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At least 10 injured in balcony collapse near University of Cincinnati
A third-floor balcony at an off-campus apartment near the University of Cincinnati collapsed Friday night, leaving at least 10 people injured, one of them critically, officials said.
Students from the school were “celebrating” the completion of a “big exam” when the incident occurred in the city’s Corryville neighborhood just after 10...Read more
China gangs exploit US gift cards to move stolen cash, DHS says
Gift cards, one of the most basic financial products in the U.S. retail market, have become the backbone of a billion-dollar criminal economy that investigators say is moving American money into China.
Homeland Security Investigations agents say Chinese organized-crime groups have built a laundering network that uses U.S. retailers, mobile ...Read more
Orionid meteor shower will soon be visible over LA. When and where to watch
LOS ANGELES — October is full of astronomical events, with a supermoon and dim meteor recently brightening the skies over Los Angeles. Next week, another is coming: the Orionid meteor shower.
The Orionid shower is made up of particles from Halley's Comet burning in the atmosphere as Earth's orbit intersects the comet's path, according to NASA...Read more
EU finally has a plan to fend off the US and China, but it's running out of time
The European Union is fighting to salvage industries under threat from American and Chinese competitors that have eroded the defense and economic systems upholding the continent for 70 years.
But a flurry of recent European countermeasures – from imposing protectionist trade measures to aggressive economic security tactics – may be too ...Read more
Ex-DOJ official who probed Trump is latest to draw his fire
As the Justice Department presses charges against some of Donald Trump’s perceived political enemies amid his retribution push, the former prosecutor who built two criminal cases against the president is back on his radar.
Jack Smith, the one-time U.S. special counsel, recently reemerged in public to denounce the Trump administration’s ...Read more
Hurricane center continues tracking 2 systems with chance to develop
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday continued to track a pair of systems with a low chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the biggest threat to land was a tropical wave about 800 miles east of the Caribbean’s Windward Islands with a large ...Read more
Heightened sense of urgency around this 'No Kings Day'
LOS ANGELES — When millions of demonstrators took to the streets in June for “No Kings Day” — depicting President Donald Trump as a wannabe monarch intent on violating American democratic norms — it was still fairly early in his administration.
The immigration raids in Los Angeles were just getting under way and Trump had deployed ...Read more
Interstate 5 will close Saturday through Camp Pendleton as military confirms it will fire artillery
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will close part of Interstate 5 on Saturday after military officials confirmed that live-fire artillery rounds will be shot over the freeway during a Marine Corps event, prompting state officials to shut down 17 miles of the freeway in an unprecedented move expected to cause massive gridlock.
Gov. Gavin Newsom ...Read more
Federal troops in San Francisco? Locals, leaders scoff at Trump's plan
SAN FRANCISCO — About 24 hours after President Donald Trump declared San Francisco such a crime-ridden "mess" that he was recommending federal forces be sent to restore order, Manit Limlamai, 43, and Kai Saetern, 32, rolled their eyes at the suggestion.
The pair — both in the software industry — were with friends Thursday in Dolores Park,...Read more
A post-Socialist Bolivia will face major economic test after runoff vote
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s presidential election Sunday will bring an end to two decades of rule by a socialist government that ran the economy into the ground. But the giddiness of voters and investors over the prospects of change will soon give way to the reality of a difficult turnaround.
The Andean nation’s sovereign bonds have ...Read more
Tampa woman posed as immigration lawyer, clients say, leaving dozens in limbo
TAMPA, Fla. — Yordanka Rumayor said she paid $18,000 to an immigration service in Tampa that promised temporary permits or humanitarian parole and legal representation for her family. But the paperwork, she said, was never filed.
María Victoria Abio La Rosa said she paid the same service $15,000 for applications for herself, her husband and ...Read more
Qatar coming to Idaho for military aircraft trainings. Here's what we know
BOISE, Idaho — Word about a new facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base to train Qatari fighter pilots spread rapidly when it was teased a week ago, but details of the sudden U.S. Defense Department deal have remained limited.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement took many by surprise, including Idaho’s governor and federal ...Read more
Struck by an e-bike, she can no longer taste or smell. A new city ordinance in Minnesota protects pedestrians like her
MINNEAPOLIS — Janet Stotko loved baking buttery kolach breads and sweet carrot cake for her friends and family.
But since she was struck from behind by an electric bicycle, or e-bike, while walking on a sidewalk in her Hastings neighborhood over a year ago, she can no longer taste the flaky crunchy crusts of her pastries or swaths of sweet ...Read more
California made it through another summer without a Flex Alert. Thank batteries, experts say
LOS ANGELES — For decades, rolling blackouts and urgent calls for energy conservation were part of life in California — a reluctant summer ritual almost as reliable as the heat waves that drove them. But the state has undergone a quiet shift in recent years, and the California Independent System Operator hasn’t issued a single one of those...Read more
Trump tells Russia, Ukraine to stop the war 'at the battle line'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump urged Russia and Ukraine to “make a DEAL” after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday but refused to offer the Tomahawk missiles or other help that Kyiv says are necessary to force Moscow to the negotiating table.
Zelenskyy had hoped that the meeting would be a ...Read more
LA County to pay out an additional $828 million for victims of alleged sexual abuse
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County is poised to pay out an additional $828 million to victims who say they were sexually abused in county facilities as children, months after agreeing to the largest sex abuse settlement in U.S. history.
The award, posted on the county claims board agenda Friday, would resolve an additional 414 cases that were ...Read more
Mangione seeks to toss US murder charges over Trump comments
NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione’s lawyers said his federal death penalty case should be dismissed because comments made by President Donald Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top officials have damaged his ability to get a fair trial.
Mangione, 27, is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson in ...Read more
'Gunfighters' Marine dies in Southern California helicopter crash
One Marine died and another was hospitalized after their helicopter crashed in a desert area of Imperial County, California, during a training mission Thursday.
An AH-1Z Viper carrying two pilots from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, known as the “Gunfighters,” crashed in an unpopulated area of Imperial Gables around 7:05 p.m., ...Read more
A federal judge blocked Facebook from giving information to DHS about Pa. activists who track ICE on social media
PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge on Friday ordered Meta — the parent company of Facebook and Instagram — not to comply with a request by the Department of Homeland Security seeking information about the operators of MontCo Community Watch, a grass-roots organization behind a pair anonymous social media accounts that tracks local ICE activity...Read more
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Trump says US military struck submarine ferrying drugs; 2 survivors reportedly being held by Navy
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said the U.S. military struck a submarine designed for drug trafficking, amid reports that some aboard the vessel had survived — a first in the administration’s offensive against purported narco-traffickers...Read more
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