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(Headline USA) A New York woman accused of receiving weapons training from the Islamic State group was tricked by her father into traveling to Syria, where she became an unwilling teen bride to a militant fighter, her lawyer told a jury Thursday. Halima Salman, a U.S. citizen born in Brooklyn,...

(Headline USA) The “looksmaxxing” livestreamer Braden Peters, better known by his stage name Clavicular, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he raped a 17-year-old girl at his family’s Massachusetts home. A social media personality known for promoting extreme devotion to male beauty, Peters, 20, is accused of giving the...

(Headline USA) A Florida police officer who found a man dead during a welfare check in 2022 is accused of taking possession of the man’s home and impersonating him for years while fixing up the place, authorities said. The officer said he took possession of the property weeks after discovering...

(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) With less than two weeks until Election Day, the Minnesota U.S. Senate race has shifted in favor of Republican and former sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya. The Cook Political Report shifted its rating in the race from “Likely Democrat” to “Lean Democrat.” The shift comes as fraud,...

(Headline USA) A Mexican-born judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote. U.S. District Court Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin in Oakland found the government's effort is relying on data that is allegedly full of errors and that it's...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Seven in 10 true independents say the country is headed the wrong way, a new The Center Square poll found, but most won’t commit to either major party’s candidate. The Center Square Voters' Voice Poll found 70% of true independents say things in the country...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Another ISIS-inspired attack has been thwarted in Texas, this time an alleged attempted assassination of a U.S. congressman in north Texas: U.S. Rep. Keith Self. The FBI arrested and charged a 17-year-old resident of McKinney for planning to assassinate Self at an event earlier this...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Since resigning under a cloud this spring, former Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, has routed tens of thousands of campaign dollars to two companies his wife recently formed. Neither business shows any physical or online footprint, the San Antonio Express‑News reported. Federal Election Commission filings show Gonzales’s...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Donald Trump Jr. sold voters on a simple promise during the 2024 campaign. His father, he argued, would spare America another war in the Middle East, according to a new report from The Atlantic. When Iran fired missiles and drones at Israel in April 2024, the...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square)  The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision Wednesday, temporarily prevented the Trump administration from challenging a policy that allows federal taxpayer dollars to support prisoners' gender transitions. The majority justices on the high court did not block an order in Trump v. Kingdom, a...

(Headline USA) New Mexico’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney and accountant, accusing them of concealing his sex trafficking operation at a sprawling Santa Fe-area ranch where the disgraced financier entertained guests. The lawsuit seeks to stop attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn from accepting...

(Headline USA) A ruptured chemical tank billowed a white plume into the air for hours Wednesday, forcing hundreds of residents out of their homes due to fears of a toxic release and the possibility of another explosion. More than 50,000 people in Toledo, Ohio, were advised to stay indoors as...