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‘Devastating’ Texas wildfires spark disaster declaration, nuclear plant partial evacuation

Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images"Devastating" wildfires in Texas have prompted a disaster declaration for dozens of counties and evacuation orders in parts of the Texas Panhandle.Gov. Greg Abbott declared a disaster declaration for 60 counties on Tuesday due to "widespread wildfire activity throughout the state."The declaration will ensure that fire response resources are quickly deployed to "areas in the Texas Panhandle being impacted by devastating wildfires," Abbott said in a statement Tuesday.According to an internal situation report from DHS/CISA, […]

todayFebruary 28, 2024

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Nashville Police Department, FBI investigating bomb threat at Covenant School

Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- The Covenant School, which was the site of a 2023 mass shooting, received a bomb threat on Monday, according to a Nashville Police Department spokesperson."Yesterday an employee of Covenant School received an emailed bomb threat. We cleared the site, with assistance from a THP (Tennessee Highway Patrol) bomb dog. Our Specialized Investigations Division detectives are working with the FBI to investigate the origin of the threat," according to a Metropolitan Nashville Police Department spokesperson.The school […]

todayFebruary 27, 2024

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Hunter Biden interview marks pivotal moment for GOP-led impeachment inquiry

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Hunter Biden will come face to face this week with the Republicans lawmakers he once accused of trying to kill him to harm his father's political career in a highly anticipated face-off that could be a pivotal moment for the sputtering GOP-led impeachment inquiry.Members of the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees will interview President Joe Biden's son on Wednesday during a closed-door session on Capitol Hill.Republicans hope to elicit revelations that could justify moving forward […]

todayFebruary 27, 2024

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Escaped Louisiana inmate captured in hotel in New Orleans

Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office(NEW ORLEANS) -- A convicted felon who escaped custody on Sunday after pepper spraying his transporting deputy and stealing her car was captured in New Orleans on Tuesday, authorities said.Leon Ruffin, 51, who had been in custody on a second-degree murder charge, was found at a hotel in New Orleans East, with the help of New Orleans Police and the U.S. Marshals Service, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said in a media briefing Tuesday.At about 2:30 p.m. […]

todayFebruary 27, 2024

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Tourist rescued after driving rental car off cliff in Hawaii

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(SOUTH POINT, Hawaii) -- A Canadian tourist is lucky to be alive after he apparently took a wrong turn on a remote road in Hawaii and drove his rental car off a 60-foot cliff, before falling out of the vehicle and getting washed out to sea, authorities said.The 27-year-old man, whose name was not released, was rescued by firefighters and a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew after several fishermen saw the crash and called 911, officials said.The incident […]

todayFebruary 27, 2024

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Up to 12 feet of snow heading to California mountains: What to expect

Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Up to 12 feet of snow is heading to California's Sierra Nevada mountains as a new winter storm bears down on the West Coast.Winter storm watches have been issued for California, Oregon and Washington.The storm will begin in the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday and will reach California by Thursday, bringing rain to the San Francisco area and snow to the mountains.The rain will spread into Southern California from Friday night into Saturday.The heaviest snow -- […]

todayFebruary 27, 2024

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Two men found guilty in 2002 murder of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay

Jason Marz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Two men from Queens have been found guilty on all counts in the the Oct. 30, 2002, murder of Jam Master Jay, a member of the iconic hip-hop group Run-DMC.Karl Jordan Jr., also known as "Little D" and "Noid," and Ronald Washington, also known as "Tinard," were each charged with one count of murder while engaged in narcotics trafficking and one count of firearm-related murder for the fatal shooting of Jam Master Jay, whose real […]

todayFebruary 27, 2024

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Pregnant Amish woman killed in Pennsylvania, police say

Sheila Paras via Getty Images(SPARTA TOWNSHIP, PA.) -- Police are searching for leads after a 23-year-old pregnant Amish woman was killed in Pennsylvania, authorities said.On Monday afternoon, police responded to a home in Sparta Township, about 35 miles southeast of Erie, where they found Rebekah Byler dead, Pennsylvania State Police said.Byler's death is considered a homicide and "police are aggressively investigating all available leads," police said.Police ask the public to report any suspicious people, cars or activity in the area […]

todayFebruary 27, 2024

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What to know about the pending Idaho execution of serial killer Thomas Creech

Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Idaho's longest-serving death row inmate, 73-year-old serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech, is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday barring a last-minute grant of clemency and despite pleas to spare him from the most unlikely advocates -- prison staffers who have cared for him behind bars and the judge who sentenced him to death.Creech is set to die Wednesday night by lethal injection at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution near Boise, officials said.Idaho Gov. Brad Little […]

todayFebruary 27, 2024

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