Unbiased headline news – Thomas Matthew Crooks’s high school stated it has “no record” of him attempting to join the school’s rifle team, despite his involvement in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
Jameson Myers, a former classmate and member of Bethel Park High School’s varsity rifle team, claimed the gunman tried out for the team in freshman year but did not make the junior varsity roster and did not try out again. The Pennsylvania school countered this claim in an online fact sheet.
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At least 13 people died in three Israeli airstrikes on refugee camps in central Gaza overnight into Saturday, as cease-fire talks in Cairo showed progress, according to Palestinian health officials.
Among those killed in the Nuseirat and Bureij Refugee Camps were three children and one woman, said Palestinian ambulance teams, who transported the bodies to Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital. AP journalists at the hospital counted 13 corpses.
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Sheila Jackson Lee, the longtime U.S. representative from Texas, has passed away, her family announced in a statement.
The congresswoman died at 74 after a brief cancer battle. “With incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we announce the passing of United States Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of the 18th Congressional District of Texas,” her family stated.
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Louisiana’s new law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms will not be enforced or endorsed publicly until November 15th, according to a recent court filing in the ongoing legal dispute.
Both parties agreed that the Ten Commandments would not be posted in any public school classrooms, and defendants, including Louisiana’s State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and schools will not publicly proceed with the law’s implementation until November.
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A federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss criminal charges against former Representative George Santos for alleged schemes that led to his political downfall.
The judge rejected Santos’ motion to dismiss certain fraud charges, stating he did not meet the legal standards. The New York Republican, who represented parts of Queens and Nassau County, pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of defrauding donors, lying to Congress, and misusing campaign funds.
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Two infants required medical attention for smoke inhalation as a fast-moving brush fire in Southern California spread over 250 acres, officials reported.
The brush fire started in the San Gabriel Mountains in northern Los Angeles County near East Fork and Glendora Mountain roads after 3:00 p.m. local time, according to Angeles National Forest officials, who named the blaze the Fork Fire. Two infants needed medical attention after being exposed to smoke during their escape.
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A postal worker was fatally shot in front of a residence in Chicago on Friday, officials reported.
The gunman approached and fired multiple times before fleeing in a vehicle, police said. The 48-year-old victim sustained “multiple gunshot wounds” and was taken to a hospital, where she died. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service Chicago Division is offering up to $250,000 for information leading to the suspect’s arrest and conviction.
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A plane attempting an emergency landing at an airport in northeastern Ohio crashed, killing all three people on board, authorities said.
The Federal Aviation Administration reported Saturday that the twin-engine Beechcraft 60 crashed near Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Ohio around 6:45 p.m. Friday. The Ohio State Highway Patrol in Trumbull County, notified shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday, confirmed the crash killed the pilot and two passengers.
