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A cargo ship caught fire at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro on Friday, forcing the crew to evacuate the ship, according to officials, who described the incident as a major emergency.All 23 crew members were safely evacuated from the ship, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. No injuries were reported.The fire was observed on several levels of the ship. Hazardous materials were identified in the involved […]

A convicted sex offender freed from prison two weeks ago allegedly posed as a doctor and sexually assaulted a student inside an Arizona elementary school, sparking outrage and calls for answers from parents, according to reports.Abel Kai Gblah, 25, is accused of sexual assault and kidnapping after he accessed school grounds and posed as a doctor to lure a student into a classroom and assaulted her at Orangewood Elementary School […]

More than 500 Chinese drones confiscated by Florida officials will be used for military target practice for evaluation and training.Instead of torching the machines, the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) will shoot them down with shotguns, according to Bloomberg News.The quadcopter drones will be used over the course of three days next month to train elite U.S. troops on how to take out enemy drones.AI ARMS RACE: US AND CHINA […]

A Missouri judge who often wore Elvis Presley wigs in his courtroom and played the late rock star’s music has agreed to step down from the bench.Judge Matthew Thornhill said he wanted to "add levity at times when I thought it would help relax litigants" but also recognized "that this could affect the integrity and solemnity of the proceedings."Thornhill, who serves in St. Louis, agreed to take a six-month unpaid leave […]

They're supposed to be lifesavers, but, in this case, the best they may do is point investigators toward a killer.The life jackets found covering 18-year-old Anna Kepner's body on a Carnival Horizon cruise ship when staff discovered her dead two weeks ago may be key, according to a veteran detective who is following the case. "They're gonna test the life jackets, blankets, whatever else they found in the room, plus Anna's […]

A former Alabama teacher was arrested and fired after a video emerged allegedly showing her striking her child more than 20 times with a belt, police said. Randi Nicole Staples, a 44-year-old who worked at the Cottage Hill Christian Academy, is now charged with willful abuse of a child under 18, according to WALA. "Discipline is supposed to be for corrective action. That went way beyond that," Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch […]

A high school assistant principal in Virginia and his brother are accused of threatening violence against ICE agents and local police officers.According to court documents, an off-duty Norfolk Police Department officer overheard John Bennett and Mark Bennett at a Virginia Beach restaurant discussing the alleged threats, saying they "needed to do something about" ICE agents "kidnapping individuals," according to WVEC. John Bennett is the assistant principal at Kempsville High School […]

The suspect who was federally charged after allegedly lighting a young woman on fire this week on a Chicago Blue Line train was ordered by a judge to remain detained ahead of his trial. Lawrence Reed, 50, is charged with committing a terrorist attack or violence against a mass transportation system. Federal prosecutors said Reed intentionally used gasoline and a lighter to set the woman on fire at about 9:30 p.m. […]

A knife-wielding suspect was shot and killed Friday morning at St. Louis Lambert International Airport after refusing orders to drop his weapon, police said. The officer-involved shooting happened around 1:05 a.m. local time as "STL Airport Police officers were conducting routine security checks in Terminal 1" and "encountered an adult male with a knife," according to St. Louis County Police. "The suspect refused to drop the weapon and was tased by one police […]