The U.S. military has developed new attack plans that include potentially using the so-called “mother of all bombs” to attack Iranian energy infrastructure and nuclear sites should President Donald Trump give the order to resume combat operations before or after the midterm elections, according to several U.S. officials familiar with the matter. Using the GBU-43/B … Read more
SEATTLE — A gas station attendant shot to death outside Seattle Center early Tuesday was identified by his family as Graeme Dobbeck, 36, manager of the 76 gas station for more than two years. Police said the gunman bought a drink before shooting Dobbeck and left without taking anything. Employee shot dead inside gas station … Read more
DENVER – Fall and winter weather collide in Colorado tonight as a powerful storm moves across the state! Rain and snow in the mountains will continue through Thursday, but the greatest concern may arise Thursday night, when temperatures drop and a widespread freeze or freeze is possible in the Denver metro area and plains. Rain … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is threatening legal action against California unless state and local officials review a list of potential noncitizens on their voter rolls. Acting Deputy Attorney General R. Trent McCotter sent letters Tuesday to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber and Los Angeles County Clerk-Recorder Dean Logan with a list of names … Read more
Federal agents seized Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s phone when they searched her Washington, D.C., home this week as part of a federal investigation into possible immigration-related crimes, and served about a dozen subpoenas in the case, according to two people familiar with the investigation. Possible charges cited by federal officials included conspiracy and making false … Read more
POCONO TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A Bradford County woman is accused of killing her husband and 3-year-old son inside a guest room at Great Wolf Lodge in Monroe County. Metallica Harrison, 27, of Towanda, was charged with two counts of criminal homicide in the deaths of her husband, Charles Harrison, and their son, whose name has … Read more
A Texas prosecutor said he was considering filing felony assault charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who ran over a man after an attempted traffic stop and broke his leg in several places. Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said video of the incident in west Houston on Saturday morning, which shows … Read more
President Trump, during a political rally in the state Tuesday night, granted onstage pardons to two Alaska auto shop owners who pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act, an unusually public use of the president’s clemency power. The president said the two men, Zachary Czubak and Patrick Fleming, were “wrongly accused” and presented the … Read more
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the White House to continue allowing journalists from CNN, MS Now and Politico access to the building while the media coalition’s lawsuit against the Trump administration plays out. Timothy Kelly, a district court judge, had on September 24 granted a 14-day reprieve to news organizations, which six days earlier … Read more
SACRAMENTO, California — About 70,000 Pacific Gas and Electric Company customers in parts of 29 California counties face possible power outages this week. PG&E said it planned to activate its Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) protocols from Wednesday to Saturday to reduce the chance of its equipment starting fires. “This is a reach of about … Read more