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(Headline USA) Across 38 seasons of “The Simpsons,” the Halloween-themed “Treehouse of Horror” episodes have always been a treat of spooky stand-alone storylines. On Sunday, the show surprised viewers with a major resurrection: Apu, the beloved Kwik-E-Mart operator who had not been heard for the better part of a decade,...

(Headline USA) A Japanese spacecraft rocketed toward Mars on Tuesday on a quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back samples. Five of the world’s space agencies joined forces for the five-year mission that will attempt to land a robotic prospector plus a rover on Phobos, the larger and closer...

(Headline USA) Police in California are investigating the theft of trading cards worth at least $963,000 that were taken from a FedEx truck parked outside of a company that verifies memorabilia. The truck was broken into on Oct. 13 near Professional Sports Authenticator, also known as PSA, which authenticates trading cards,...

(Mark Stricherz, The Center Square) A former policy director for First Lady Michelle Obama was paid nearly $700,000 in total compensation last year despite revenue to the taxpayer-funded refugee resettlement organization plummeting by nearly $130 million, an investigation by The Center Square found. Krish O’Mara Vignarajah is the CEO of Baltimore-based Global Refuge, a faith-based...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance are set Tuesday to unveil a $25 million program to encourage the public to blow the whistle on suspected fraud in the federal government as they ramp up an existing effort to end the abuse of federal programs and dollars. Under...

(Headline USA) Police in Chicago took a man into custody after shots were fired outside a downtown federal building early Tuesday, authorities said. No one was injured and there was only minor damage to federal property, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. Police and federal agents responded to Chicago’s...

(Headline USA) A shooting in a neighborhood near a mosque in Ohio’s capital city left one person dead Monday but was not connected to the house of worship or those who were inside, police said. Federal and local authorities descended on the area as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) A former Fed insider has sold all his bank stocks, and he’s piling money into gold. Christopher Whalen has worked for over three decades as a writer and financial analyst in Washington, along with a stint as a researcher at the New York Fed....

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Trump administration on Monday launched a formal investigation into the controversial D.C. Department of Corrections, dubbed the “D.C. Gulag” by critics over the reported harsh treatment of detainees, including many Jan. 6 defendants. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division notified D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser of the investigation in...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released footage on Monday of a call with President Trump, during which the US president told the Israeli leader, “You’re the man I want by my side.” The call came after Trump endorsed Netanyahu for the upcoming October 27 Israeli elections in...

(Headline USA) Federal authorities charged more than two dozen foreign nationals Monday in California as part of a statewide sweep targeting people who officials say have illegally registered or voted in U.S. elections. The arrests are part of a Trump administration effort to root out noncitizen voting ahead of next...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Monday directed the federal government to bolster federal research into women's health through all stages of their lives, a move pushed by his wife, first lady Melania Trump. The Republican president signed an executive order creating a Women’s Health Division at the National Institutes...