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(Headline USA) The Federal Aviation Administration this week ordered inspections for hundreds of Boeing planes, following reports of cracks in some older models. The now-finalized rule, which was unveiled Thursday and kicks in Sept. 10, applies to certain aircraft under three Boeing 737 Max models: the 737-8, 737-9 and 737-8200....

(Headline USA) Police released video Friday of a mass shooting that killed three people at an Idaho In-N-Out Burger, and praised an employee from a nearby store who engaged the gunman outdoors, slowing him down and possibly preventing more deaths as authorities were catching up. The story of heroism told...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf said on Thursday that President Donald Trump was engaging in “theater diplomacy,” citing the US president’s many threats and climbdowns amid uncertainty over whether a deal between Iran and Oman over the Strait of Hormuz will be reached. “‘Massive attack coming…...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened “leakers” with jail time over reports about dwindling US military stockpiles as a result of the Iran war, and claimed the US had plenty of munitions available. “The US has massive amounts of ‘munitions,’ especially of certain types. Additionally, large amounts...

(Headline USA) A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial. Judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a ruling late Thursday that the bulk of the money...

(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Following prison sentences of a combined 24 years for drug charges, two Hondurans illegally in America will be deported, federal prosecutors in North Carolina say. Their arrest, sentencing and eventual deportation is the example of an executive order from the president executed to protect Americans'...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, while the unemployment rate dropped to 4.1%, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.  Over the last 12 months, employment gains increased by 34,000. July's figure keeps at pace with...

(Andrew Paxton, The Center Square) A 37-year-old Spokane man is facing formal arson charges after allegedly confessing to starting dozens of wildfires across Spokane County over a year-long period, culminating in a massive 3,200-acre blaze that has destroyed hundreds of structures so far. According to court records filed Wednesday in...

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square)  Following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned President Donald Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship, the president is taking another stab at curbing the practice through a pair of executive orders. Trump signed the latest executive orders Thursday afternoon, targeting birth tourism, diplomats, and...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback used a Tallahassee press conference Thursday to accuse his primary rival, Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., of sitting under a federal sex trafficking investigation. Federal law enforcement contradicted the claim within hours. Fishback took no questions from reporters and delivered...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) YouTuber Candace Owens has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s former bodyguard, Brian Harpole, filed against her for implicating him in Kirk’s assassination. Harpole sued Owens in April after she aired allegations from a man named Mitch Snow that he saw...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Newly declassified files show that the FBI opened a criminal investigation into the fringe theory that President Donald Trump may have acted as a Russian agent shortly after he fired then-FBI Director James Comey. The files, released by the White House on Wednesday, once again expose the...