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A congressional commission report found that the top manufacturers supplying information technology (IT) equipment to the U.S. government sourced an average of 51 percent of the parts from China. The lack of a proactive strategy for managing U.S. supply chains combined with the Chinese regime’s malicious intent constitutes a great risk to U.S. national security, […]

WASHINGTON—Law enforcement officers on Long Island, New York, are on high alert after a threat by MS-13 gang members against police officers emerged. Long Island is a known hotbed for MS-13 activity and the gang is connected to at least 17 murders within 18 months in the region. Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said […]

Officials on Friday, April 20, said that consumers should avoid all types of romaine lettuce from southwestern Arizona due to a nationwide E. coli outbreak that’s left dozens of people ill. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it is “warning to consumers to cover all types of romaine lettuce from the Yuma, […]

A rare 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck metro Detroit. The quake was felt 15.5 miles south of Detroit in Amherstburg, Ontario. According to reports, residents in Michigan said they felt the tremor, which hit late Thursday night, April 19. Meteorologist David Gurney told WXYZ that earthquakes of around 3.6 in magnitude “are rare, but not unheard of” […]

A shooting at a Florida high school left one person injured, and the suspect is in custody, according to reports on Friday morning, April 20. Gunfire was heard at Forest High School in Ocala, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said, ABC News reported. Officials have called on the public from avoiding the area. They said […]

The inspector general of the Justice Department has referred the finding that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe lied to investigators to the top prosecutor in Washington, who will determine whether to file criminal charges. McCabe’s attorney, Michael Bromwich, confirmed the referral. “We were advised of the referral within the past few weeks,” Bromwich told […]

WASHINGTON–A man linked to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, who was said to have praised “violent jihad,” was captured in Syria by U.S.-backed forces more than a month ago, the Pentagon said on Thursday. “We can confirm that Mohammad Haydar Zammar, a Syrian-born German national, was captured more than a month […]

WASHINGTON–The Defense Department’s highest priority when it comes to developing new technologies is to create weapons that can hold China at risk so as to deter Beijing aggression, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering told lawmakers on April 18. Michael D. Griffin, the newly appointed Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, […]

North Korea has expressed its desire for “complete denuclearization” of the Korean peninsula and is not seeking conditions such as U.S. troops withdrawing from the South first, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday, April 19. Moon said big-picture agreements about normalization of relations between the two Koreas and the United States should not […]

A single mother says she could face $70,000 in fines for her pet dog. “I’m shocked they’d take it this far,” said Leslie Cobar, of West Orange, New Jersey, PIX11 reported. Cobar, who is a mother of four children, adopted a pit bull mix named Stoner. She said that the original owners of the dog […]

As Chinese companies have begun taking control of the pharmaceutical market in the United States, a hidden health crisis has been building. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is inspecting only a small number of the Chinese companies that manufacture U.S. drugs, and those it does inspect are often found to have serious health violations. […]

Pentagon Says New York Times Article ‘Blatantly False’ The Pentagon said a New York Times article claiming that President Donald Trump had overruled Defense Secretary Gen. James Mattis was “blatantly false.” The New York Times used unnamed sources to claim that Mattis had urged Trump to seek congressional approval for the airstrike on Syria in […]

FAISALABAD, Pakistan — The father of Imran Awan — an IT aide to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz who investigators concluded made “unauthorized access” to House servers — transferred a USB drive to a Pakistani senator and former head of a Pakistani intelligence agency, the father’s ex-business partner, Rashid Minhas, alleged. Minhas told The Daily Caller News Foundation that Imran […]

A man woke up on Wednesday morning to find a drunk stranger sleeping on his couch and a wrecked car on his driveway. Steve Guenthers from Lenzburg, Illinois, said his roommate had woken him up at 4 a.m. on April 18 to ask him if somebody was supposed to be sleeping on his couch. Guenthers […]

An outbreak of E. coli has spread to 16 states across the United States, resulting in 31 hospitalizations, according to reports. According to NBC New York, at least five people have suffered kidney failure. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added 18 more cases to the total in an update on Wednesday, April […]

After spending the first five months of her life in hospital, a baby born with a life-threatening heart problem is finally home. Her father says Shayla Senesac now has two birthdays: the day she was born, and the day she miraculously received a new heart. She has been confined to a hospital in Minneapolis since birth, […]

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it will order inspection of about 220 aircraft engines as investigators have found that a broken fan blade touched off an engine explosion this week on a Southwest flight, killing a passenger. The regulator said late on Wednesday April 18, it plans to finalize the air-worthiness directive within the […]

WASHINGTON—A Syrian man accused of trafficking Syrian and Lebanese nationals to the U.S. border was sanctioned on Wednesday by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, which said it was intent on disrupting his “prolific human smuggling operations” around the globe. Acting under executive order 13581 “Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations” issued under President […]

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON—”Robust” business borrowing, rising consumer spending, and tight labor markets indicate the U.S. economy remains on track for continued growth, the Federal Reserve reported on Wednesday, with the risks of a global trade war the one big outlier. In its periodic “Beige Book” summary of contacts with businesses in its 12 regional […]

SINGAPORE/PARIS—Global airlines began inspecting some Boeing 737 engines on Wednesday as an investigation gathered pace into an explosion which killed a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight in the first fatal U.S. airline accident in almost a decade. European regulators earlier this month ordered checks following lengthy analysis of a similar non-fatal incident at Southwest […]

By Hilary Russ NEW YORK—U.S. stocks ended mixed on Wednesday while most other global shares rose, as investors were drawn to riskier assets because of upbeat earnings from companies in Europe and the United States. The U.S. dollar clung to gains amid fading concerns over a global trade war, while oil soared on a reported […]

HOUSTON—A private funeral for former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush, the only American woman to see her husband and son both sworn in as president, will be held on Saturday at a Houston church where her family has been members since the 1950s, officials said. Bush, the wife of the 41st president, George H.W. Bush, […]

Celebrated shoe designer Stuart Weitzman has put his personal collection of footwear on display at the New York Historical Society. More than 100 pairs fill the exhibit titled, Walk This Way: Footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historic Shoes. “They actually have been in our home on display like we would put art on […]

Charlotte City Council member LaWana Mayfield has come under fire after posting 9/11 conspiracy theories on Facebook, Fox 46 reports. Mayfield had posted a link from the website Awarenessact.com with the headline: “It’s Official: European Scientific Journal Concludes 9/11 Was A Controlled Demolition.” “I am still waiting for someone to produce pieces of the alleged […]

Victor Adebodun, a director on “Coronation Street” and who worked extensively on the “Harry Potter” movies, died at age 33, according to reports. The Express reported that Adebodun died earlier in April. His friend, Del, confirmed his death via GoFundMe, raising thousands of dollars. “On Wednesday 11th April 2018 my world came crashing down as […]

Three bodies were discovered inside an SUV in Burbank, California, according to officials, who are now trying to figure out who they are and how they got there. The SUV—a Jeep model—was parked on the 1300 block of South Varney Street, CBS Los Angeles reported. The Jeep belonged to someone living in Tennessee. A homicide […]

WASHINGTON—The White House has responded to a Supreme Court decision that will allow some non-citizens convicted of an aggravated felony to remain in the United States, rather than be deported. The 5–4 Supreme Court decision saw Justice Neil Gorsuch join the liberal side of the bench, saying the interpretation of part of the law was […]