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At least one person was killed and another injured in a shooting near Alrahma Mosque in northeast Columbus, Ohio, on Monday afternoon, according to 10 WBNS. A large section of Albert Avenue near Westerville Road has been cordoned off with crime scene tape. ATF reports shooting at mosque in Columbus, Ohio. (Unsplash) The Columbus Dispatch … Read more
A case of measles exposure at a restaurant in Georgia’s Macon County on October 7 has prompted the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) to issue an alert about a potential public exposure. A measles alert sign hangs outside the entrance to the Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York in March … Read more
By Erin Banco, Jonathan Landay and Tom Balmforth US officials plan to travel to Norway for Ukraine talks, sources say NEW YORK/WASHINGTON/LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff are set to travel to Norway this week for the next round of negotiations on ending … Read more
A private tour bus reportedly carrying members of indie pop band MUNA caught fire. According to KTLA, the incident took place on the southbound 5 Freeway in Burbank on Monday morning. All members of the band are safe. A tour bus carrying members of indie pop band MUNA caught fire. (Representative) The band confirmed the … Read more
The United States has denied reports that its forces attacked Iran’s Konarak naval base on Monday, October 19, after Iranian media claimed that a military facility in the country’s southeast had been hit. The US denied Iran’s claim that American forces struck Konarak naval base, as reports of casualties remain unverified. (AFP) A US official … Read more
The United States Justice Department announced on Monday, October 19, that two Indian nationals were arrested in California over the weekend for alleged fraudulent voter registration. Representational. (X/@unumihaimedia) They were part of 28 arrests in the state, included 11 on Monday, as part of a “coordinated effort among all four California-based United States Attorney’s Offices … Read more
US President Donald Trump has again proposed changing the name of New Mexico to “New America,” renewing his push to change the names of places. In a post on Truth Social on Monday, October 19, Trump argued that the southwestern state should no longer have a name linked to Mexico. Donald Trump again urged New … Read more
The Donald Trump administration is reportedly hatching a plan to hire private debt collectors to go after Americans who have defaulted on their federal student loans, the Washington Sun reported Monday. The US Treasury Department seal in Washington, DC on Thursday, August 20. (Bloomberg) A Reuters-Ipsos poll published on the same day showed that Trump’s … Read more
Federal prosecutors might use DNA evidence to try to prove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) committed immigration fraud, sources told the New York Post. People familiar with the investigation said that the feds used whistleblowers, government records and now obtained DNA in an effort to substantiate allegations that Omar and her family members, like her father, … Read more
Most generations have a magic fix they believe in. For us today, it might be planting millions of trees. For the agencies in the U.S. back in the 1930s, it was a tough little shrub called bicolor lespedeza. According to the USDA Forest Service’s Fire Effects Information System, it was promoted and widely planted for … Read more