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Man who rammed U-Haul truck into White House security barrier pleads guilty
(WASHINGTON) -- A man who drove a U-Haul truck into metal barriers outside of the White House in May 2023 pleaded guilty on Monday, admitting he carried out the attack fueled by Nazi ideology and an intent to replace the U.S. government.Sai Varsith Kandula, a non-U.S. citizen who was residing…
Foreign terrorist organizations could target Pride month events: FBI, DHS
(WASHINGTON) -- Foreign terrorist organizations may seek to exploit "LGBTQIA+-related events and venues," including events during 2024 Pride month -- celebrated in June, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security warned in a recent public service announcement."Organizations like ISIS may seek to exploit increased gatherings associated with the upcoming June…
Boat sought in hit-and-run that killed teen waterskiing in Miami area
(MIAMI) -- Authorities in Florida are seeking a boat involved in a fatal hit-and-run that killed a teenager waterskiing in the Miami area over the weekend.The victim was waterskiing near Nixon Beach in Key Biscayne Saturday afternoon when the incident occurred, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,…
Donald Trump Jr. visited Peter Navarro in federal prison: Sources
(MIAMI) -- Donald Trump Jr. visited Peter Navarro in a Miami federal prison, according to sources familiar with the situation.Navarro, the former Trump White House adviser, was convicted in September of two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to provide testimony and documents to the House Select Committee that…
Invasive emerald ash borer endangers cultural keystone tree species
(NEW YORK) -- In northern Wisconsin, April Stone is carrying on a centuries-old Ojibwe practice of basket making. She uses wood from the black ash tree, a cultural keystone species that's now under threat from the invasive emerald ash borer.Yet for Stone and other tribal artisans, protecting black ash trees…
‘He cannot be trusted’: Michael Cohen faces an uphill reputational battle with Trump’s jury
(NEW YORK) -- Monday might be the first time the jury in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial sees Michael Cohen in person, but they have heard plenty about the former president's one-time "fixer."Witness after witness over the last three weeks have offered their opinions on Trump's former lawyer, whose…
2 years after racially motivated Buffalo mass shooting, hate crimes targeting Black people persist
(NEW YORK) -- As they sat in the lobby of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Washington, D.C., last month, Garnell Whitfield Jr. and others who have lost relatives nationwide to gun violence listened as U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland helped dedicate an exhibit honoring those…
Smoke from Canadian wildfires reaches US, Minnesota under air quality alert
(NEW YORK) -- With over 100 active wildfires burning in Canada, wildfire smoke has drifted across the border into the United States, prompting Minnesota officials to issue the state's first air quality alert of 2024.At least 37 of the 141 active fires burning in Canadian wildfires have been labeled "out…
Police find suspect in fatal shooting of Ohio police officer in ‘ambush’ dead
(CLEVELAND) -- An Ohio police officer investigating a call of a disturbance at a home was fatally shot Saturday night in what authorities described as an "ambush" by an alleged gunman who was found dead Sunday.The shooting unfolded just before 10 p.m. local time in a residential area of Euclid,…
From Trump’s ‘attack dog’ to star witness: Michael Cohen set to testify in hush money trial
(NEW YORK) -- For nearly a decade, Michael Cohen was Donald Trump's trusted adviser, personal attorney, and self-described "attack dog with a law license."But Monday morning, Cohen is set to serve as the star witness in Trump's New York criminal hush money trial, potentially delivering testimony that could cement the…
