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Thousands of toxic sites in US at risk of flooding in coming decades due to sea level rise: Study

Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Sea level rise caused by climate change could cause thousands of toxic sites in the U.S. to flood in the coming decades, according to new research.Under a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario, more than 5,500 hazardous sites across the U.S. will be at risk of a 1-in-100-year flood by the year 2100, according to a paper published Thursday in Nature. These sites include facilities that handle sewage, toxic waste, oil and gas and other industrial […]

todayNovember 20, 2025

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Man faces terrorism charge for allegedly setting woman on fire on Chicago L train: DOJ

A screengrab from surveillance footage included in a federal complaint that prosecutors say shows Lawrence Reed on a Chicago Blue Line train holding a lit bottle, Nov. 17, 2025. U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois(CHICAGO) - A man has been charged with terrorism for allegedly pouring flammable liquid on a woman and setting her on fire on a Chicago L train earlier this week, federal officials said.The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Wednesday it has taken the suspect, […]

todayNovember 19, 2025

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Trump’s words loom over Comey case as judge weighs tossing indictment

James Comey onstage on May 30, 2023 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)(ALEXANDRIA, Va.) -- Though President Trump was miles away from the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday morning, his words loomed large over the arguments before U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff as the government sought to defend its case against former FBI Director James Comey. Trump's Sept. 20 social media post demanding that "JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!"" was at the center of Comey's argument that the president was using the justice […]

todayNovember 19, 2025

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Luigi Mangione must be given civilian clothes for upcoming court appearance, judge rules

Luigi Mangione appears for his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court, Dec. 23, 2024, in New York. (Curtis Mean/Pool/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Accused killer Luigi Mangione must be given civilian clothes to wear for his court appearance next month, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.Mangione is due in a Manhattan courtroom on Dec. 1, but his attorneys said he had nothing to wear."Mangione is currently housed in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn and does not have civilian clothes to wear for […]

todayNovember 19, 2025

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Former Olympic snowboarder accused of ordering killing of witness set to testify against him in drug trafficking case

Former Olympic snowboarder and Canadian national Ryan Wedding is seen in photos released by the FBI. FBI(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department unsealed new charges against a former Canadian Olympian snowboarder who is allegedly the "largest distributor of cocaine" in Canada, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.The charges allege Ryan Wedding ordered the killing of a witness who was set to testify against him in a U.S. federal trial in a drug trafficking case, prosecutors said.Wedding, who is on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted […]

todayNovember 19, 2025

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Record-breaking November heat blankets the South, shattering records

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Just a week before Thanksgiving, record-breaking heat is hitting parts of the South, with some cities setting daily records as temperatures rise 10 to 20 degrees above average.Cities across Texas experienced record-high temperatures on Tuesday, with Waco reaching 87 degrees and Austin hitting 86 degrees. Dallas, which hit a high of 87 degrees on Tuesday, has not seen temperatures this warm this late into the year in 20 years.Houston also shattered records on Tuesday, as it […]

todayNovember 19, 2025

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Teen who died on Carnival cruise was found under bed, stepbrother under investigation: Source

The family of 18-year-old Anna Kepner, who was reported dead while aboard the Carnival Horizon cruise ship on Saturday, says they will remember her as a happy, bubbly, straight-A student with a bright future ahead. (Kepner family)(MIAMI) -- Anna Kepner, a teen who died aboard a Carnival Horizon cruise ship earlier this month, was found dead under a bed, wrapped in a blanket and covered by life vests, according to a security source briefed on the investigation.The 18-year-old cheerleader from Titusville, […]

todayNovember 19, 2025

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Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board in wake of Epstein email revelations

Larry Summers, president emeritus and professor at Harvard University, during an interview in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. Summers earlier this month warned that while financial markets have so far shown limited concern with regard to the Federal Reserve's independence, the situation "could turn very quickly." (Photographer: Victor J. Blue Bloomberg via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Larry Summers, a former Treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton and the former president of Harvard University, has resigned from the […]

todayNovember 19, 2025

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Border officials seize $2.6 million of alleged meth found inside vehicle hauling batteries

Alex Edelman/Getty Images(LAREDO, Texas.) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized an estimated $2.6 million of alleged methamphetamine hidden inside of a tractor trailer hauling batteries, officials said.“The bad guys got a bit of a shock this weekend,” according to a statement from the CBP, when packages containing approximately 291 pounds of methamphetamine were discovered by officers at Colombia-Solidarity Bridge in Laredo, Texas.“Our frontline CBP officers maintained strict vigilance and short circuited a significant methamphetamine smuggling attempt,” said Port […]

todayNovember 19, 2025

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