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(EL PASO, Texas) -- Several detainees at a Texas immigration detention facility claim in sworn court declarations that they heard a Cuban immigrant, whose death was later ruled a homicide, pleading for medication shortly before hearing what sounded like guards slamming him to the ground.Geraldo Lunas Campos died in ICE custody on Jan. 3 at Camp East Montana, according to the Department of Homeland Security.He is the third detainee to […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday presented a cockpit visual simulation demonstrating what contributed to the deadly mid-air collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines jet near Washington, D.C., last year.The simulation indicates it was very difficult for both aircraft to see each other before the January 2025 crash that killed 67 people as the jet was landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport, according to the NTSB.The first video […]

The 2025 Doomsday Clock time is displayed after the time reveal held by The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the United States Institute of Peace on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The "Doomsday Clock" -- a symbolic clock that represents how close humanity is to global catastrophe -- has moved closer to midnight.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced Tuesday that the clock […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Ahead of Tuesday’s National Transportation Safety Board hearing into last year’s deadly mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Chair Jennifer Homendy said she fears some of the agency’s safety recommendations, which will be issued at the conclusion of the hearing, may once again go unimplemented.“Of course I'm concerned. We have 300 aviation recommendations that still haven't been implemented. Those recommendations were issued because somebody died or […]

Mark Newman/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) -- A young mountain lion has been spotted prowling the streets of downtown San Francisco as officials have warned people in the area to take caution.The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management issued an alert late Monday evening saying that the mountain lion was spotted in the Pacific Heights neighborhood near the intersection of Octavia Street and Pacific Avenue, just north of Lafayette Park.One man […]

(BANGOR, Maine) -- All six people on board a private jet are presumed to be dead after the plane crashed while taking off from Bangor International Airport in Maine during the winter storm, according to police.No victims were taken to the hospital, Bangor police said on Monday. The victims' identities have not been released.The Bombardier Challenger 600 crashed around 7:45 p.m. Sunday as the deadly storm slammed the Northeast, according […]

(MINNEAPOLIS) -- A federal judge heard arguments Monday on the state of Minnesota's request for a temporary restraining order to halt the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operation in the state.The hearing came two days after the death of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in what was the second shooting of a U.S. citizen this month by federal immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis.An attorney representing the state said in Monday's hearing that the […]

(BANGOR, Maine) -- A private jet carrying eight people crashed while taking off from Bangor International Airport in Maine during the massive winter storm, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.Preliminary information from the FAA said there was one survivor. Authorities have not disclosed the conditions of others on board.The FAA said the Bombardier Challenger 600 crashed around 7:45 p.m. Sunday as the deadly storm slammed the Northeast.At the time of […]

(MINNEAPOLIS) -- A doctor who mentored and worked with Alex Pretti described him as "a good citizen" whose "life was just starting."Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse for the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, was shot and killed by Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis on Saturday. Multiple videos of the confrontation showed federal agents spraying Pretti with a substance and pinning him to the ground before the shooting.Dr. Aasma Shaukat, who first hired […]