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(NEW YORK) — Nineteen people are confirmed dead in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa tore through the island as a Category 5 hurricane this week — and that death toll is expected to rise, officials said. [Read More…]

FBI thwarts potential Halloween weekend terror attack in Michigan

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press conference on October 23, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (DETROIT) — The FBI has thwarted a potential Halloween weekend terrorist attack [Read More…]

2 dead after heavy rain brings intense flooding to New York City

Rain shrouds the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building as a nor’easter storm moves into New York City on October 12, 2025, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) [Read More…]

DOJ, in a first, brings terrorism charge against alleged member of 764 network

A sign marks the location of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) headquarters building on April 30, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department has filed terrorism [Read More…]

Where is Melodee Buzzard? New searches conducted at mom’s home, rental car

The FBI and Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office are looking for missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard. (FBI) (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) — Weeks into the “perplexing” search for missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, California authorities said they’ve served follow-up [Read More…]

Pennsylvania man with multiple arrest warrants back in custody after fleeing from police while handcuffed: Officials

Officials in Pennsylvania are searching for Jairo Eliazar Ramirez-Lima, a man with “multiple active arrest warrants, including federal ICE detainers” who escaped police custody while handcuffed, according to the East Pikeland Township Police Department. (East [Read More…]

FBI thwarts ‘potential terrorist attack’ in Michigan

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press conference on October 23, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (DETROIT) — The FBI has thwarted “a potential terrorist attack” and arrested [Read More…]

Suspect in case in which prosecutors were disciplined for Jan. 6 reference to appear in court

A photo of Taylor Taranto from a detention memo released by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. (U.S. District Court) (WASHINGTON) — A day after the Justice Department withdrew a sentencing memo [Read More…]

Entire communities in Jamaica demolished or isolated by direct hit from Hurricane Melissa: Officials

In this handout satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Melissa churns through the Caribbean Sea, captured at 15:20Z on October 28, 2025. NOAA via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — [Read More…]

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs moved to federal prison to begin serving sentence

Mike Coppola/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sean “Diddy” Combs arrived Thursday at the New Jersey federal prison where he will serve his four-year sentence for transportation for the purposes of prostitution, multiple sources told ABC [Read More…]

9-year-old Carol Ann was killed in a church in 1962. Her murderer has finally been ID’d.

An undated photo of 9-year-old murder victim Carol Ann Dougherty. Bucks County District Attorney’s office (BUCKS COUNTY, Pa.) — A 9-year-old girl’s killer has been identified more than 60 years after she was raped and [Read More…]

Ex-South Carolina sheriff to plead guilty to stealing police funds

Stock image of police lights. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (SPARTANBURG, S.C.) — A former sheriff of Spartanburg, South Carolina, is expected to plead guilty Thursday morning to stealing money from his own police force and taking [Read More…]

Critics question whether White House, contractors ‘cut corners’ on asbestos safety in East Wing demolition

An excavator sits on the rubble after the East Wing of the White House was demolished on October 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Days after the abrupt demolition of the East Wing [Read More…]

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks expedited appeal

Mike Coppola/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is asking a federal appeals court to expedite his appeal of his conviction on two prostitution-related charges, arguing he could finish his prison sentence before his [Read More…]

Detention of minors after rollback of protections sparks concern from immigrant advocates

danielfela/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Last week, Joel Camas, a 16-year-old living in the Bronx, New York, showed up for a routine immigration check-in at a federal building in the city, hoping he would be [Read More…]

States to have rapid-response National Guard units for civil disturbances by Jan. 1: Official

Al Drago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The National Guard is planning to train as many as 500 troops per state to serve as part of a rapid-response force focused on civil disturbance missions, according to [Read More…]

State Democrats urge Florida Gov. DeSantis to declare state of emergency to address impending loss of SNAP benefits

In this May 1, 2025, file photo, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference held at the ICE-Enforcement and Removal Operation office in Miramar, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE (FLORIDA) — All 43 [Read More…]

With SNAP benefits set to halt, Thune says he can’t clarify Trump’s plan to fund program

: Senator John Thune (R-SD) at the annual GRAMMYs on the Hill Advocacy Day on Capital Hill on April 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. Capitol Hill’s largest and most prestigious legislative event for music creators. [Read More…]

2 men sentenced to 25 years for failed murder-for-hire plot against Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad

Jemal Countess/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two men hired by Iran in a failed plot to kill Masih Alinejad, an Iranian dissident, author and activist, at her New York City home in 2022 were sentenced [Read More…]

More beachfront homes in the Outer Banks have fallen into the Atlantic