Several Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles caused a wave of protests on Friday that continued into Saturday, which saw officers meet protesters in tactical gear and deploy tear gas. Some protesters threw objects at or tried to block ICE vehicles. At one location, officers handcuffed protesters and placed them into white vans […]
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that there would be “serious consequences” if former advisor Elon Musk funded Democratic candidates following their public feud. The pair had a falling out on Thursday, exchanging threats ranging from Trump pulling Musk’s government contracts to Musk decommissioning his Dragon spacecraft and starting a new political party, which he […]
(The Center Square) — A new study paints a bleak picture of the economic health of Illinois. The personal finance website WalletHub has released its findings of the best and worst state economies. Researcher Chip Lugo said Wallethub used three economic categories including economic activity, economic health and innovation potential. “Then we applied 28 relevant metrics, and […]
Grant Hardin, an escaped Arkansas inmate known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” has been taken into custody, the Izard County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. Hardin is a convicted murderer and rapist. He was reported missing from prison on May 25. “Hardin was taken into custody by Izard County authorities just a short distance from […]
SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities have closed a wide swath of popular campgrounds and backpacking areas along the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington as they search for a former Army soldier wanted in the deaths of his three young daughters. Dozens of additional law enforcement officers from an array of agencies joined the investigation and search Friday […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump really wants to fly on an upgraded Air Force One — but making that happen could depend on whether he’s willing to cut corners with security. As government lawyers sort out the legal arrangement for accepting a luxury jet from the Qatari royal family, another crucial conversation is unfolding about modifying the plane […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A large Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounded 21 others, local officials said. The barrage — the latest in near daily widescale attacks — included aerial glide bombs that have become part of a fierce Russian onslaught in the all-out war, which […]
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Russia-backed Wagner Group said Friday it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists and insurgents in the country. Despite Wagner’s announcement, Russia will continue to have a mercenary presence in the West African country. The Africa Corps, Russia’s state-controlled paramilitary force, said on its […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel said Saturday it had retrieved the body of a Thai hostage abducted into Gaza during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war, as it continued its military offensive, killing at least 95 people in the past 24 hours, according to Gaza’s health ministry. The prime minister’s office said Nattapong […]
A federal judge sentenced a Washington, D.C. police officer to 18 months in prison on Friday for obstructing justice and lying about his relationship with the former leader of the right-wing group, Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio. A jury found Lt. Shane Lamond guilty in December last year of leaking details to Tarrio about an investigation […]
