymo self-driving car (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) (LOS ANGELES) – A Waymo driverless taxi drove a passenger into an apparent police standoff in downtown Los Angeles last week, according to a video posted online Monday.  The Waymo taxi came across a street blocked by police vehicles early Friday before turning into an area […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department has indicted a former Navy petty officer and four others for allegedly leading an online extortion group that authorities say later helped spawn the global extremist network known as “764,” which the FBI now describes as “modern day terrorism” for its sadistic and violent tormenting of teens online. An indictment unsealed Tuesday alleges […]

(WASHINGTON) — The United States has paused all pending immigration applications from 19 “countries of concern,” meaning that even applicants with pending green card applications will be subject to a pause and review, following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. A memo from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services posted on Tuesday says that […]

(SIMI VALLEY, Calif.) — The son of a California radiologist has been identified as the suspect in the fatal shooting of his parents at their home. Dr. Eric Cordes, 63, and wife, Vicki, 66, were shot multiple times in their Simi Valley garage on Sunday shortly after 12 p.m. local time. The couple was taken […]

Low Temperatures – Thursday Map (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — The Northeast is bracing for its coldest temperatures of the season as an arctic blast hits the Midwest and then moves east. On Thursday morning, the temperature is forecast to plunge to 5 degrees in Chicago; minus 4 degrees in Minneapolis; minus 1 degree in Green Bay, […]

amphotora/Getty Images (CADILLAC, Mich.) — Two family members have been charged in connection to the death of a pregnant woman in Michigan after authorities allege she was lured to a home and tortured “in an attempt to remove the unborn infant,” according to the Michigan Department of Attorney General. Cortney Bartholomew, 40, and Bradly Bartholomew, […]

(NEW YORK) — A doctor who admitted to distributing ketamine to Matthew Perry weeks before he died is set to be sentenced on Wednesday — the first among the five people convicted in connection with the “Friends” actor’s 2023 overdose death. Salvador Plasencia pleaded guilty in July to four counts of distribution of ketamine. He […]

Mohammad Alokozay is shown in this Nov. 25 2025, booking photo. Tarrant County Corrections Center (FORT WORTH, Texas) — Homeland Security said investigators arrested an Afghan national who allegedly made a social media post about “building a bomb” and threatened to blow up a building in Fort Worth, Texas. Mohammad Dawood Alokozay’s arrest took place […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump and his family have boasted of going “all in” on cryptocurrencies — but a recent downturn in bitcoin has pummeled digital asset investors, including the Trumps, who by one estimate have had roughly a billion dollars of their net worth erased in just a matter of weeks. Bitcoin dropped as much as […]

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House on November 21, 2025, in Washington, DC. Trump congratulated Mamdani on his election win as the two political opponents met to discuss policies for New York City, including affordability, public safety, […]