The Federal Bureau of Investigation searched President Biden’s Delaware home Friday and located six items containing classification markings. Investigators also took possession of some of his notes, the president’s lawyer said Saturday. Bob Bauer, a personal attorney for Mr. Biden, said the search lasted about 13 hours. The classification …
Read More »Missing Texas woman found dead after allegedly threatening to expose affair
The body of a woman reported missing after threatening to tell the wife of the man she was dating that he was having an affair was found buried in a field near his Dallas-area home, authorities said. The body discovered Wednesday evening in Grand Prairie is that of Kayla Kelley, …
Read More »A woman’s headless torso was found at a Missouri highway rest stop in 2004. DNA has led police to her alleged killer.
A man has been charged with murder and jailed in a case that baffled police for nearly two decades — the death of a woman whose decapitated torso was found at a Missouri rest stop along Interstate 70. Mike A. Clardy, 63, of Maryland Heights, Missouri, was charged Wednesday with …
Read More »The legislation the new House GOP majority is taking up in its first full week in power
Washington — With a House speaker elected, members sworn in and the rules for the 118th Congress adopted, the Republican-led House has begun the business of legislating, taking up a flurry of measures that advance the GOP’s agenda in the first full week of the new Congress. The first bills and …
Read More »Trader Joe’s sued over alleged lead and cadmium in dark chocolate
Trader Joe’s customers in New York filed two separate class-action lawsuits against the company this week, alleging that the grocery store chain failed to warn customers about heavy metals found in its dark chocolate. One lawsuit argues that Trader Joe’s should have known there were traces of cadmium and lead …
Read More »Military to proceed with changing the names of bases honoring Confederate generals
The Pentagon has directed the military to proceed with plans to rename nine Army bases and hundreds of other items whose names honor the Confederacy. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin previously approved the recommendations submitted by the congressionally-mandated Naming Commission, and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. …
Read More »2 arrested in power substation vandalism that left thousands without power in Washington state
Two men have been arrested and charged with vandalizing electrical substations in Washington state, attacks that left thousands without power over the holidays, and one suspect told authorities they did it so they could break into a business and steal money, U.S. authorities said Tuesday. Matthew Greenwood, 32, and Jeremy …
Read More »Southwest Airlines scrubs thousands more flights as it struggles to rebound
Southwest Airlines canceled thousands more flights early Thursday as the beleaguered carrier struggled to recover from a massive winter storm that has angered passengers, raised questions about its preparedness and drawn scrutiny in Washington, D.C. As of 9:47 a.m. Eastern time Southwest had scrubbed more than 2,360 flights, or 58% …
Read More »Millions of Americans to lose Medicaid coverage starting next year
Millions of Americans gained Medicaid coverage during the pandemic. Starting next year, millions are likely to lose it. The mammoth spending bill passed by Congress would allow states to kick some people off Medicaid starting in April. Millions would become uninsured, according to estimates from the administration and several health …
Read More »Navy concludes suicides of three sailors assigned to USS George Washington were not connected
The Navy’s investigation into the suicides of three sailors assigned to the USS George Washington concluded the deaths were not connected, but stress related to life in a shipyard environment was a “contributing factor” in at least one of the suicides. In April, Master-at-Arms Seaman Recruit Xavier Mitchell-Sandor, 19, Interior …
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