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Food prices in the U.S. may get worse in the coming months as European Union countries predict a dismal wheat harvest on top of the loss in Ukraine’s wheat exports, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The EU may produce 5% less wheat than…
Read More Report: Americans Could See Grocery Prices Skyrocket Even Higher
Laurel Duggan A man armed with at least one weapon and burglary tools was arrested near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home after telling police officers he intended to kill Kavanaugh, The Washington Post reported. The California man in his mid-twenties was on a street…
Read More Armed California Man Arrested Near Justice Kavanaugh’s House, Said He Wanted To Kill Him
A key Texas petroleum refinery that produces more than 200,000 barrels of fuel per day is facing a premature shutdown that could increase pressure on domestic fuel supplies. The Houston, Texas, facility — which is operated by LyondellBasell Industries, spans 700 acres and was built in 1918…
Read More Massive Texas Oil Refinery On Track To Shut Down Amid Fuel Supply Shortages
Laurel Duggan Seattle’s efforts to defund its police department and transfer its duties to other city agencies resulted in $5 million worth of wrongful parking tickets and other administrative dysfunction, according to The Seattle Times. Seattle is refunding roughly 100,000 parking tickets worth approximately $5 million…
Read More Seattle Implodes After Defunding The Police
Jennie Taer A caravan of thousands of migrants hoping to enter the United States is heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border, according to multiple reports. The caravan now is 11,000 strong and on Monday departed Tapachula on the Mexico-Guatemala border the group is expected to swell…
Read More On The Border: Migrant Caravan Of Up To 15,000 On The Way To U.S.
BOSTON, MA. – A Canton man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with the sex trafficking of a minor. Keion Rowell, 23, was indicted on one count of sex trafficking of a child. Rowell was previously arrested and charged…
Read More Canton Man Indicted For Sex Trafficking A 15-Year-Old Girl
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, was allegedly arrested in Napa this weekend for DUI. Paul Pelosi was arrested just before midnight Saturday, according to TMZ, and booked into jail hours later into jail on two misdemeanors. It’s not known whether the Speaker was with her husband at…
Read More Pelosi’s Husband Arrested On DUI Charges Late Saturday
Bryan Babb A suspect vandalized a Washington state crisis pregnancy center by breaking the building’s windows and spray-painting the property early Wednesday morning. The suspect targeted the Next Step Pregnancy Center in Lynwood, Washington, Next Step Pregnancy Center Director Heather Vasquez told KTTH talk radio host Jason…
Read More ‘If Abortion Isn’t Safe, You Aren’t Either’ Vandal Attacks Pregnancy Center
Law enforcement authorities faced mounting questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed the Robb Elementary School classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers. Authorities have praised law enforcement for containing…
Read More Texas Officials Face Mounting Questions Over Shooter Being Contained In A Classroom Of Children For An Hour
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents encountered six large groups and disrupted a human smuggling attempt at the checkpoint on Tuesday. According to authorities, Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint agents rescued 13 migrants from a locked tractor-trailer on May 24. Agents referred the rig…
Read More On The Border: Agents Rescue 13 Migrants Locked In A Tractor-Trailer, Human Smuggling
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