A deadly shooting at a Seattle food festival leaves police searching for a second gunman. Investigators believe the suspects were shooting at each other, but one remains on the run. Plus, the suspect in Germany’s deadly Pride attack is dead after a confrontation with police. Now investigators are focused on what he may have planned […]
The Pentagon now separates public casualty totals from the Iran war across two parts of its database, a change that came after lawmakers and military families questioned whether the department had understated the war’s toll. The Defense Casualty Analysis System now lists some Iran-related casualties under Operation Epic Fury and others under a new, generic […]
A majority of humans can likely agree that social media has its pros and cons — it allows families and friends to connect even when they’re apart, but it can also be addicting and sometimes dangerous. This year, there’s another way social media has been beneficial, and it has to do with protecting animals from […]
Wildfires fueled by hot, dry conditions and shifting winds forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes across France and Spain on Sunday. Meanwhile, governments mobilized military resources, expanded emergency operations and warned that difficult conditions could persist. In southwest France, a massive wildfire in the Gironde region near Bordeaux forced the evacuation of […]
The Trump administration paused striking Iran over the weekend, a departure from the last almost-two weeks where attacks were happening nightly. A Department of Defense official told CNN operations are “on a hold.” The New York Times is reporting the same, writing that Trump has set aside plans to escalate the war. There are reportedly […]
German police said Sunday that a 21-year-old suspect in an attack near Berlin’s Christopher Street Day celebrations died after being shot by police during an operation in the Spandau district. Berlin police said the suspect was found around 6 p.m. in a garden in Spandau. According to police, he rushed toward emergency personnel with what […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. The visit is also expected to include a memorial service for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, a longtime supporter of Israel. Netanyahu’s office said he would travel to Washington on Monday and meet Trump the following day. The […]
A heat dome that hit the central United States this past week is going to shift west by later this week. Temperatures could go well above the historical average, with some places expected to experience their highest temperatures of the year so far, AccuWeather predicts. This heat dome is forecast to be over Utah by […]
A fourth firefighter died after battling the Knowles Fire in western Colorado earlier this month, the Department of the Interior said Friday. The firefighter, Nathan Matthews, 43, of the Wildland Fire Service in Lincoln, Nebraska, was one of five who were involved in a “burnover incident” on June 27. A burnover is when a fire moves […]
German authorities intensified their search Sunday for a 21-year-old man suspected of driving a vehicle into a crowd near Berlin’s Christopher Street Day celebrations. One person was killed; several others were injured. As Straight Arrow previously reported, the incident occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday in the Tiergarten, a large park near the route of […]
