Odeassa, TX – The gunman in a spate of violence after a routine traffic stop in West Texas had just been fired from his job and called both police and the FBI before the shooting began, authorities said Monday. Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke said 36-year-old Seth Aaron Ator had been fired Saturday from Journey […]

Manhattan – A 46-year-old man was arrested Saturday night after he allegedly attempted to kidnap a 5-year-old boy outside Katz’s Delicatessen, a popular Manhattan establishment. The boy was walking with family members near the deli when he was grabbed by the man, identified later as Eric Visa, who attempted to run away with him. The […]

Seattle – Lawmakers around the country are making a renewed push to ban high-capacity magazines that gunmen have used in many recent massacres, allowing them to inflict mass casualties at a startling rate before police can stop the carnage. Nine states have passed laws restricting magazine capacity to 10 to 15 bullets, and the Democratic-led […]

Kabul – A U.S. envoy said Monday the first 5,000 U.S. troops would leave Afghanistan within five months’ time under a deal with the Taliban that has been reached “in principle” but still needs President Donald Trump’s approval. Zalmay Khalilzad showed the draft to the Afghan president after declaring that they are “at the threshold […]

Santa Cruz, CA – Firefighters say there were some deaths in a fire on a boat carrying dozens of people off the coast of Southern California. The U.S. Coast Guard and firefighters responded early Monday to a fire on a dive boat near Santa Cruz Island. The Daily Beast quoted Capt. Brian McGrath of the […]

Sen. Bernie Sanders got a standing ovation at the Islamic Society of North America annual convention in Houston. Sanders spoke on Saturday to the conventions some 6,000 attendees, the first presidential candidate, along with Julian Castro, to address the gathering, the largest meeting of American Muslims. “I am here today because I believe in the […]

Odessa, TX -Police say they are not sure why a man with a misdemeanor on his record and no warrant for his arrest erupted in a spate of violence after a routine traffic stop in West Texas, killing seven including a man slain outside his parents’ home and a teenager fatally shot as she left […]

Brooklyn, NY – New York City police say a man was killed in a shootout with officers in Brooklyn. NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan said at a news conference that three officers in a patrol car early Monday saw a masked man, who fled when they tried to speak to him. The masked man […]

Beijing – Asian stocks were mixed Monday after Washington and Beijing escalated their trade war with new tariff hikes. Shanghai advanced while Tokyo and Hong Kong declined. South Korea’s main index was unchanged. Markets reacted less strongly to the weekend tariff hikes on billions of dollars of goods than to previous increases. Investors are hoping […]

Kabul – An Afghan official says U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has met with President Ashraf Ghani in the capital, Kabul, to brief him on the latest round of talks with the Taliban on ending America’s longest war. Ghani spokesman Sediq Sediqqi confirms that the meeting took place Sunday night at the presidential palace shortly after […]