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(Reuters) – Valero Energy and three contractors have been fined a total $1.75 million for safety violations related to a worker’s death on Nov. 12, 2021 at its 145,000 barrel-per-day …

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Steve Scherer TORONTO – Canadians are not preoccupied with constitutional change, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters as Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla …

By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -Boeing’s new Starliner capsule was launched Thursday on a do-over uncrewed test flight bound for the International Space Station, aiming to deliver the company …

By Leigh Thomas and Francesco Canepa KOENIGSWINTER, Germany -The Group of Seven’s financial leaders agreed on Thursday on $18.4 billion to help Ukraine pay its bills in coming months and …

Buffalo Shooter’s Personal Diary Is Pretty Clear About His Sources Of Inspiration Laurel Duggan on May 19, 2022 Buffalo shooter Payton Gendron said his beliefs were inspired by websites Reddit …

Marijuana seized May 11 DETROIT — Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Field Operations intercepted more than a ton of marijuana at the Fort Street Cargo Facility, May 11. …

LOUISVILLE, Ky— Criminals use various ploys to smuggle their drugs across the border and into the U.S. They hide their drugs in false compartments on cars, taped to their body, …

LOUISVILLE, Ky— In 24 hours, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville have seized a myriad of items: counterfeit driver’s licenses, counterfeit Apple Air pods and Watches, and …

IMPERIAL BEACH, CA – San Diego Sector (SDC) Border Patrol encountered multiple swimmers Monday morning. In the early morning of May 16, San Diego Sector Communications notified Imperial Beach Station …

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector apprehended a man, wanted by the Government of Mexico in connection with the murder of a Mexican …

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners disrupted three human smuggling events. On May 17, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents …

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON -The White House is working to put advanced anti-ship missiles in the hands of Ukrainian fighters to help defeat Russia’s naval blockade, officials said, amid concerns …

By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -The Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Wednesday said it had confirmed a single case of monkeypox virus infection in a man who had recently traveled …

By Tyler Clifford BUFFALO, N.Y. – The 18-year-old white man accused of killing 10 people in a livestreamed shooting in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, briefly appeared in …

By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday recommended the COVID-19 vaccine booster for children ages 5 to 11 after …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON -The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday issued new Hezbollah-related sanctions, designating Lebanese businessman and the Iran-backed group’s financial facilitator, Ahmad Jalal Reda Abdallah, and his companies. …

(Reuters) – Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby will move to the White House to take up a senior communications role, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The …

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE – U.S. President Joe Biden may talk with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in the coming weeks, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said aboard Air Force …

By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON -The U.S. congressional committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol on Thursday said it wants to ask Republican U.S. Representative Barry Loudermilk about …

By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Thursday appeared set to renew its assessment that Cuba is among a handful of countries “not cooperating fully” with the United …

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON -The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved nearly $40 billion in new aid for Ukraine on Thursday sending the bill to the White House for President Joe Biden …

By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON -An ex-FBI official testified on Thursday that a former lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s presidential election campaign said he was not acting on behalf of any client …

REPORT: Under Biden, US Intel Agencies See ‘Diversity’ As A Top Priority Harold Hutchison on May 19, 2022 Intelligence community leaders have made workplace diversity a top priority since the …

Twitter Will Now Suppress ‘False’ And ‘Misleading’ Tweets Under ‘Crisis Misinformation’ Policy Bryan Babb on May 19, 2022 Twitter announced Thursday that the company would be implementing a new policy …