Reporting from Washington — After the 9/11 attacks, the federal government assembled a small army of undercover air marshals to protect U.S. flights and prevent similar hijackings. The prestigious, new law enforcement job drew mostly retired, patriotic FBI agents, police officials and U.S. soldiers, who were assigned...
Continue reading...Can rare wolves and sawmill jobs both survive on an Alaska island? A battle heats up
The story of the wolves, the island and the ancient forest began long before there were struggling sawmills and endangered species. But that lost world has a name now: the Tongass National Forest, in southeast Alaska. So do the wolves and the island. They have all...
Continue reading...Texas city abruptly cancels meeting on police tasing and arrest of councilman
A special City Council meeting to address the tasing and arrest of an African American councilman in the same Texas city where Sandra Bland was arrested has been canceled — but some outraged residents plan to meet anyway.
Continue reading...There are 20 warnings on the type of ‘herbal Viagra’ Lamar Odom reportedly took
Lamar Odom, the former Lakers basketball star and ex-husband of Khloé Kardashian, was hospitalized after he was found unconscious in a brothel in the Nevada desert.
Continue reading...Survivors tell the camera the hidden tale of China’s Great Famine
Wu Wenguang works on his Memory Project documenting villagers firsthand accounts of Chinas Great Famine, which lasted from 1958 to 1961. (Wu Wenguang) Survivors tell the camera the hidden tale of China's Great Famine Jonathan Kaiman Oct. 14, 2015 When Li Yaqin was 16, she ate...
Continue reading...A college student was shot as he cradled his dying friend
An 18-year-old freshman at Northern Arizona University has been charged with first-degree murder with officials saying he opened fire on a group of students after a late-night conflict in a parking lot, leaving one student dead and three others injured early Friday.
Continue reading...Police searching for gunman who killed freshman at Texas Southern University
One student was killed and another person was injured after someone opened fire outside a Texas Southern University dormitory on Friday morning, prompting a lockdown at the Houston school, officials said. The gunfire outside the University Courtyard dormitory left one student dead and another man seriously...
Continue reading...Kevin McCarthy’s surprise withdrawal from House race deepens GOP divide
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s stunning decision to drop out of the race to become the next speaker left Republicans in disarray Thursday, threatening to deepen long-standing fractures in the party just as Congress faces a string of fiscal and legislative deadlines.
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