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FEMA will test cellphone emergency alert system Wednesday

FEMA will test cellphone emergency alert system Wednesday

Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Americans’ cellphones will get an alert from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday. But don’t worry, there is no need to panic — it is only a test. Every year, FEMA partners with national wireless carriers to run a test of the emergency […]

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Two Army soldiers killed in Alaska as tactical vehicle flips in Yukon training site

Two Army soldiers killed in Alaska as tactical vehicle flips in Yukon training site

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. Army vehicle flipped over on Monday, killing two service members and injuring 12 others in the Yukon Training Area in Alaska, Army officials said. The vehicle, a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle, or LMTV, had been carrying 17 soldiers on the outskirts of […]

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Trump fraud trial live updates: Trump expected in court for second day

Trump fraud trial live updates: Trump expected in court for second day

ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump appeared in the courtroom Monday for the first day of the […]

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Suspect in kidnapping of 9-year-old Charlotte Sena in upstate New York identified

Suspect in kidnapping of 9-year-old Charlotte Sena in upstate New York identified

Saratoga County Jail (NEW YORK) — A 47-year-old man charged with kidnapping 9-year-old Charlotte Sena at an upstate New York park and allegedly holding her in the cabinet of a camper he lived in next to his mother’s home has been identified by authorities. Craig N. Ross Jr. is being […]

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US passport processing times reduced after historic number of issuances

US passport processing times reduced after historic number of issuances

Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. passport books and cards hit an all-time record high with more than 24 million issued over the last 12 months, the State Department announced Monday. With the post-pandemic rush of applications now ebbing somewhat, the department is dropping its anticipated processing wait times […]

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Hunter Biden returning to court for arraignment on federal gun charges

Hunter Biden returning to court for arraignment on federal gun charges

Mark Makela/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hunter Biden returns Tuesday to the same Delaware courthouse where his federal plea deal fell apart more than two months ago — this time to face three felony gun charges leveled by the special counsel who negotiated that ill-fated agreement. Attorneys for Hunter Biden […]

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Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.2 billion ahead of Wednesday’s drawing

Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.2 billion ahead of Wednesday’s drawing

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An estimated $1.2 billion jackpot is up for grabs in the next Powerball drawing on Wednesday night. It’s now the third-largest purse in the American lottery game’s history and the biggest so far this year. It’s also the seventh-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever, according […]

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Department of Defense official charged with running dogfighting ring

Department of Defense official charged with running dogfighting ring

Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Department of Defense official has been charged with dogfighting, according to records unsealed by the Justice Department on Monday night. Fredrick D. Moorefield Jr. — who serves as the Deputy Chief Information Officer for Command, Control and Communications — allegedly engaged in dogfighting under the […]

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FAA, NTSB investigating Utah plane crash that killed North Dakota state senator and family

FAA, NTSB investigating Utah plane crash that killed North Dakota state senator and family

Sheila Paras/Getty Images (MOAB, Utah) — The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating a small plane crash that killed all four occupants — North Dakota state Sen. Doug Larsen, his wife and their two children — in Moab, Utah, according to officials. North Dakota Gov. Doug […]

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Philadelphia journalist shot and killed in his home; no arrests made

Philadelphia journalist shot and killed in his home; no arrests made

Josh Kruger/Twitter (PHILADELPHIA) — Josh Kruger, a freelance journalist and former city employee, was shot and killed in his Philadelphia home early Monday, according to local officials. Police responded to his home at about 1:30 a.m. and found Kruger shot seven times in the chest and abdomen. He was taken […]

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