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Chevron has abruptly withdrawn from a federally funded carbon capture project in California’s Kern County after securing multimillion-dollar subsidies under the Biden administration. The energy giant, headquartered in San Ramon, terminated its partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy for…
The Treasury Department has identified nearly $5 billion in bank transactions tied to suspected human smuggling. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, known as FinCEN, found $4.9 billion in suspicious exchanges by analyzing Bank Secrecy Act data from January 1, 2023,…
Chance Allison has shared a heartwarming update about his late girlfriend’s beloved dog. The Orlando man posted on Facebook Tuesday about Brittany Clark’s German Shepherd, Hokie, fulfilling her dying wish that he care for the pet. Clark, 31, was fatally…
A Fort Lauderdale-bound Delta flight made an emergency landing in Atlanta Thursday morning after crew reported a smoky odor onboard. Flight 1334 had just departed Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at approximately 7 a.m. When the smell was detected, according to…
Two cars flipped on the 405 Freeway during Thursday morning rush hour, triggering a massive backup across the Westside. The collision happened shortly before 7:30 a.m. On the northbound side near Santa Monica Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol.…
A prominent Texas attorney was arrested after allegedly demanding sex from a woman seeking legal help for her jailed brother. Neil Calfas, 56, a San Antonio criminal defense attorney, was taken into custody Wednesday on charges of solicitation of prostitution…
Kristi Goncalves says she wrestles with forgiving Bryan Kohberger as he tries to undo his guilty plea. The mother of slain University of Idaho student Kaylee Goncalves, 21, spoke out on “Hang Out with Sean Hannity” alongside her husband Steve…
A wildfire tearing through the Tahoe National Forest has put residents of a posh Lake Tahoe cabin community on notice as flames burned across 75 acres for a second straight day. The Talbot Fire broke out Tuesday afternoon in Placer…
A federal judge has dismissed the Justice Department’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard University. US District Judge Richard Stearns, 82, issued the ruling Thursday in Massachusetts federal court. The Clinton appointee found the Trump administration’s claims legally insufficient. “The Amended Complaint…
The White House gifted Marco Rubio a framed collage of his viral “Rubio realizing” memes for his 55th birthday. The present, presented in May, surfaced publicly Wednesday via a tweet from Axios reporter Marc Caputo that quickly went viral. Rubio,…
Philadelphia Police Inspector Ray Evers broke his silence Wednesday on the graphic digital evidence recovered from Eugene Horsch’s home. “I’m not gonna get into exactly what I saw. It’s dark. It’s real dark,” Evers told reporters, according to WPVI. The…
Troy Jackson’s longtime partner Lana Pelletier has denied telling police in 1988 that he “pushed her around.” Jackson, 58, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, was 19 when he kicked in a door and assaulted a romantic rival…
Christa Pike’s legal team has proposed hanging as an alternative execution method during an ongoing multi-day hearing challenging Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol. The 49-year-old, currently the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, faces execution on September 30 in Nashville. Her…
Oakland police released bodycam footage Wednesday of two officers fatally shooting a spear-wielding man. The July 13 confrontation ended with the death of Jose Angel Castillo, 43, near a homeless encampment at 40th Avenue and International Boulevard in Oakland, California.…
Phoebe Gates, 23-year-old daughter of billionaire Bill Gates, is facing serious legal exposure after her shopping startup Phia has been accused of “cookie stuffing”—a deceptive affiliate marketing practice that can constitute federal wire fraud carrying a maximum penalty of 20…
The murder trial of a Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three young children came to an emotional standstill on Wednesday as she broke down sobbing during graphic autopsy testimony. Lindsay Clancy, a 36-year-old from Duxbury, wept so intensely that…