DHS says it’s suspending TSA PreCheck and Global Entry due to shutdown
[ad_1] The Department of Homeland Security is temporarily suspending its TSA PreCheck and Global Entry programs due to the agency’s lapse in funding. “TSA and CBP are prioritizing the general traveling population at our airports and ports of entry and suspending courtesy and special privilege escorts,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement. The […]
Over 40 million Americans on alert for winter storm conditions over the weekend
[ad_1] A significant nor’easter is expected to march up the East Coast on Sunday into Monday, bringing significant snow for the I-95 corridor and placing New York City under a blizzard warning for the first time in nearly a decade, with the last one coming in March 2017. As of Saturday morning, more than 40 […]
Trump says he has signed order for new global 10% tariff after ‘deeply disappointing’ Supreme Court ruling
[ad_1] President Donald Trump said Friday he has signed a proclamation implementing a new global 10% tariff — hours after the Supreme Court struck down most of his levies as illegal. Trump confirmed in a social media post Friday evening that he signed the order in the Oval Office. According to the order, the new […]
Nancy Guthrie kidnapping probe may see resources scaled back as leads come up empty: Sources
[ad_1] The lack of recent progress in the probe into Savannah Guthrie’s mother’s kidnapping may mean that investigators soon scale back their resources, sources with knowledge of the case told ABC News Friday. Nearly three weeks after Nancy Guthrie vanished, investigators are finding their best leads are so far coming up empty. Partial DNA recovered […]
Suspect dead, ongoing ‘counter terrorism’ investigation into power substation attack
[ad_1] Authorities in Nevada are investigating a “counter terrorism incident” involving a man who allegedly tried to ram a vehicle into an L.A. power and water facility near Boulder City, Nevada, Thursday afternoon, according to officials. The suspect was identified by authorities as Dawson Maloney, 23, of Albany, New York. He died of an apparent […]
Americans oppose the tactics ICE is using to enforce immigration laws by 2:1 margin: Poll
[ad_1] In the weeks after federal agents killed two U.S. citizens in Minnesota during a surge to apprehend undocumented immigrants for deportation, Americans oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics by wide margins and President Donald Trump’s approval on immigration has dipped to the lowest of his second term, according to an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll […]
Poland withdraws from treaty banning antipersonnel mines
[ad_1] WARSAW, Poland — Poland will use antipersonnel as well as anti-tank land mines to defend its eastern border against the growing threat from Russia, Poland’s deputy defense minister told The Associated Press on Friday as the country officially left an international convention banning the use of the controversial weapons. The 1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban […]
Victims to settle case against Epstein’s longtime attorney, accountant: Documents
[ad_1] The co-executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate have agreed to settle a class action lawsuit filed against them by survivors of Epstein’s abuse for at least $25 million, without admitting any wrongdoing, according to court documents filed on Thursday. Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn — who served as Epstein’s personal lawyer and accountant, respectively — […]
Avalanche expert says survivors hold answers to what went wrong in fatal California snowslide
[ad_1] One of the world’s foremost avalanche experts said the factors involved in the deaths of at least eight skiers in a major slide in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains will come from the survivors. But Bruce Tremper — the former director of the Utah Avalanche Center and author of the book “Staying Alive in Avalanche […]
Police looking for missing person find 3 men dead in Detroit house
[ad_1] DETROIT — Police looking for a missing person found the bodies of three men in a Detroit house, authorities said Thursday. The victims, ages 65, 66 and 72, were bludgeoned and stabbed late Tuesday or early Wednesday, Assistant Police Chief Charles Fitzgerald said. “It was a brutal scene inside — just awful,” he said. […]