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'Ridiculous': Victims react to KC Chiefs Super Bowl rally shooter's light sentence

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, who was shot and killed in the mass shooting that erupted at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally in February 2024, left the Jackson County courthouse in tears on Monday afternoon.

When told on Tuesday that 20-year-old Dominic M. Miller — who was originally charged with second-degree felony ...Read more

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3 Gov. Ron DeSantis appointments central to Hope Florida confirmed by the Senate

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Three state officials integral to the Hope Florida saga whose confirmations were held up last year amid a House probe were cleared by the Senate on Tuesday to officially hold appointments made by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Shevaun Harris was confirmed, 32-5, as secretary for the Agency for Health Care Administration, which ...Read more

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' office authored 'terrorist' bill, records show

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office is behind a bill blasted by free speech advocates that would give him new powers to target college students.

Emails obtained through a records request show that DeSantis staffers last year wrote an original draft of SB 1632, which would allow the governor to label groups as “domestic terrorist...Read more

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Baltimore Police officer in good condition after being shot; suspect dead

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BALTIMORE — A Baltimore police officer is in stable condition after being shot Tuesday in Northwest Baltimore and taken to the Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland.

Police officials said a suspect was also shot and killed in the incident, advising people to avoid the surrounding areas.

According to Baltimore Police Department ...Read more

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NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill's budget would kick high-earning seniors off a new tax relief program, expand mental health services for kids

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New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s proposed budget would kick some seniors off a new property tax relief program that she said will save the state hundreds of millions of dollars as the new Democratic governor looks for ways to address a projected $3 billion deficit this year.

Sherrill has pledged not to raise taxes, despite warning of a dire ...Read more

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Michigan Gov. Whitmer says Trump will give aid for ice storm recovery, a reversal

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WASHINGTON — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said President Donald Trump agreed in a Tuesday meeting at the White House to provide additional federal disaster aid in response to last year’s ice storms that caused extensive damage in northern Michigan.

The commitment is an apparent reversal of the decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...Read more

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Vance, Hegseth in attendance as Kentucky soldier killed in Iran conflict returned home

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The body of a Kentucky solider killed in combat earlier this month in the conflict with Iran was returned to U.S. soil Monday night.

Sgt. Benjamin Pennington, of Hardin County, was honored March 9 during a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force base in Delaware. Vice President JD Vance and Department of Defense ...Read more

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Hegseth threatens 'most intense day of strikes' as Iran war injures about 140 Americans

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WASHINGTON — Some 140 American service members have been wounded since start of the Iran war, with eight of them "severely injured" and receiving medical care, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

"The vast majority of these injuries have been minor, and 108 service members have already returned to duty," Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a ...Read more

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Another Operation Midway Blitz defendant gets a deferred prosecution deal

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CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with a 19-year-old man accused of assaulting a deputy U.S. marshal during a traffic stop in suburban Hazel Crest last fall, making it the latest case related to Operation Midway Blitz on track to an end without a conviction.

Oscar Jesus Rosales Vergara was ...Read more

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The FBI detonated explosives in a Pa. storage unit while continuing to investigate two local teens charged with terrorism in NYC

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The FBI conducted controlled detonations Monday night of explosive materials found in a Pennsylvania storage facility, police said — part of the ongoing investigation into two Bucks County teens who have been charged with trying to detonate homemade bombs outside Gracie Mansion in Manhattan over the weekend in support of ISIS.

Middletown ...Read more

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Kentucky Legislature easily overrides first Beshear veto, bill on fiber internet network

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Same story, different year.

As has been the case with virtually all other bills vetoed by Andy Beshear, a Democrat, since his first legislative session as governor in 2020, the Republican-led state legislature overrode the veto and gave final passage on a bill related to a state fiber internet network Tuesday.

House Bill 314...Read more

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Nancy Guthrie neighbor saw suspicious man near her home

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A neighbor of Nancy Guthrie’s saw a suspicious man near the missing woman’s southern Arizona home during a time frame that’s of interest to investigators.

The stranger was spotted around Jan. 11, according to NewsNation. The FBI has been asking neighbors for doorbell camera footage from that day.

“I’m getting ready in the morning, ...Read more

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Florida woman suspected of shooting at Rihanna's Beverly Hills home set to face charges

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LOS ANGELES — A Florida woman is expected to be criminally charged Tuesday after she allegedly sprayed bullets at the Beverly Hills home of star singer Rihanna.

Ivana Ortiz, 35, of Orlando is expected to appear in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday afternoon, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the situation who spoke on ...Read more

Florida House passes bill curbing local climate action

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MIAMI — The Florida House passed a bill last week that, if made into law, could stop local governments from setting specific goals to reduce planet-warming emissions.

For example, Miami-Dade County set some bold targets in 2021 to cut emissions 50% by 2030 and by 2050 to reach “net-zero,” which means balancing the county’s human-caused ...Read more

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Baltimore police officer shot, taken to Shock Trauma Center; suspect wounded

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BALTIMORE — A Baltimore police officer was shot Tuesday in Northwest Baltimore and taken to Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland.

Police officials said a suspect was also shot, advising people to avoid the surrounding areas.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said the officer was responding to a barricade situation when the shooting ...Read more

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Kaz Daughtry, former NYC deputy mayor to Eric Adams, gave NYPD parking placards to unauthorized people, sources say

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NEW YORK — Former New York City Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry handed out more than a dozen NYPD parking placards to people not authorized to have them, police sources said Tuesday.

Daughtry, now a civilian liaison with the U.S. Department if Homeland Security, adamantly denies any wrongdoing.

“It’s not true,” he told the ...Read more

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Explosive residue found in Pa. storage facility used by Gracie Mansion bomb throwers, feds say

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NEW YORK — Feds searching a Pennsylvania storage facility they say was used by the two teens accused of throwing homemade bombs into a crowd of protesters outside Gracie Mansion found explosive residue that led to several “controlled detonations,” officials said Tuesday.

The FBI spent most of Monday night executing a search warrant inside...Read more

NYC park near Gracie Mansion evacuated over suspicious package found days after IED thrown

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NEW YORK — Cops evacuated a city park next to Gracie Mansion on the Upper East Side on Tuesday after an unattended package was discovered — near where two ISIS-inspired protesters were arrested three days earlier for throwing homemade bombs, police said.

Cops responded to a promenade overlooking the water in Carl Shurz Park near East End ...Read more

Fire breaks out at the Shahran oil depot after U.S. and Israeli attacks in Tehran on March 8, 2026. Hassan Ghaedi/Anadolu via Getty Images

Trump’s war against Iran is uniquely unpopular among US military actions of the past century

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It’s clear that regime change is among the biggest objectives of the U.S. war in Iran.

“I have to be involved in the appointment” of Iran’s next leader, President Donald Trump said on March 5, 2026.

Trump has also said he might put U.S. boots on the ground to get the job done.

Trump now joins a long list of ...Read more

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Embattled Timothy Busfield denies adult co-star's sex abuse claim

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NEW YORK — A representative for Timothy Busfield denies the embattled actor sexually abused a female co-star in 1991, while insisting that claim has nothing to do with criminal charges Busfield faces for allegedly assaulting two boys.

The Mirror U.S. reported on Sunday that actor Claudia Christian claimed in an interview with police that an ...Read more