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For eighteen hours, Zambrano eluded authorities until his SUV was identified behind a duplex apartment building.

A wave of threats directed at schools across the nation forced authorities to lock down buildings or evacuate students. The threats, which appear to be driven by automated calls, have been directed at elementary, middle and high schools in states across at least four time zones. Some districts reported that the calls included a bomb threat […]

Along with beach towels or sandals, there’s a new popular beach accessory that says a lot about the violence gripping this once-glamorous resort: a small black leather tote hanging from the neck or shoulders of some men. It’s not a man-bag, exactly; it holds a small pistol. “When I saw you guys standing outside my […]

In many states, extra punishment is meted out to those who commit crimes against others because of their race or religion. Such hate-crime laws elevate the heinousness of crimes in which people are targeted because of their identity, their belonging to a group. While hate-crime laws often refer to ethnicity or disability or gender, Louisiana […]

The head of Homeland Security has a bit of advice for airlines who want to shorten long waits at airport security: waive fees for checked baggage. “We’ve asked the airlines to consider possibly eliminating the checked baggage fee to encourage people to check their luggage rather than putting it in the carry on,” Homeland Security […]

After trying twice to reach the top of Mount Everest, an Afghanistan war veteran and Idaho native became the first combat-amputee veteran to summit the world’s highest mountain Thursday. Charlie Linville, 30, twice tried to climb Mount Everest but never made it due to devastating natural disasters on and near the world’s highest mountain. Linville […]

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday that the league will return more than $723,000 of taxpayers’ money to the government — money that had been paid to NFL teams for sponsored military tributes over the past four seasons. Goodell informed Senators Jeff Flake and John McCain of the decision in a letter on Wednesday. Flake […]

Republicans have accused Democrats of throwing away military absentee votes in the past. Will this be the trend for this upcoming election?

A uniformed Secret Service officer shot and critically wounded a man who brandished a gun outside the White House Friday afternoon, authorities said. The U.S. Secret Service said in a statement that the man approached a security gate on E Street Northwest shortly after 3 p.m. carrying a gun. In the statement, the agency said […]

WASHINGTON –  The House has voted to ban the display of the Confederate flag on flagpoles at Department of Veterans Affairs cemeteries. The 265-159 vote would block descendants and others seeking to commemorate veterans of the Confederate States of America from flying the Confederate Battle Flag over mass graves, even on days that flag displays […]

The FBI says it caught a terrorist trying to blow up a synagogue on the outskirts of Miami. But the FBI supplied the bomb. The device was fake, part of an undercover FBI sting operation that, like hundreds of controversial investigations before it, used an undercover informant to target an alleged terrorist. In the Miami […]

It was Friday the 13th of May, and an ominous figure was lumbering forward through an office building here. The sound of erratic gunshots echoed down the hallways. “Exercise, exercise, exercise!” yelled an unspecified voice trailing the aggressor. The clarification didn’t lower the volume of the mock gunfire. The red-vested pretend assailant kept advancing, firing […]