The U.S. Department of Treasury temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil Thursday in an effort to dampen the impact of high oil prices amid the war in Iran. The move has drawn vocal critics who say it will help Russia without significantly lowering oil prices, which sat above $100 per barrel on Friday. The U.S. […]
NEW YORK — Next to the criminal courthouse in lower Manhattan sits an empty chasm where a jail once stood. Over nearly two centuries, a facility nicknamed “The Tombs” because of its underground cells and original Egyptian Revival-style architecture was built, demolished and rebuilt multiple times. Soon, it will be the site of the world’s […]
As Americans plan their weekends, a new sense of unease has hit the nation after two different targeted, violent attacks. While authorities have not said both were terror attacks, the proximity to the U.S.’s recent attacks on Iran raises questions. The two attacks occurred hundreds of miles away but only hours apart. The first happened […]
A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted Thursday to recommend including a viral strain of the flu, subclade k, in vaccines beginning this fall. It’s something that the World Health Organization also suggested, as the variant is likely one reason flu vaccines were less effective this year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, […]
For the nearly 43 million Americans with federal student loan debt, the U.S. government is no longer watching the companies that run that program the way it used to. That move could have the rest of American taxpayers dipping into their pockets to cover student loan debt due to potential errors. The nonpartisan Government Accountability […]
Rep. Jim Clyburn said Thursday he will run for another term in the U.S. House. The 85-year-old South Carolina Democrat will seek an 18th term representing the state’s 6th Congressional District. Clyburn made the announcement at the South Carolina Democratic Party headquarters in Columbia. He said he believes he is capable of continuing the work […]
A convicted ISIS supporter opens fire inside a college ROTC class, killing a military veteran who led the department. How cadets stopped the rampage, including one who stabbed the attacker. Plus, an explosives-filled car crashes into a synagogue in Michigan and barrels inside the building. What investigators are learning after security confronts the suspect. And […]
Old Dominion University ROTC students subdued a gunman Thursday after he shot and killed a professor at the Virginia university. The shooter injured two other Army service members before students neutralized the attacker. Police identified the victim as Army Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, an Iraq War veteran and department chair at Old Dominion University. (Old Dominion Univerity) […]
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed the deaths of all six crew members aboard a U.S. military aircraft that crashed in Iraq. Officials said the KC-135 refueling aircraft was involved in the operation against Iran and that the crash was not caused by hostile or friendly fire. The exact cause is under investigation. All Crew Members […]
The Department of Homeland Security has identified the man who was killed after ramming a vehicle into a Michigan synagogue on Thursday as 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali. In a statement, a DHS spokesperson said Ghazali was born in Lebanon and entered the United States on an IR1 immigrant visa as the spouse of a U.S. […]
