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Three Idaho Army National Guard members returning from a training exercise died when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed in snowy, foggy conditions Tuesday night near Boise, the National Guard said. The three were all trained pilots participating in a routine training mission, a National Guard statement said. Idaho Army National Guard Col. Christopher Burt said
Continue ReadingUS Capitol rioter and so-called “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley should be given organic food while in a Washington, DC, jail, a federal judge said Wednesday, after Chansley went on an apparent hunger strike last week claiming non-organic food was against his religion and sickened him. DC District Court Judge Royce Lamberth decided the accommodations could
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A warm day in the desert with high temperatures climbing into the 80s for the second day in a row. An average high for the date is 71°. The trough of low pressure that was pulling in tropical moisture from the south and bringing clouds to the desert, is moving inland. It’s this move that
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The California Highway Patrol is on scene of a rollover crash on Interstate 10 near Whitewater, east of Haugen-Lehmann Way. A van towing a trailer carrying a vehicle crashed and rolled. The California Highway Patrol reported the van was traveling at highspeed before the driver lost control. The van rolled over and landed in thecenter
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Archaeologists working at a burial site in Egypt have unearthed ancient mummies with golden tongues. The team, headed by Kathleen Martinez of the University of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, were working at the Taposiris Magna Temple in western Alexandria when they discovered 16 burial shafts dating from the Greek and Roman eras. A
Continue ReadingNearly a month after the deadly attack on January 6, the US Capitol Police force remains in turmoil, with union officials preparing an unprecedented “no confidence” vote in the department’s leadership, and rank-and-file officers still reeling from the physical and psychological effects of the attack. The fallout from the insurrection has been compounded by the death of an officer during
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats are taking steps toward removing Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments, and the top Republican in the House is adopting the sort of confrontational partisan rhetoric that has put the controversial Georgia Republican in the spotlight. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, made the first move toward stripping
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department on Wednesday dropped an affirmative action lawsuit the Trump administration had filed against Yale University last year accusing the school of discriminating against Asian American and White applicants in its undergraduate admissions process. The lawsuit was originally filed in October when the department, led by then-Attorney General William Barr, alleged: “Yale rejects
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats are set to take the first steps Wednesday to remove Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia from her committee assignments, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced, setting a possible floor vote on the issue Thursday. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, spoke ahead of Hoyer’s announcement. “I spoke
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The California Highway Patrol El Centro area confirmed that a toddler has been pronounced dead after being struck by a vehicle backing up. The incident happened Tuesday at around 7 p.m. Police say the toddler, a one-year-old old, ran behind a vehicle as it was backing up in front of a residence in Thermal. The
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(CNN Español) — Autoridades de una región del norte de Chile manifestaron su preocupación por el aumento considerable del flujo migratorio, sobre todo de ciudadanos venezolanos. El secretario regional Ministerial de Salud de Tarapacá, Manuel Fernández, dijo este martes que como consecuencia de la inmigración se reporta «un fuerte estrés» en el sistema de residencias
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Flint, Michigan (WNEM) — A Michigan State Police Narcotics team by the name of STING (Strike Team Investigative Narcotics Team) has seized more meth in the month of January than 2018, 2019 and 2020 combined. STING is a multijurisdictional task force covering Crawford, Roscommon, Iosco, Arenac, Ogemaw, and
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The race for coronavirus vaccines is on across the world and South American policymakers are scrambling to catch up. The region accounts for roughly 15% of the world’s reported Covid-19 cases, but less than 3% of the global vaccine doses administered so far, according to data collected by Oxford University. Amid a devastating second wave,
Continue ReadingRep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, is expected to defend her impeachment vote and confront her critics during a tense GOP conference meeting under way Wednesday where some Republicans want her to apologize. Cheney was one of a handful of House Republicans to cross party lines and vote to impeach former President Donald
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department on Tuesday rescinded two voting-related memos issued by the Trump administration, including one that prompted a public corruption prosecutor to step down from his post because it upended decades of department policy on voter fraud investigations to not interfere in states’ vote certification. Acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson announced that the Justice
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department has exceeded 180 federal criminal cases against rioters and others connected to the US Capitol siege, with prosecutors’ latest charges coming against a man seen in videos wearing an “American Supremacist” sweatshirt in the Capitol on January 6. CNN has found that 181 people have been charged in federal court as of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Las Vegas (KVVU) — A local visiting an off-Strip casino started their February by hitting a massive slot jackpot. According to Ellie Island Hotel, Casino & Brewery, the player, identified as David Frys, hit a jackpot for $905,754.63 while playing the Buffalo Grand slot machine. “I’ve been playing
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A Coachella Valley family is seeking damages against the Palm Springs Unified School District and the busing company it contracts with to drive students to and from its campuses. The action follows a bus driver molesting a special needs student aboard a school bus. The criminal case has already gone to court and the driver,
Continue ReadingThe Capitol Hill insurrection and the inauguration of a Democratic president who campaigned on strengthening gun control measures helped the firearms industry set a January gun sales record last month, according to data released Monday. Gun merchants sold more than 2 million firearms in January, a 75% increase over the estimated 1.2 million guns sold
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