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MINNEAPOLIS — A man who set fires at two mosques in Minnesota in 2023 pleaded guilty to federal charges Wednesday, federal prosecutors said. Jackie Rahm Little, 38, admitted to one count of arson and one count of damage to religious property for the fires at the Masjid Al-Rahma Mosque in Bloomington and the Masjid Omar … Read more

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma County’s top prosecutor said Wednesday she declined to file criminal charges after two Board of Education members said they saw images of naked women on a television in the office of state School Superintendent Ryan Walters. District Attorney Vicki Behenna released a statement saying there was “insufficient evidence” to support criminal … Read more

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland, Oregon, said Wednesday it will issue a land use violation notice to the city’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, accusing the facility of detaining people beyond the limits of what its land use approval allows. The building’s conditional land use approval, in place since 2011, does not allow people to … Read more

SWANNANOA, N.C. — When 12-year-old Natalie Briggs visited the ruins of her home after Hurricane Helene, she had to tightrope across a wooden beam to reach what was once her bedroom. Knots of electrical wires were draped inside the skeleton of the house. Months after the storm, light filtered through breaks in the tarps over … Read more

The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 07-30-50-54-62, Powerball: 20, Power Play: 2 (seven, thirty, fifty, fifty-four, sixty-two, Powerball: twenty, Power Play: two) Estimated jackpot: $80 million For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets Source link

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this year’s fattest bear title in the wildly popular annual online voting contest known as Fat Bear Week. The main event featuring adult bears starts next week, but first up Thursday is what the … Read more

Democrat Xp Lee wins Minnesota House special election to fill assassinated legislator’s seat and preserve tie in chamber Source link

The man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk faces seven counts in state court in connection with the fatal shooting at a Utah Valley University campus event last week. Prosecutors submitted the charges against 22-year-old Tyler Robinson to the court Tuesday, and a judge read them aloud and said he would appoint a defense … Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A Florida convenience store employee has been arrested and charged with fatally shooting an off-duty police officer, authorities said. Eduardo Labrada Machado, 24, shot David Jewell, 45, shortly after arriving for work at the Daytona Beach-area Circle K gas station Monday afternoon, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. Labrada Machado … Read more

First came Texas, then California, then Missouri. President Donald Trump’s call to redraw U.S. House districts ahead of the 2026 elections has led to a wave of political maneuvering among state-level Republicans and Democrats that continues to unfold across the country. Politicians are reshaping congressional voting districts — a task typically done just once a … Read more