Seattle’s new approach to drug enforcement is triggering alarm among police and public safety advocates, who warn the city is quietly sliding back toward the conditions that once fueled crime, open-air drug markets and deadly overdoses. City leaders last week …

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Protesters demonstrating against the Iranian regime swarmed a U-Haul truck that drove through their gathering in Los Angeles on Sunday, smashing its windshield and attacking the suspected driver with flag poles until police arrived to take the man into custody. …

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The ex-husband of an Ohio dentist’s wife killed in a double murder is expected in an Illinois courtroom Monday afternoon as extradition proceedings are expected to begin. Michael David McKee, 39, was arrested after allegedly killing a couple in Columbus, …

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The alleged assassination plots tied to Luigi Mangione and Tyler Robinson were chillingly deliberate, prosecutors say, yet both cases stumbled over the same unexpected hurdle — U.S. law doesn’t offer a clear path to the top penalty when there is …

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PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. – One year after two major wildfires tore through opposite sides of Los Angeles County, recovery for thousands of families remains far from complete. The fires started just hours apart and burned for a month, killing 31 people and …

Los Angeles wildfire recovery enters second year as frustration and uncertainty linger Read more »

The Smithsonian Institution unveiled a new portrait of President Donald Trump last week, while removing most of the accompanying text that referenced his two impeachments and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. The changes at the National Portrait Gallery’s “America’s …

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Dramatic videos show federal Border Patrol agents taking two men into custody at a gas station in St. Paul, Minnesota, as agitators continue to taunt and disrupt authorities in the area. The videos, posted to X on Sunday afternoon, quickly …

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Officials in Washington state announced Saturday that two men were killed last week when an avalanche struck a group of four snowmobilers. The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office reported that the avalanche occurred Friday afternoon in a remote area near Longs …

Deadly avalanche claims 2 snowmobilers in Washington state backcountry, 2 rescued Read more »