Japan sent troops on Wednesday to help quell a significant rise in bear attacks that have stoked fears among residents in a mountainous community in the northern prefecture of Akita, according to The Associated Press. Human encounters with brown bears and Asiatic black bears have reportedly turned fatal in some instances as hibernation season approaches […]
Authorities in New Jersey arrested two men who they say are connected to a Halloween terror plot in Michigan. The two men, arrested Tuesday and Wednesday, had also intended to leave the U.S. to join the Islamic State. Police arrested Tomas Kaan Guzel, 19, on Tuesday at the Newark Liberty International Airport before he could […]
The U.S. Space Force is about to employ new weapons to jam intelligence collection by China and Russia. The military is moving to field two new ground-based satellite jammers — L3Harris’ Meadowlands and a Remote Modular Terminal (RMT) built by Northstrat and CACI — adding to the existing Counter Communications System, according to Bloomberg. The […]
Both conservative and liberal Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism Wednesday over the legality of President Donald Trump’s broad imposition of global tariffs. The court heard almost three hours of oral arguments in a case with significant implications for the expansion of presidential power. The court’s conservative majority has tended to side with Trump on many […]
Senate Republicans predict the government shutdown could end as soon as Thursday after key elections ended in New York, New Jersey, Virginia and California. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., said he personally knows Democrats who have been willing to vote to fund the government since last week, but were told by Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it would reduce airline traffic by 10% in 40 “high-volume” markets due to the government shutdown, causing staffing shortages. This comes a day after a UPS flight crashed in Louisville, killing nine. Since the shutdown began, air traffic controllers have worked without pay, and many have called out of […]
Democrats swept major elections nationwide — flipping Virginia, holding onto New Jersey and making history in New York City where 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani became the city’s first Muslim mayor. Plus, a UPS cargo jet burst into flames after crashing shortly after takeoff from a U.S. airport, killing several people on board and on the ground. […]
ST. LOUIS — For Rita Henderson, the shock of returning to her North St. Louis home after it was struck by an EF3 tornado on May 16 was overwhelming. In the midst of the destruction, her house was deemed uninhabitable. “I couldn’t believe it,” said Henderson, 86. “I’ve been in the house 52 years, and […]
At least seven people are dead and nearly a dozen more are injured after a UPS cargo plane crashed during takeoff in Louisville, Kentucky. The jet had just left the runway at UPS Worldport, Louisville’s main hub, heading for Honolulu around 5:15 p.m., when it erupted into a massive fireball. Just seconds earlier, video shows […]
The federal government shutdown, which reached day 36 on Wednesday, is now the longest in U.S. history. The previous record of 35 days was set during President Donald Trump’s first term in 2019. On Tuesday, the Senate failed for the 14th time to pass a short-term funding bill that would reopen the government. Democrats are […]
