Archive for August 2025
No injuries reported after cargo ship explodes in Baltimore Harbor
A cargo ship in the Baltimore Harbor caught on fire on Monday evening, causing a huge explosion, not far from the remaining wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed last year. Around 6:30 p.m., the bow of the W-Sapphire cargo ship combusted in a fireball. Livestream video footage shows black smoke pluming from…
Read MoreSyria’s Sharaa hopes for Kurdish deal to prevent conflict
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has expressed hope that his country would avoid military conflict with U.S.-backed Kurdish forces if efforts to integrate their autonomous administration in northeast Syria into the state structure collapse. In remarks late on Saturday to senior figures from Idlib, where he has mustered loyalist forces, Sharaa said Kurdish leaders had signalled…
Read MoreNew York man arrested on arson charge for tampering with natural gas line in Malone, police say
A Malone man is being charged with arson after police said he purposefully damaged a gas line at an apartment complex. The incident happened on Sunday just after midnight. Police said they received a call about a suspicious man near The Trails at Malone, with the caller saying the man had damaged the inside of…
Read MoreEuropean leaders to join Ukraine’s Zelenskyy for meeting with Trump
European and NATO leaders announced Sunday they will join President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington to present a united front in talks with President Donald Trump on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine and firming up U.S. security guarantees now on the negotiating table. Leaders from Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Finland are rallying around the Ukrainian…
Read MoreShooting in a crowded New York club leaves 3 dead, 9 wounded
A club shooting in the New York City borough of Brooklyn early Sunday left three people dead and nine others wounded in a year of record low gun violence in the city. Investigators believe up to four shooters opened fire at Taste of the City Lounge in Crown Heights after a dispute just before 3:30…
Read MoreMan charged with making terrorist threat after he allegedly threatened Alabaster Police
A man has been charged with making a first-degree terrorist threat after he allegedly threatened the Alabaster Police Department. According to court documents, Joshua Battles called the Alabaster Police Department on Thursday, Aug. 14. Court Documents say that while on the call, Battles told a dispatcher that he would kill them, and then the chief.…
Read MoreDes Moines man charged after being injured by homemade explosive device
A Des Moines man has been charged with several crimes after being injured when a homemade explosive device detonated. Des Moines police say officers were called to a domestic dispute around 4:30 p.m. Friday in the 2800 block of SE 14th Street. The investigation revealed that Tristen Berlin, 40, took the explosive device to a…
Read MorePa. lawmaker, fiancé report threats posted on their wedding registry
A Pennsylvania congressman and his fiancé say they have recently received threats via their online wedding registry. Rob Bresnahan Jr. (R, PA-08) and Chelsea Strub are scheduled to be married this weekend. The couple says the website that hosts their wedding registry has been filled with threatening messages towards them. According to 2822News, one comment…
Read MoreFailed New Mexico candidate gets 80 years for convictions in shootings at officials’ homes
A failed political candidate was sentenced to 80 years in federal prison Wednesday for his convictions in a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of state and local lawmakers in the aftermath of the 2020 election. A jury convicted former Republican candidate Solomon Peña earlier this year of conspiracy, weapons and other charges in…
Read MoreProsecutors seek death penalty against Zizians member charged with murdering border agent in Vt.
The Justice Department said Thursday it will seek the death penalty against a member of the cultlike Zizians group accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont in the latest Trump administration push for more federal executions. Teresa Youngblut, 21, of Seattle, is among a group of radical computer scientists focused on veganism,…
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