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Woman stabbed at Miami International Airport, prompting evacuation of hundreds

A man stabbed a woman at Miami International Airport Saturday night, setting off fears that an active shooter was in the terminal, and hundreds of other travelers were evacuated as a precaution, authorities said. The woman was stabbed around 11:30 p.m. in Terminal J on the fourth floor, outside the secure area. Det. Angel Rodriguez,...

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Top Republican, 70, calls Cheatle’s ‘sloped roof’ defense ‘final straw’: I could run around it 'all day'

A top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee dismissed suggestions from U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle that the “sloped roof” of attempted assassin Thomas Crooks’ sniper nest precluded it from being properly secured. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., was part of a bipartisan delegation of committee members who toured the Butler Farm Show Grounds...

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Progressive rep calls on Secret Service director to resign, citing former head after Reagan shooting

Progressive Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., called on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign on Monday. Khanna made the statement during Cheatle’s testimony before the House Oversight Committee. The lawmaker grilled Cheatle over the Secret Service’s failure to protect former President Trump, resulting in an shocking back-and-forth. “Director Cheatle, would you agree that this is...

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Tractor-trailer explosion causes NJ traffic backups, extensive damage, evacuations

A tractor-trailer explosion and fire that closed lanes of a highway and forced evacuations of nearby homes was caught in wild video recorded by a passerby. The video starts out by showing a Clifton, New Jersey, fire department truck parked, with a firefigher walking away from flames, toward the truck when an explosion occurs, catching...

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Hunter Biden trial on tax charges given start date

Hunter Biden’s criminal tax trial will begin on Sept. 9 in California, a federal judge overseeing the legal proceedings said Monday. Biden is charged with failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019, while also filing false tax reports.He allegedly used the funds to live lavishly, including spending millions of dollars on...

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Pennsylvania officers not allowed in Secret Service command center at Trump rally, lawmakers say on site

BUTLER, Pa. – Local Pennsylvania police officers told members of Congress that they were not allowed into a Secret Service command center at former President Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, according to Republican Tennessee Rep. Mark Green. The chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, along with other bipartisan members of...

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Trump shooter Thomas Crooks was likely 'acting out a fantasy': Extremism expert

BETHEL PARK, Pa. – An expert in extremism and terrorism said that Thomas Matthew Crooks’ assassination attempt on former President Trump was likely not politically motivated – instead, the 20-year-old was likely “acting out a fantasy,” and seeking a target that would bring him “attention and fame.” Jytte Klausen, a political science professor at Brandeis...