The FBI said Friday that it had “previously received information” about the man who was killed on Thursday after allegedly attempting to breach the bureau’s field office in Cincinnati. The FBI did not specify what that information was or when they received it, but said it “did not contain a …
Read More »Mattress company Casper is hiring professional nappers
At online mattress company Casper, sleeping on the job is encouraged. According to a job listing on the company’s website, it is looking to hire someone with “exceptional sleeping ability” to demonstrate to the public and social media universe how easy it is to achieve restful sleep on Casper mattresses. …
Read More »Meta takes down Russian troll farm
Meta says that it’s continuing to crack down on bad actors across its social media sites. The company, which owns Facebook and Instagram, reported Thursday that it had taken down a Russia-based troll farm from Instagram earlier this year that had been churning out phony posts about the war in …
Read More »4 bodies discovered in 2 house fires in Nebraska town; neighbor arrested
Police investigating the killings of four people in a small northeast Nebraska city have arrested a neighbor of the victims, the Nebraska State Patrol said Friday. A police team surrounded and then entered a home in Laurel about 2:30 a.m. Friday after gathering evidence at two burned houses where the …
Read More »House passes assault weapons ban
The House voted Friday to ban semiautomatic assault weapons, as negotiations over police funding legislation continue. Almost all Republicans voted against the bill, which passed 217-213, according to the Associated Press. And the bill now faces steep odds in the Senate, where Democrats were unable to secure enough support for …
Read More »Drought
A relentless heat wave is piling on the difficulties faced by ranchers and farmers who’ve endured up to two years of drought in the Western U.S., causing some to sell off cattle at an increasingly rapid pace. Severe drought last year forced 40% of farmers to liquidate a portion of …
Read More »More human remains discovered at Lake Mead as water level sinks amid severe drought
National Park Service personnel are investigating another witness report of human remains found at Lake Mead, the agency announced Monday. Few details were made available about the apparent discovery at the time of the announcement, which the NPS released soon after park rangers received the witness report around 4:30 p.m. …
Read More »GOP lawmakers want would
Republican lawmakers have a new proposal after the Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade: Prospective fathers should be on the hook for paying child support from the moment of conception. The new bill, introduced on July 13 in both the Senate and House, is called the Unborn Child Support Act, …
Read More »Mexico captures infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero
Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, was captured Friday by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison and returning to drug trafficking, according to the Mexico’s navy. Caro Quintero was arrested after a …
Read More »New California law opens gate to lawsuits against gun manufacturers
California is now offering a route for private citizens to sue the gun industry. Coming less than a month after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York’s restrictions on carrying firearms in public, California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed into law a measure that lets victims of gun …
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