A Missouri man pleaded guilty on Monday to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State (ISIS), the Justice Department said Tuesday. Robert Lorenzo Hester Jr., 28, was arrested in February 2017. Prosecutors have said that he reached out to undercover FBI agents who were posing as ISIS operatives to say he was willing […]

A Florida middle school teacher has been reassigned after an online quiz question for students referred to President Trump as an “idiot.” The School District of Palm Beach County opened an investigation into the incident at Watson B. Duncan Middle School after a child told her father about the question and he then alerted administrators, […]

An American driver has been arrested in Texas after border agents found 53 illegal immigrants from Mexico and several other countries south of the U.S. border hidden inside a sweltering tractor-trailer, authorities said Friday. The unidentified driver was the only visible occupant inside the vehicle when it pulled up to the Interstate Highway 35 (IH-35) […]

The United Auto Workers (UAW) strike against General Motors (GM) is set to go into its second week, as Monday marks the eighth day since 49,000 auto workers have been off the job. The strike is ongoing as the two sides are at a stalemate over new contract negotiations. Workers are pushing for a larger […]

The venerable gun manufacturer Colt is suspending production of the popular and controversial AR-15 and other long rifles for civilian use, as lawmakers continue the fraught gun debate following a series of mass shootings. The company’s president and chief executive, Dennis Veilleux, said that the consumer market has “experienced significant excess manufacturing capacity,” and that […]

A veteran police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty in Alabama Monday night, leaving behind two daughters and his fiancé. “The ultimate sacrifice of Officer Dornell Cousette will never be forgotten,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said. Officer Dornell Cousette, a 13-year-veteran of the Tuscaloosa Police Department, was shot while exchanging gunfire […]

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said that voter suppression aimed at keeping women and people of color from the polls has brought the U.S. to a “crisis in democracy.” Speaking at George Washington University, Clinton accused Republicans of rolling back voter protections and employing tactics aimed at keeping racial minorities from the […]

Tens of thousands of auto workers across the country went on strike Sunday night after negotiations faltered between their union and General Motors. The strike began at 11:59 p.m. ET., with as many as 50,000 United Auto Workers at dozens of facilities from Michigan to Texas expected to participate. Union spokesman Brian Rothenberg told The […]

In an exclusive U.S. TV interview, Edward Snowden said he would like to return home but that the U.S. won’t agree to a fair trial. “I would like to return to the United States. That is the ultimate goal. But if I’m gonna spend the rest of my life in prison, the one bottom line […]

This driver may have fled the scene, but left a very, very important clue behind for authorities. The Brewster County Sheriff’s Office in Texas said on Facebook that deputies were conducting an operation with U.S. Border Patrol agents near Highway 90 when they recovered approximately 1,127 pounds of marijuana. The marijuana was packaged and stacked […]

A Border Patrol agent was shot and injured Friday night while conducting a traffic stop near the Texas-Mexico border and another agent shot and killed the gunman, authorities said Saturday. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), two agents from the Brackettville station and a Kinney County sheriff’s deputy pulled over a vehicle on […]