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(WASHINGTON) -- After generations of stigma and secrecy around sightings of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), or what the public calls UFOs, investigators probing hundreds of unsolved cases say the second Trump administration could be a turning point for transparency."We're trying to get as much of the raw evidence out as we can without putting our partners' equities at risk," said Jon Kosloski, director of the Pentagon's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, […]

(DALLAS) -- The immigration cases of some of the Venezuelan migrants who were deported to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act in March have been dismissed, their attorneys said, raising concern from advocates and lawyers who say the move is a violation of due process.For more than two months, John Dutton, a Houston-based immigration attorney, fought to keep one of his client's immigration case open. Henrry Albornoz Quintero, who […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Army met its annual recruiting target of 61,000 in the first week of June, four months ahead of the scheduled Sept. 30 deadline, after putting in place new initiatives to boost recruitment.It marks a stunning turnaround for a service that failed to meet its recruiting goals in 2022 and 2023 and struggled in the years since to meet its annual targets."The U.S. Army has successfully met […]

(NEW YORK) -- A hotel security guard on Tuesday told the jury in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking and racketeering trial that the rap mogul paid him $100,000 in an attempt to secure his silence and bury a video that is now the central piece of evidence in the criminal case that threatens to send him to prison for life.In the video captured in 2016 by security cameras at the Intercontinental […]

(MIAMI) -- Two men face charges in connection with a deadly boat collision that killed a 15-year-old girl who was wakeboarding in Florida last year, authorities announced.Ella Adler, 15, had fallen in the water while being towed in Biscayne Bay in the Miami area on May 11, 2024, when another boat struck her and didn't stop, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said.The alleged operators behind the vessels […]

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee the U.S. Forest Service has a history of clashing with the very agency that he soon could be leading.On Tuesday afternoon, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry began the confirmation hearing for Michael Boren, an investment consultant, Idaho ranch owner and founder of a billion-dollar tech company. A bipartisan committee will assess Boren's qualifications and vote on his nomination.Boren, 62, […]

AFP via Getty Images, FILE (CANTANIA, ITALY) -- A routine port stop turned chaotic for thousands of passengers aboard Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Epic last Friday when severe winds caused the ship to break free from its moorings in Catania, on the Italian island of Sicily.The incident began around 1 p.m. local time when powerful 60-mph wind gusts struck the vessel's port side. Witnesses reported hearing loud cracking sounds as […]

(BOULDER, Co) -- As law enforcement agents investigate Sunday's fiery attack on a group of pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, crime data shows the rampage came amid a dramatic increase in antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes across the nation, suggesting further that the war between Israel and Hamas terrorists continues to spill into the U.S.The suspect in the Boulder attack, 45-year-old Mohamed Soliman, allegedly yelled "Free Palestine" while targeting the pro-Israel demonstrators […]

(BOULDER, CO) -- The wife and children of Boulder, Colorado, terrorism suspect Mohamed Soliman are in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the family is being processed for expedited removal, according to the Department of Homeland Security."We are investigating to what extent his family knew about this heinous attack, if they had knowledge of it, or if they provided support to it," Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said […]