A train in North Texas derailed Sunday morning after plowing through an 18-wheeler that had become stuck on the tracks, authorities said. The derailment happened just before 10 a.m. near Aledo, about 20 miles west of Fort Worth, when a Union Pacific train traveling to Fort Worth struck a semitruck …
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A civil rights group plans to sue the FBI for $30 million on behalf of the family of a Chechen man who was fatally shot while being questioned about a Boston Marathon bombing suspect. The Council of American-Islamic Relations Florida on Monday filed a notice of claim …
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Cheryl Geidner figured council members in Volant, a tiny borough north of Pittsburgh, would adopt a preliminary year-end budget despite no discussions at public meetings on the proposed financials. She never figured they’d raise property taxes by 57%. “There had never been a mention of that,” said Geidner, a property …
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The man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump in Florida last year was barred by a federal judge from seeing classified material related to the case. Judge Aileen Cannon wrote in a ruling Friday that “the United States has made a sufficient showing that the information at issue …
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The Department of Homeland Security is warning that an increasing amount of people on the U.S. terrorist watch list are being encountered at the border. In its 2024 Homeland Threat Assessment report released this week, the agency said that “[a]lthough encounters with migrants have declined from record highs in December, …
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The five Americans who were released Monday from Iran as part of a prisoner swap have landed in the U.S. The Americans and two of their family members arrived in Doha, Qatar, on Monday after leaving Iran. White House officials touted the move as President Biden reuniting families. During the …
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For nature lovers, outdoor enthusiasts or even fans of the hit television show “Yellowstone,” Montana ranchers are giving visitors a chance to rent access to land in Big Sky country. LandTrust founder Nic de Castro described his land-sharing platform which gives travelers the option to rent access to land for …
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A civil rights group plans to sue the FBI for $30 million on behalf of the family of a Chechen man who was fatally shot while being questioned about a Boston Marathon bombing suspect. The Council of American-Islamic Relations Florida on Monday filed a notice of claim …
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RICHMOND, Va. – Forty-four former state attorneys general from across the country have urged a federal appeals court to toss out former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s public corruption convictions. They say a jury convicted McDonnell “based on ingratiation and access and nothing more,” blurring the line between common political courtesy …
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NEW YORK – An album containing the autographs of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant and other prominent Civil War-era figures is being put up for sale by a New York City auction house. Swann Auction Galleries in Manhattan says the album was compiled from 1861-1864 by the wife of Egbert …
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