A human skull found in rural Southern California in 1991 has been identified through DNA testing as the remains of a missing boy, authorities said. The skull belonged to 4-year-old Derrick Burton, who was reported missing that same year, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a press release last …
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Juneteenth, a celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S., has been recognized as a federal holiday since 2021. All non-essential federal offices are closed Monday, as are banks, the stock market and the U.S. Postal Service. Although most private-sector employers also recognize the holiday, retail and grocery stores largely …
Read More »The U.S. intelligence community routinely acquires “a significant amount” of Americans’ personal data, according to a new report released this week by a top spy agency. The report outlined both privacy and counterintelligence concerns stemming from the ability of U.S. government agencies and foreign adversaries to draw from a growing …
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A survivor of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre said Wednesday that she saw her right arm “get blown open in two places” by a gunman and cried “Mommy” after realizing her 97-year-old mother had been shot and killed by her side in the nation’s deadliest attack on Jewish people. Andrea Wedner …
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Former President Donald Trump’s anger toward a single person appears to have played a key role in evidence leading to his indictment this week. It all comes down to one person, Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to multiple sources. Trump loathed the positive …
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Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. has settled accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago, according to court records. Tuesday’s revelation came as a trial was set to begin in federal court. The Oscar-winning “Jerry Maguire” star had insisted through lawyers that his encounter …
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A driver who allegedly killed one person and injured several others after his car jumped a curb in New York City is facing manslaughter charges, police said. Mahbub Ali, 26, has been charged with vehicular manslaughter, assault and driving while intoxicated, according to an NYPD spokesperson. On Sunday evening Ali …
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Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who was one of the most damaging spies in American history, was found dead in his prison cell Monday morning, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Hanssen, 79, was arrested in 2001 and pleaded guilty to selling highly classified material to the Soviet Union …
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has set limits for inorganic arsenic in apple juice, but Consumer Reports argues that the level is still too high and could harm children who consume the popular drink. The FDA on Thursday announced it is setting the limit of 10 parts per billion as an …
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Jurors in southwest Florida have recommended the death penalty for a man convicted of killing an 11-year-old girl and her babysitter more than 30 years ago. The recommendation came following a trial in which Joseph Zieler yelled at the jury and made vulgar gestures while he was on the witness …
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