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1 dead and 3 missing after boat carrying mostly family members sinks near Alcatraz Island
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One person died, three people were missing and 16 were rescued from the waters off San Francisco after a pontoon boat sank Tuesday afternoon while carrying mostly family members as part of a memorial service, authorities said.Crews arriving on the scene near Alcatraz Island found a three-deck pontoon vessel almost fully under water with the motor still running and leaking fuel, San Francisco Fire Chief Dean Crispen said.
By Tuesday evening, authorities were searching for the missing in open ocean on the western side of the Golden Gate Bridge. The... Read More
Texas is drenched by heavy rains as forecasters warn that more storms could bring dangerous floods
Heavy downpours in South Texas washed out highways and stranded motorists Tuesday as forecasters warned that a threat of more severe weather could bring dangerous flooding to already drenched counties near the border with Mexico.Storms dumped up to a foot of rain in some rural areas of Texas, leading to dozens of high-water rescues across the region and officials shutting down portions of a busy highway for hours near Uvalde, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) west of San Antonio. A flood watch also included Kerr County, where catastrophic flooding last year along the Guadalupe... Read More
Mexico asks US state attorneys general to investigate migrant deaths in ICE custody
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico formally requested that U.S. state attorneys general criminally investigate cases of migrants who have died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody or during raids, the Mexican government said Tuesday.The request follows the death of Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston. Since the beginning of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, 17 Mexican migrants have died during immigration enforcement, 14 in ICE custody and three in agency operations.
Mexico's Foreign Ministry had... Read More
Man, 74, becomes oldest inmate executed in Florida in state's 10th lethal injection this year
STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida put to death one of its oldest prisoners in its history on Tuesday, a 74-year-old convicted murderer who was one of three older inmates scheduled for execution within the span of a month in the nation’s busiest death penalty state.Dennis Sochor was pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He was convicted of killing Patricia Gifford on Jan. 1, 1982, just hours after meeting the 18-year-old woman at a New Year’s Eve party.
Sochor was already strapped to a gurney with an IV in his... Read More
Trump administration orders ICE to suspend most vehicle stops after 2 deadly shootings
BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — Trump administration officials told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings within a week, people familiar with the decision said Tuesday.The policy change came after an ICE officer shot and killed a Colombian driver Monday in Maine and a week after one shot and killed a motorist in Houston, renewing criticism of the agency’s enforcement tactics that were widely condemned last winter after the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minnesota.
In Florida on Tuesday, a third man... Read More
Top Stories in US News
- 1 dead and 3 missing after boat carrying mostly family members sinks near Alcatraz Island
- Texas is drenched by heavy rains as forecasters warn that more storms could bring dangerous floods
- Mexico asks US state attorneys general to investigate migrant deaths in ICE custody
- Man, 74, becomes oldest inmate executed in Florida in state's 10th lethal injection this year
- Trump administration orders ICE to suspend most vehicle stops after 2 deadly shootings
- Trump will speak on elections in primetime address after pushing debunked conspiracies
- Man fleeing immigration officers in Florida is struck and killed by tractor trailer, police say
- In Maine, a familiar story unfolds: immigration officers fatally shot the driver of a moving vehicle
- As cyclospora illnesses surge to a record, Michigan officials eye lettuce as a possible cause
- Subaru issues recall for 541,000 SUVs over label with incorrect weight rating
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More- Former Obama counsel Kathryn Ruemmler to testify in Epstein probe
- Senate to hold hearing for Trump's pick to head intelligence agencies after weekslong delay
- Trump to address defense technology gathering as the Iran war has reduced US weapon stocks
- US military will be out of Iraq by end of September, Iraqi prime minister and Pentagon say
- Trump will speak on elections in primetime address after pushing debunked conspiracies
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More- ICE officer who fatally shot driver in Maine was 'fearing for public safety,' agency says
- Man, 74, becomes oldest inmate executed in Florida in state's 10th lethal injection this year
- Trump administration orders ICE to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings
- Federal judge awards $314 million to 3 Americans held and allegedly tortured in Venezuela
- Feds turn over evidence in Renee Good and Alex Pretti killings to Minnesota after months of delay