By Darryl Coote (0) Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The Justice Department announced Thursday that authorities have arrested nine people, including the Houston rapper Jermaine West, on a slew of drug charges. Acting Assistant General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department's Criminal Divison said the 42-year-old West, who goes by the stage name Breadman, has been charged in [...]
By Don Jacobson (1) Joseph James DeAngelo, also known as the "Golden State Killer" who eluded authorities for decades after a series of brutal crimes, is seen Thursday on the third day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse, in Sacramento, Calif. Photo by Santiago Mejia/EPA-EFE/Pool Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Joseph [...]
By Darryl Coote (0) Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 67, was arrested last week on charges of selling classified information to China. Photo courtesy of U.S Department of Justice Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors have charged and arrested a former Central Intelligence Agency officer for selling classified information to China for more than a decade. In a [...]
By Jean Lotus (0) More than 300 Pizza Hut locations with dine-in restaurants will close in the United States, following the bankruptcy of one of the company's largest franchisees, the company announced Monday. Photo by Susan Montgomery/Shutterstock Aug. 17 (UPI) -- As many as 300 U.S. Pizza Hut restaurant locations will close permanently in the wake [...]
By Ben Hooper (0) Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Wildlife officials in Colorado said they are trying to locate an elk caught on camera with a car tire around its neck. Colorado Parks and Wildlife tweeted video showing the bull elk wandering around while wearing the car tire like a necklace. The department said the footage was captured [...]
By Daniel Uria (0) The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a ruling granting an Oregon group a lower threshold of in-person signatures to place a redistricting reform measure on the November ballot. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a lower court ruling easing a signature threshold for [...]
President Donald Trump took executive action Friday after negotiators failed to agree on a stimulus package. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI | License Photo Aug. 7 (UPI) -- During a primetime news conference Friday, President Donald Trump said he plans to take action to extend some coronavirus relief benefits after negotiators were unable to come to terms on a stimulus [...]
Emergency crews in Bucks County, Pa., respond to a damaged home and downed power lines on Tuesday after Tropical Storm Isaias passed through the area. Photo courtesy Bucks County Government/Twitter Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Close to 4 million customers in the northeastern United States still didn't have power Wednesday morning after Tropical Storm Isaias passed through [...]
By Daniel Uria (0) The 26,850-acre Apple Fire destroyed 12 structures in California as several other wildfires in the state neared full containment. Photo by Lt. James Mahan/Twitter Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The Apple Fire grew by 400 acres overnight into Tuesday as evacuations in California remained in effect and a dozen structures were destroyed. Cal [...]
By Danielle Haynes (0) The appeals court ordered a new penalty phase trial for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. File Photo courtesy of the FBI July 31 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the two brothers responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people. The [...]
