By Nicholas Sakelaris (1) May 17 (UPI) -- The Trump administration has made good on its threat to pull nearly $1 billion in federal funding for a high-speed rail project in California, because it hasn't made significant progress. The Federal Railroad Administration said Thursday it's terminated the agreement worth $929 million, which was reached under former President Barack Obama [...]
Activists demonstrate outside the U.S. Capitol on April 2. Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday approved a restrictive abortion bill and sent it to the governor. File Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI | License Phot May 14 (UPI) -- Alabama's Senate passed a near complete ban on abortion late Tuesday and sent it to Gov. Kay Ivey, who could sign [...]
By Daniel Uria (0) May 7 (UPI) -- At least one person died and eight more sustained injuries in a shooting at a school in Colorado on Tuesday, police said. Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said all of the victims were students aged 15 years old and older. The sheriff's office said the person who died was [...]
By Tauren Dyson (1) The FCC is warning people not to call back robocalls, especially if they ring only once, because they could bring heavy charges on their phone bills. Image courtesy FCC May 4 (UPI) -- The Federal Communications Commission is warning people not to call back robocalls, especially if they ring only once, because [...]
By Allen Cone (0) A Boeing 737, with 136 passengers and seven crew members, slid off the runway of Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Florida on Friday night. Photo courtesy Jacksonville Sheriff's Office/Twitter May 4 (UPI) -- A Boeing 737 slid off the runway of Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Florida, injuring some of the 136 passengers [...]
By Clyde Hughes (0) May 3 (UPI) -- Blocks of Davenport, Iowa, remained flooded Thursday after a levee that was supposed to have kept high Mississippi River water out breached earlier in the week. Relief will not come soon with the river expecting to crest at a record 22.7 feet sometime Friday, beating the old 1993 record [...]
By Nicholas Sakelaris (0) The United States added 263,000 jobs in April, beating Wall Street expectations, while the unemployment rate fell to the lowest level since 1969. Photo courtesy of Harris Corp. | License Photo May 3 (UPI) -- The United States added 263,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate declined to 3.6 percent, the lowest [...]
Former CIA agent Jerry Chun Shing Lee has said though he considered handing sensitive information over to Chinese intelligence agents, he never did. (UPI Photo/Dennis Brack/Pool) | License Photo May 1 (UPI) -- A former CIA agent pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to spy for China though there is no evidence to show that he shared information with [...]
By Darryl Coote (0) Police in Brevard County arrested over 100 people accused of being members of a drug gang. Photo courtesy of Brevard County Sheriff's Office/Facebook May 2 (UPI) -- Florida police issued arrest warrants for over 100 members of a suspected criminal drug origination and seized 75 firearms and over 500,000 lethal doses of [...]
A construction crane crashed down on cars in downtown Seattle on Saturday, killing four people, including two workers, authorities said. Photo courtesy Seattle Fire Department/Twitter April 27 (UPI) -- Four people died Saturday after a construction crane crashed down on cars in downtown Seattle, authorities said. The crane fell across a building on Mercer Street and Fairview [...]
