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(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...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) Three people are dead and six others are injured after a mass shooting in downtown Minneapolis on late Wednesday afternoon. Three police officers sustained injuries and are expected to make full recoveries. “Grateful to law enforcement actively working to ensure the safety of our neighbors...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Central banks continued to accumulate gold in July, adding a net 23 tonnes to the collective reserves. Year to date, central banks have accumulated an additional 130 tonnes of gold, about 30 tonnes less than through the same period last year. The primary difference...

(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...

(David Beasley, The Center Square) Ohio’s inspector general says he has uncovered more than $3 million in suspected unemployment benefits fraud dating back to the COVID-19 pandemic period. In 2024, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services referred an allegation of wrongdoing to the state Inspector General’s Office, involving...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Federal investigators reportedly met with a top New York state prosecutor who is accusing his boss, leftist Attorney General Letitia James, of using her office to orchestrate another witch hunt against President Donald Trump. Officials with the DOJ and the FBI interviewed Daniel Wiesenfeld, a now-suspended assistant attorney...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The woman who had an affair with a disgraced former top FBI official and blew the whistle on his ties to Russia was mysteriously found dead just hours after sounding the alarm about potential corruption within the bureau. Allison Guerriero was reportedly found dead inside her home...

(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...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Speaker Mike Johnson disclosed to House Republicans in a private session Monday night that he had sat down with Elon Musk in Austin the prior week, according to Politico, which drew on accounts from two people who witnessed the exchange. Party leaders see the encounter...

(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...