Month: June 2019

KeithBinns/iStock(FORT SMITH, Ark.) — Authorities in Mexico are searching for an American medical school graduate who went missing over the weekend after one of his friends was found murdered. Arkansas native Jessy Pacheco, 30, went [Read More…]

Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Paul Whelan, the former U.S. Marine held in Russia on espionage charges, on Thursday called on President Donald Trump to help free him, saying he is the victim of a [Read More…]

U.S. Navy photo by Erik Hildebrandt(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Iranian shootdown of an American drone may have not have been intentional, but a “mistake” by someone “stupid.” Trump spoke following [Read More…]

Newport News Police Department(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — A manhunt is underway in Virginia for a gunman who shot and killed a dentist outside his office. Newport News dentist William Trolenberg, 65, was found shot in [Read More…]

Sacramento Police Department(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — The Sacramento Police Department is mourning the loss of a 26-year-old officer who was shot dead while responding to a call Wednesday night. Tara Christa O’Sullivan was a member of [Read More…]

Alex/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday said a 40-foot, 16-ton Latin cross in Bladensburg, Md., can stand, upholding the constitutionality of a religious symbol on public land, but stopping short of creating a clear [Read More…]

jurgenfr/iStock(LONDON) — The implementation of the world’s first Age Verification Certificates for accessing online pornography in the U.K. will be delayed for up to six months after an administrative error. In a speech to the [Read More…]

Facebook(NEW YORK) — Facebook has announced that it’s launching its own cryptocurrency next year, leaving many to wonder how the social media giant’s offering, Libra, will differ from Bitcoin. For most people, the biggest difference [Read More…]

Kativ/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has requested an investigation into the Trump administration’s delay of the $20 bill redesign. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury Inspector General Eric Thorson, Schumer, [Read More…]

Sacramento Police Department(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A Sacramento Police Department officer shot Wednesday night died after she was rushed to the hospital. Tara Christa O’Sullivan, 26, had been a member of Sacramento State’s “law enforcement scholars [Read More…]

ABC News(DALLAS) — It was just like any other Sunday. Eric Ridenhour was making grilled cheese sandwiches while his fiancee, Kiersten Smith, sat on the couch behind him watching television in their Dallas apartment on [Read More…]

Missouri Department of Corrections(ST. LOUIS) — A Missouri man was charged with making terrorists threats on Tuesday after he allegedly vowed to kill as many gay people as possible during one of the state’s largest [Read More…]

rustythedog/iStock(PHILADELPHIA) — Several dozen Philadelphia police officers were placed on administrative duty in the wake of an investigation into claims of racial bias levied by a civil rights watchdog, officials said Wednesday. Philadelphia Police Commissioner [Read More…]

Courtesy Katelynn Planka(RACINE, Wis.) — At least two have died in a fiery crash in Racine, Wisconsin, that involved two tractor trailers and two cars. At 11 a.m. on Wednesday, the Racine County Sheriff’s office [Read More…]

U.S. Navy photo by Erik Hildebrandt(WASHINGTON) — In a major provocation, Iran shot down an unarmed and unmanned U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton drone while it was flying in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz [Read More…]