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A light plane met with problems shortly after taking off from a small Texas airport and crash-landed on top of a pickup truck parked at a nearby office complex. The plane, a Cirrus SR22, met with problems almost as soon as it left the runway at Midland Airpark Airport around 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. […]

A day after his release from a Turkish prison, Pastor Andrew Brunson met with President Donald Trump in the White House on Oct. 13. Brunson thanked the President before kneeling in prayer for him. Brunson, a Christian pastor from North Carolina, had been charged with unsubstantiated terrorism offenses by Turkey and jailed since 2016. Trump has repeatedly […]

A 2-year-old girl was mauled to death by her family dog in Alvin, Texas, on the afternoon of Oct. 12. The incident happened around 6:00 p.m. at the 3900 block of Morning Dove Street, KHOU reported. Animal control said the dog is a leopard cur. It was tranquilized and euthanized by animal control because it was […]

News analysis Many Americans are keenly aware of the influence of transnational conglomerates clustered under monikers like “Big Oil”, “Big Tech”, and “Big Pharma.” Their CEOs regularly reap praise and criticism for the companies’ accomplishments and transgressions. But CEOs like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Apple’s Tim Cook are hardly sovereign masters of their companies. Corporations […]

The New York City headquarters of a private club supporting the Republican party was vandalized in the early hours of Oct. 12. As yet unidentified vandals threw a brick through two windows, glued the building’s locks, damaged an entry keypad, and scrawled anarchy symbols on the front doors. The Metropolitan Republican Club is headquartered at […]

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s security clearance was removed at her request on Aug. 30, according to a letter (pdf) from the State Department to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Clearances for five other people Clinton designated as researchers have also been withdrawn on Sept. 20, including Clinton’s close aide Cheryl Mills, the State Department […]

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is set to flex its muscles by convincing trading partners to pressure China. The revamped deal with Canada and Mexico is a clear sign that Washington is willing to isolate Beijing in a new global trade order by edging China out of trade deals with allies. The new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) contains […]

A hunter accused of bagging a potentially record-breaking buck is facing multiple charges in Florida, with the local Sheriff saying he violated not only the law, but also the spirit of a true huntsman. The 23-point buck (a male deer with 23 points on its antlers) was found dead on state land, shot by a […]

US President Donald Trump says he will meet with pastor Andrew Brunson in the Oval Office on Oct. 13, following his release by Turkey. Trump says the 50-year-old pastor “suffered greatly” but is in “very good shape.” A Turkish court on Friday convicted the North Carolina native of terror links but released him from house […]

A high-ranking member of the notorious Bloods gang who is believed to have orchestrated a hit carried out on a reputed mobster at a New York City McDonald’s was arrested, police officers said. Bushawn Shelton, known as “Shelz” to some, was apprehended on Oct. 11, and charged with conspiring to murder two men—one of whom was […]

Newly released video footage shows the inside of a federal immigration shelter in Texas that houses unaccompanied children who reach the United States. The footage, released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), shows the Tornillo shelter. The footage shows children playing soccer and eating, and shows the living facilities, which are sturdy […]

MEXICO BEACH—The death toll was expected to rise this weekend in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael as hundreds remained unaccounted for along the Florida Panhandle where decimated communities remained cut off and in the dark. As of early on Oct. 13, state officials were reporting that at least 18 have been killed in Florida, Georgia, […]

AMSTERDAM, N.Y.—An upstate New York community stricken with grief after a limousine crash that killed 20 people is saying goodbye on Oct. 13, to four sisters and four family members who were on the ill-fated birthday celebration trip. The combined service is being held a week after the stretch limo loaded with 18 people ran […]

MEXICO BEACH—Tom Garcia watched in terror as fingers of water pushed inland across the beach and began filling up his home. His wife handed him a drill and Garcia used screws to pin his front and back door shut. But soon the storm surge from Hurricane Michael was up to his chest. His dogs sat […]

The bodies of 11 babies were found hidden at a former funeral home in Detroit on Oct. 12, after authorities received an anonymous letter leading them to the remains, police said. Police are investigating after authorities found nine badly decomposed bodies inside a box and two inside a casket, all hidden in a false ceiling […]

WASHINGTON—U.S. national security adviser John Bolton has vowed to further intensify the Trump administration’s tough approach to China, saying Beijing’s “behavior needs to be adjusted in the trade area, in the international, military and political areas.” Speaking in a radio interview on the Hugh Hewitt Show recorded on Oct. 11 and aired on Oct. 12, […]

Volunteer search-and-rescue networks formed during previous flood disasters in Texas and Louisiana sprang into action in Florida this week following Hurricane Michael, providing a boost to authorities hit by electricity and communications outages. By Oct. 11, two days after Michael plowed into Florida’s Panhandle as one of the fiercest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. […]

MEXICO BEACH, Fla.—Searchers on Oct. 12 found the first body in the rubble of the Florida coastal town of Mexico Beach, which was nearly obliterated by Hurricane Michael, as the toll from the historic storm rose to at least 17 and was expected to rise. Rescue teams, hampered by power and phone outages, used cadaver […]

A new study by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) found that cadmium, a toxic metal linked to cancer, kidney damage and reproductive problems after prolonged exposure, was found in jewelry sold at retail stores like Ross, Nordstrom Rack, and Papaya. “Cadmium is an incredibly toxic metal. Like lead, it causes birth defects. It makes […]

MEXICO BEACH, Fla.—Tom Garcia watched in terror as fingers of water pushed inland across the beach and began filling up his home. His wife handed him a drill and Garcia used screws to pin his front and back door shut. But soon the storm surge from Hurricane Michael was up to his chest. His dogs […]