The White House is on lockdown after as many as 30 shots were reportedly fired Saturday near the executive mansion. Correspondents reported hearing multiple shots fired near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The U.S. Secret Service was heard telling reporters …

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Emergency crews launched a high-stakes “offensive” overnight mission at a Southern California aerospace facility to neutralize an adjacent chemical tank, as the internal temperature of a failing primary tank has steadily climbed to 90 degrees Fahrenheit, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom …

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A 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Hawaii’s Big Island shortly before 10 p.m. local time Friday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake came amid USGS monitoring of Kilauea, an active volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island that experts expect …

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Twenty-five years after a University of California, Davis (UC Davis) student was found dead in his fraternity dorm room with 29 stab wounds, a death officially ruled a suicide, a new true crime podcast is taking a fresh look at …

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As states across America prepare to celebrate 250 years as a country, one state is trying to find war heroes to commemorate them. Historians believe around 7,000 Revolutionary War soldiers are buried throughout Ohio. After the American Revolution, thousands of …

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A suspected drug smuggler was arrested off the coast of California this week after federal agents discovered $6.4 million worth of cocaine aboard an oil tanker destined for a Mexican drug cartel. Ceasar Tubay Gelacio Jr., 43, of the Philippines, …

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Authorities on Friday identified the mystery substance that hospitalized more than a dozen first responders after they responded to a New Mexico home where three people died in a suspected overdose incident. Officials said first responders were exposed to fentanyl …

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