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(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) Federal prosecutors are charging an ICE agent with making false statements in connection with a shooting during Operation Metro Surge, according to an anonymous AP source. ICE agent Christian Castro is also facing state charges for the Jan. 14 shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis...

(Headline USA) The man who carried out a deadly shooting in a Minneapolis apartment building had been investigated in June after displaying a handgun, but wasn’t charged, the county prosecutor said Thursday. Carlton Johnson was killed by police who raced to the building after the first reports of gunfire, said...

(Headline USA) An 18-year-old in Washington state has been arrested for the investigation of manslaughter and arson in connection with a deadly July 4 fire, a county sheriff said Thursday. The teen from Kent was among a group of people setting off illegal fireworks from the back of a truck...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Netherlands moved approximately 86 tonnes of gold valued at over €10 billion from North America to London, citing “increasing geopolitical unrest” and a desire to “strengthen crisis preparedness.” The country joins a growing list of countries moving gold out of the U.S to...

(Headline USA) Gunfire could be heard throughout a downtown Minneapolis apartment building as police responded to an active shooting Wednesday that left three people dead, including the suspect, and five others wounded, authorities said. The five wounded by gunfire included two Minneapolis police officers, while a sixth person, another officer, suffered...

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) All but one Democrat in the U.S. House helped tank a proposed constitutional amendment Wednesday afternoon that would limit the U.S. Supreme Court to nine justices. The 212-206 vote, which also saw eight Democrats abstain from voting, failed to reach the two-thirds requirement for passage...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Iranian Health Ministry officials said on Wednesday that a series of US strikes that hit targets across Iran’s southern coast on Tuesday killed at least 18 people and wounded 108. Among the dead were security personnel and civilians, including civilians who were killed by a US strike...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Wednesday again claimed that the Strait of Hormuz was under US “control” and suggested he may rename it the “Trump Strait,” comments that came as Iran’s IRGC said that two tankers attempting to cross the strait hit Iranian mines. “Now that we have...

(Headline USA) The woman killed in a random stabbing in Times Square was a Bank of America employee, the bank confirmed Tuesday. Police identified her and the attacker, who was killed in a confrontation with officers shortly after the rampage. The woman who died, Erin Piacenti, 32, was one of...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is nominating acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao for the permanent job, giving the Navy combat veteran the nod as concerns have emerged that some sailors have been stretched to the limit during the Iran war. Cao has been serving as acting...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Democratic allies who allegedly refused to cooperate with the congressional probe into now-former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., may soon face criminal charges after being held in contempt of Congress. In a voice vote Tuesday, the House of Representatives approved contempt resolutions against North Miami Beach Mayor...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former first son Hunter Biden is now claiming that he is “48.6 percent gay,” despite his long record of sexual activities with women, including allegations that he hired prostitutes and had a sexual relationship with the widow of his late brother, Beau Biden. Appearing on The Luke...