Twenty-one children are in the custody of a California child-welfare agency while authorities investigate a Los Angeles-area couple and whether they misled surrogate mothers around the country. Fifteen children were removed from the couple’s opulent home in Arcadia after an abuse allegation in May, and another six living elsewhere were also located, Arcadia police Lt….
A Taylor man pulled a knife on a teenager when asked why he had been hanging out at a Moosic property for an extended period, according to a criminal complaint. Christopher Gierulski, 39, of 748 S. Main St., faces charges of making terroristic threats and simple assault. According to a criminal complaint: At about 6…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday it plans to adopt rules to bar companies from connecting undersea submarine communication cables to the United States that include Chinese technology or equipment. “We have seen submarine cable infrastructure threatened in recent years by foreign adversaries, like China,” FCC Chair Brendan Carr…
The national government of Syria has announced a new ceasefire to end clashes between Druze and Sunni militias around the southern city of Sweida. According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, more than 300 people were killed and many more injured through Wednesday. The clashes were reported to have begun after a Druze youth was…
(Reuters) -Air India has completed the inspection of fuel control switches on Boeing 787 planes with no issues being found, Indian broadcaster NDTV said on Wednesday, citing an official. Boeing and Air India did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. Reuters could not immediately verify the NDTV report. India on Monday ordered its…
The Israeli army struck targets in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Wednesday, as Israel claims its military intervention aims to protect the Syrian Druze minority. “The IDF struck the entrance of the Syrian regime’s military headquarters in the area of Damascus in Syria,” the Israel Defense Forces said. Two Israeli attacks were reported in the area….
Israel launched a series of airstrikes on central Damascus early Wednesday, targeting what it called key Syrian military infrastructure, including the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters and a facility near the presidential palace. The attack marked one of the most direct Israeli strikes on the heart of the Syrian capital in recent years. Three people have…
The Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fatal fire killed nine people was caring for dozens of aging residents reliant on wheelchairs and oxygen tanks, but it lacked the safety measures and most of the staffing requirements that are commonplace in nursing homes. As an assisted-living center, Gabriel House in Fall River, about 50 miles (80…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Online firearms seller GrabAGun Digital Holdings, with the stock ticker “PEW,” made its market debut on Wednesday after board member and son of the U.S. president, Donald Trump Jr., rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Shares of GrabAGun spiked, and then plunged 21% in midday trading. GrabAGun, which…
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is not planning to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, after a Bloomberg report that the president is likely to do so soon sparked a drop in stocks and the dollar, and a rise in Treasury yields. Trump is open to the idea of firing Powell, a…