California man pleads guilty to terrorism charges
A California man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to opening social media accounts to provide support to Islamic State, according to court documents.
One dead, two firefighters hurt battling wildfires in U.S. West
A tractor operator was killed while trying to clear brush around a massive wildfire in central Oregon and two firefighters were injured battling a blaze burning at the edge of Yosemite in California, officials in the two states said on Wednesday.
Two rare shark attacks reported along New York’s Fire Island beaches
Two youngsters frolicking in the surf miles apart along the Fire Island National Seashore in New York suffered puncture wounds to their legs on Wednesday in apparent shark attacks that would mark the state’s first such incidents in 70 years, authoritie…
California high court orders proposal to split up state removed from November ballot
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the November ballot purged of an initiative that seeks to split California into three states, citing significant questions raised about the proposal’s validity.
Lava from Kilauea ‘collapse explosion’ destroys Hawaii structures
A “collapse explosion” at the summit of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on Wednesday sent a surge of lava that destroyed structures in an evacuated housing development, geologists and civil defense authorities said.
Migrants in U.S. custody describe life in ‘ice boxes’ and ‘dog pounds’
During their detention last month in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Laredo, Texas, Karen and her two young sons were constantly cold. The family, which fled violence in Honduras, slept on a hard floor in a holding cell without mattres…
Two firefighters hurt battling fierce Yosemite blaze
A wildfire burning at the western edge of Yosemite National Park that killed a firefighter over the weekend has injured two more, officials said on Wednesday, as crews sought to gain a measure of control over the flames ahead of dangerous thunderstorms…
U.S. judge orders accused Russian agent jailed pending trial
A judge on Wednesday ordered an accused Russian agent jailed until her trial after U.S. prosecutors argued she has ties to Russian intelligence and could flee the United States.
Lockdown, sparked by report of armed man, ends at Washington, DC university
American University in Washington ended a lockdown on Wednesday prompted by reports of a man carrying a handgun near its campus, school officials said.
States sue U.S. over policy tying funds to immigration compliance
New York and five other states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to block the Trump administration from making cooperation with federal immigration authorities a condition for receiving millions of dollars in federal funding for law enforcement.
