LONDON – The death toll after a massive fire that destroyed several Hong Kong skyscrapers has risen to 146 people, Hong Kong police reported Sunday. At a news conference, police said they are not ruling out the possibility of the death toll from the fire rising. Police officers from the Disaster Victim Identification Unit (DVIU),…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said authorities believe the suspected shooter who opened fire on members of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., last week may have been radicalized after arriving in the United States. The alleged gunman, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, is accused of shooting two National Guard members, Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe,…
A father’s quick thinking and the quick response of Texas emergency responders saved a 12-year-old girl from the Thanksgiving Day tragedy Thursday, authorities said. The girl was trapped when sand fell on her while she was digging a hole in a sandbar during a family outing to Panther Creek that afternoon, according to the Woodlands…
LONDON and KHARKIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a deadly airstrike on the Ukrainian capital overnight, killing at least one person, wounding 19 others and damaging residential buildings, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine said early Sunday. “Emergency response efforts are currently underway in Vyshhorod, kyiv region, following the Russian attack,” Zelenskyy said on social media. “Russia…
At least four people were killed and 10 others were wounded in a shooting at a banquet hall in Stockton, California, on Saturday night, local authorities said. The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said it happened shortly before 6 p.m. in the 1900 block of Lucile Avenue in Stockton. Heather Brent, public information officer for…
Virginia high school football coach who disappeared on November 20 and was later revealed to be wanted on charges related to child sexual abuse material, he was last seen walking into the woods with a gun, the coach’s family says. a statement from a law firm representing Travis Turner’s family, published Friday, said: “The last…
Homeland Security said investigators arrested an Afghan national who allegedly made a social media post about “building a bomb” and threatened to blow up a building in Fort Worth, Texas. The arrest of Mohammad Dawood Alokozay took place on Tuesday, Tricia McLaughlin, deputy secretary of DHS, said in a social media post on Saturday. Alokozay…
The federal government will soon target New Orleans as its next city to step up immigration enforcement, sources with knowledge of the plans told ABC News. At least 200 border patrol agents are expected to arrive in the city in the coming weeks, according to the source, who noted that plans are preliminary and could…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is refusing to comment on a report that he ordered the military to kill all passengers aboard a ship suspected of transporting drugs in the Caribbean Sea in September. According Washington PostThe September 2 ship hit initially left two survivors clinging to the ship. The Post says Admiral Mitch Bradley, head…
The suspect in the “targeted” shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., will now face charges upgraded to first-degree murder after President Donald Trump announced the death of one of the victims Thursday night, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Friday. “There are certainly many more charges to come,…
