EPA Repeals Biden-Era Power Plant Emissions Rule as China and Senate Democrats Both Push to Keep It
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that it is repealing Biden-era amendments to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, rolling back 2024 regulations that the Trump administration argues would have strangled America's coal sector. The repeal will save an estimated $670 million. The e...
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Three Iranian Nationals Indicted for Allegedly Stealing Google Trade Secrets for Tehran
Three Silicon Valley engineers, all Iranian nationals, have been charged after allegedly attempting to sell Google's trade secrets to Iran. Samaneh Ghandali, her sister Soroor Ghandali, and Mohammadjavad Khosravi reportedly intended to use their positions at large tech firms to gain access to files ...
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More Than 60 US Warplanes Mass at Jordan Base as Trump Signals Iran Decision Within Days
More than 60 attack aircraft were spotted on satellite imagery on Friday at Muwaffaq Salti, a US base in Jordan, roughly triple the number of jets normally stationed there. At least another 68 cargo planes have landed at the base since Sunday. The buildup is the clearest signal yet that the military...
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U.S. Military Kills Three More Suspected Narco-Terrorists in Fourth Pacific Strike This Week
The U.S. military struck another suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Friday, killing three men identified as narco-terrorists. It was the fourth such strike announced by U.S. Southern Command this week. SOUTHCOM said the strike was carried out at the direction of Commander Ge...
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Former New Haven Police Chief Arrested for Allegedly Stealing $85,000 from Department Accounts
Karl Jacobson, who served three years as New Haven's top cop, turned himself in Friday on an arrest warrant charging him with two counts of larceny after investigators say he siphoned more than $85,000 from two police department funds. He was released on a $150,000 bond. One of those funds compensat...
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Las Vegas Police Investigate Power Substation Ramming as Terrorism After Explosives, Extremist Materials Found in Suspect's Hotel
A 23-year-old law student from Albany, New York, crashed a vehicle through a secured gate at a power substation outside Las Vegas on Thursday morning, then died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill announced Friday that authorities are ...
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Toxic Chemical Attack on Trump-Kennedy Center Ice Rink Forces Performance Cancellation
Someone deliberately doused the outdoor ice rink at the Trump-Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., with a toxic chemical early Friday morning, severely damaging the surface and forcing the cancellation of a scheduled performance by Le Patin Libre, the ice troupe slated to perform at the venue through...
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Off-Duty Austin Officer Kills Armed Gunman Who Opened Fire Inside Pflugerville Barber Shop
An armed man walked into a barber shop near Pflugerville, Texas, on Friday evening and opened fire on employees. He didn't walk out. An off-duty Austin Police Department officer, who happened to be a patron at the shop, drew his weapon and shot the gunman dead. One employee was struck by the attacke...
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Kim Jong Un unveils 50 nuclear-capable missile launchers as North Korea prepares to expand its arsenal
Kim Jong Un held a ceremony on Thursday to deploy 50 new launch vehicles for nuclear-capable short-range missiles, a brazen display of military escalation just ahead of a major Workers' Party congress where Pyongyang plans to announce further expansion of its nuclear-armed capabilities. The ceremony...
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Reward doubles to $200K in disappearance of Savannah Guthrie's mother as FBI zeroes in on suspect
An anonymous donor has added $100,000 to the FBI's existing reward in the case of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie, who has now been missing for 18 days under deeply suspicious circumstances. The total reward for information leading to an arrest now exceeds $...
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