J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Boston has blocked the Trump administration from attempting to dismantle the Department of Education. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun issued a preliminary injunction Thursday that bars the Trump administration from firing half the Department of Education’s workforce. The order from Judge Joun — a […]
Tim Boyle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Treasury Department says it will phase out production of new pennies early next year after President Donald Trump asked the agency to stop producing the coin that has been part of the American currency for more than 230 years. The Treasury Department said in a […]
IsraelinUSA/Twitter/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two members of the Israeli Embassy staff — a couple about to get engaged — were gunned down outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday in what the FBI believes may be a targeted attack. The shooting has […]
(SAN DIEGO) — There have been multiple fatalities after a small plane crashed in a neighborhood of San Diego on Thursday morning, spewing jet fuel and starting a large fire that damaged at least 15 homes and multiple cars, fire officials said. None of the residents in any houses were […]
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who the Trump administration has targeted for deportation after he helped organize pro-Palestinian protests as a student at Columbia University, is set to appear in immigration court in Louisiana Thursday. Khalil, a green card holder who is married to an […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Longtime gangster Ralph DeLeo, once the purported “street boss” of the Colombo crime family, plotted to “murder no fewer than three people who played roles in his most recent criminal conviction,” federal prosecutors alleged in a new court filing. DeLeo, 82, was released from […]
Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images (MCLEAN, Va.) — A non-fatal shooting was reported outside CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia, Thursday morning, the Fairfax Police Department said. The incident happened around 4:00 a.m., a police spokesperson said. “The main gate is currently closed, employees should seek alternative routes,” a CIA spokesperson […]
(SAN DIEGO) — A small plane has crashed in a neighborhood of San Diego on Thursday morning, starting a large fire and damaging at least 15 homes and multiple cars, fire officials said Thursday. Officials are working to to get everybody out of the neighborhood and they will be going […]
Dalton Georgia Police Department (DALTON, Ga) — A Georgia teenager who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after being mistakenly stopped for a traffic infraction she did not commit earlier this month was granted bond Wednesday, according to her attorney. Ximena Arias-Cristobal, 19, was arrested on May 5 in Dalton, Georgia, […]
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — A former United States Postal Service employee in North Carolina was sentenced to 27 months in prison after he allegedly stole over $1.9 million in checks from P.O. boxes, according to federal prosecutors. Dontavis Romario Truesdale, 28, was sentenced Tuesday to 27 months in […]
