PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As U.S. police departments release preliminary or finalized 2024 crime numbers, many are reporting historic declines in homicides and drops in other violent crimes compared to 2023. What You Need To Know Experts say most cities are seeing a drop in crime levels that spiked during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. regulators have opened an investigation into 2.6 million Teslas after reports of crashes involving the use of company technology that allows drivers to remotely command their vehicle to return to them, or move to another location, using a phone app. What You Need To Know The National Highway Traffic Safety…
HOUSTON (AP) — The number of executions in the U.S. remained near historic lows in 2024 and was mostly carried out in a small group of states, including Alabama, which became the first state to use nitrogen gas as an execution method, according to an annual report on capital punishment. What You Need To Know…
MIAMI (AP) — One of Colombia’s notorious drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a U.S. prison and is expected to be deported back home. What You Need To Know Records from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons show Fabio Ochoa Vásquez was released Tuesday after completing 25…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — For years, U.S. authorities and fishermen have been complaining about illegal fishing for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, and now it’s been revealed who is behind the lucrative trade: a Mexican drug cartel. What You Need To Know The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Tuesday against members of the Gulf…