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US federal authorities said an alleged terror plot involving several locations in the Los Angeles area has been thwarted. A man, army veteran Mark Domingo, 26, was arrested by federal agents on Friday in connection with the suspected strike in Southern California.... [Read Full Story]

Police in Baltimore say that a man was killed and six people were wounded Sunday afternoon when a gunman opened fire on a cookout. Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said the man fled after the shooting.... [Read Full Story]

Police investigating Saturday’s fatal shooting rampage at a San Diego-area synagogue said on Sunday they believe the gunman acted alone and was not part of any organized group.... [Read Full Story]

Police investigating Saturday’s fatal shooting rampage at a San Diego-area synagogue said on Sunday they believe the gunman acted alone and was not part of any organized group.... [Read Full Story]

On Thursday morning, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service raided Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s house and City Hall. The FBI confirmed that agents from the FBI Baltimore Office and the IRS Criminal Division are executing court-authorized search warrants. ... [Read Full Story]

Former Vice President Joe Biden officially launched his third bid for the presidency. In a video released early Thursday morning, Biden said that “we are in a battle for the soul of this nation.”... [Read Full Story]

A class-action lawsuit was filed over the popular Rock N’ Play baby sleeper by one named mother, Cassandra Mulvey — on behalf of herself and others — against Fisher Price and Mattel, claiming they marketed the product as safe for infants to sleep in. This month, all models of the sleeper were recalled following more than 30 infant deaths.... [Read Full Story]

On Tuesday, the U.S. government filed its first criminal charges against a major drug distributor and company executives over their roles in the nation’s opioid epidemic.... [Read Full Story]

Jan. 29 assault announced Tuesday that they filed a federal defamation lawsuit against his legal team, including celebrity attorney Mark Geragos.” data-reactid=”27″ type=”text”>On Tuesday, the two brothers who claimed “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett paid them to stage his Jan. 29 assault announced they’ve filed a federal defamation lawsuit against his legal team, including celebrity attorney Mark Geragos. According to Lissa Druss, a spokeswoman for the brothers’ legal team, Abimbola “Abel” and Olabinjo “Ola” Osundairo are suing Geragos and one of his partners, Tina Glandian. ... [Read Full Story]

President Trump and the Trump Organization are suing House Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings to stop subpoenas for financial information from the president’s businesses. Mr. Trump filed the lawsuit Monday morning in D.C. District Court, after Cummings authorized subpoenas for Mazars USA LLP, the president’s longtime accountant, along with a few Trump entities. ... [Read Full Story]

On Monday, 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren unveiled a “broad cancellation plan” for student debt.... [Read Full Story]

Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky was the landslide winner in Ukraine’s presidential election Sunday.... [Read Full Story]

More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in nine bombings that rocked churches, luxury hotels and other sites in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday – the deadliest violence Sri Lanka has seen since their civil war ended a decade ago. ... [Read Full Story]

A man will be charged with attempted arson and reckless endangerment after he tried to enter St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York on Wednesday night with gallons of gasoline, lighter fluid and lighters. Police identified the suspect on Thursday as Marc Lamparello.... [Read Full Story]

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election has finally been released. The report comes nearly two years after Mueller began his investigation, and states the special counsel’s office found no evidence President Trump or his associates colluded with the Russian government. It does not, however, come to a conclusion as to whether Mr. Trump obstructed justice.... [Read Full Story]

The Department Of Defense has confirmed that the U.S. Naval Academy will ban people who are transgender from attending the school, beginning with the 2020 school year. The school in Annapolis, Maryland, currently accepts transgender students and retains midshipmen who transition to another gender.... [Read Full Story]

Sol Pais, the 18-year-old Florida woman who was said to be “infatuated” with 1999 massacre at Columbine High School, was found dead Wednesday near Mount Evans in Clear Creek County, west of Denver, officials there said. Pais was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Shrader said during a press conference. The FBI announced her death in a tweet.... [Read Full Story]

recall of its 13-ounce packages of Chewy Chips Ahoy after receiving reports of an "unexpected solidified ingredient" in some packages, it announced on Tuesday.” data-reactid=”23″ type=”text”>On Tuesday, Mondelēz Global has issued a voluntarily recall of its 13-ounce packages of Chewy Chips Ahoy! cookies, after receiving reports of an “unexpected solidified ingredient” in some packages. ... [Read Full Story]

Health officials are reporting that the number of confirmed cases of measles in the United States this year jumped by nearly 20 percent in the week ended April 11, in the country’s second-worst outbreak in nearly two decades.... [Read Full Story]

Hours after a massive fire engulfed the historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday, a city official said the structure of the building had been saved. The fire at the cathedral caused the roof to collapse, destroyed a spire and spread to one of the building’s two rectangular towers. The mayor’s office said those living near Notre Dame were evacuated as a safety precaution. The Paris prosecutors’ office ruled out arson and possible terror-related motives, and said it was treating it as an accident, ... [Read Full Story]

Hours after Rep. Ilhan Omar released a statement reporting death threats following a tweeted attack from President Donald Trump, the President Trump again tweeted about Omar, saying: “before Nancy [Pelosi], who has lost all control of Congress and is getting nothing done, decides to defend her leader, Rep. Omar, she should look at the anti-Semitic, anti-Israel and ungrateful U.S. HATE statements Omar has made. She is out of control, except for her control of Nancy!”  The President visited Minnesota on Monday to talk about taxes in a district that neighbors Omar’s own. Omar commented on the president’s visit on Twitter saying: “The Great State of Minnesota, where we don’t only welcome immigrants, we send them to Washington.”  Omar is a Somali-American refugee.... [Read Full Story]

A large, flightless bird — similar to an emu and native to both Australia and New Guinea — killed its owner when the man fell down on his property in Florida, authorities said.... [Read Full Story]

South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg officially launched his presidential campaign on Sunday, entering the field of Democrats vying to take on President Donald Trump in 2020.... [Read Full Story]

The former attorney for Stormy Daniels, Michael Avenatti, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in California on 36 counts, including embezzling from a paraplegic, court documents show.... [Read Full Story]

Authorities have arrested a person in connection with suspicious fires at three historic black churches in southern Louisiana, a federal prosecutor said. The suspect was in state custody, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced in a news release labeling the fires “despicable acts.” ... [Read Full Story]

Police in North Carolina said that a gas explosion partially collapsed a North Carolina building and set it ablaze on Wednesday morning, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen. Durham Police Department public affairs manager Wil Glenn said a contractor boring under a sidewalk hit a 2-inch gas line, triggering the explosion. One person was killed and 15 people were taken to area hospitals, Glenn said at a news conference. One firefighter was seriously injured, he also said.... [Read Full Story]

Federal prosecutors have announced the dismantling of one of the largest health care fraud schemes ever investigated by the FBI, charging 24 people in a $1.2 billion alleged scam involving telemedicine and durable medical equipment companies.... [Read Full Story]

On Wednesday, approximately 10 million people are under winter alerts, including blizzard warnings, and approximately 26 million people are under alert for high winds, affecting Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota and Nebraska.... [Read Full Story]