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Greg Bajor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An American Airlines flight had to “perform an expedited climb” in order to avoid a mountain during a routine departure out of Hawaii on Wednesday. The plane had just departed from Honolulu International Airport and was on its way to Los Angeles International Airport. Air traffic control can be […]

Department of Justice (WASHINGTON) — A former NFL linebacker who played for the Detroit Lions faces charges for allegedly engaging in a series of assaults on law enforcement during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, court records show. Leander Antwione Williams, 31, was arrested Thursday in what appears to be the first newly filed […]

(NEW YORK) — Across hours of podcast and television interviews, Army veteran and Fox News host Pete Hegseth has articulated his plan for a “frontal assault” to reform the Department of Defense from the top down, including by purging “woke” generals, limiting women from some combat roles, eliminating diversity goals and utilizing the “real threat of violence” […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The FBI searched the New York City home of Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan as part of a criminal investigation into the election betting platform, law enforcement sources told ABC News. The investigation, at least in part, involves whether Polymarket violated a prior settlement with the U.S. government by allowing American-based […]

(LOS ANGELES) — As calls grow for the Menendez brothers to be released from prison, the incoming Los Angeles County district attorney says he has a lot of evidence to review before showing his support. Nathan Hochman won last week’s election for DA, beating incumbent George Gascón in a landslide, will take office in December. The election […]

Gary Miller/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The satirical website The Onion purchased InfoWars on Thursday, a capstone on years of litigation and bankruptcy proceedings following InfoWars founder Alex Jones’ defamation of families associated with the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Those families backed The Onion’s bid to purchase InfoWars’ intellectual property, including its website, customer lists and […]

(CRESCENT, Okla.) — The 28-year-old lab worker investigated alleged wrongdoing at an Oklahoma nuclear fuel facility, and was on her way to meet with a New York Times reporter when she died in a fatal car crash. Fifty years ago, the death of a 28-year-old plutonium plant worker and whistleblower in Oklahoma — a death […]

(LOS ANGELES) — Four individuals were arrested Wednesday for allegedly attempting to defraud their insurance companies by claiming a bear had damaged their vehicles — when in fact it was a person in a bear costume attacking the cars. The suspects were all Los Angeles-area residents, according to a statement released Wednesday afternoon by the […]

(WASHINGTON) — Federal authorities are offering a $25,000 reward in connection with a series of arson incidents involving ballot boxes in Washington state and Oregon during early voting last month. The FBI said Wednesday it is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect sought in three incendiary fires. The agency is offering a $25,000 […]

(OWASSO, Okla.) — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced Wednesday that Owasso Public Schools in Oklahoma has “entered into an agreement to remedy violations of Title IX” concerning sexual harassment in its schools following the February death of LGBTQ+ student Nex Benedict. The OCR states that its investigation of the […]