All seven members of the Bakersfield, California, chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club are being detained and charged with numerous felonies, including kidnapping and illegal imprisonment, robbery, assault with a firearm, making criminal threats, intimidation, and elder abuse, officials said. Six club members were arrested in an early morning sweep on June 25, officials […]

Hooters, the popular restaurant chain known for its chicken wings and orange and white waitress uniforms, is closing “underperforming” locations across the United States. In a media statement issued on Monday, the company cited “pressure from current market conditions” as the reason for the closures. The chain did not specify which locations will be closing […]

Nearly three-quarters of Americans feel the United States isn’t doing too well, with the younger generation believing they are facing a more dangerous world with fewer opportunities to thrive and succeed, according to a recent survey. The CBS News YouGov survey interviewed 2,460 U.S. adults between June 17-21 and primarily inquired about their perception of […]

Investigators are working to determine if a gas explosion was the cause of a house collapse in Syracuse, New York, that hospitalized 13 people, mostly children. At around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the Syracuse Fire Department received multiple 911 calls reporting an explosion at a two-story house at 205 Carbon Street. When the rescue workers […]

The historical decimation of the gray wolf population in the Western United States has wreaked havoc on the ecosystem, a new study found. “Various national parks in the western United States, which are considered the crown jewels of American wilderness, lack their apex predators, resulting in them being shadows of their supposed ecological integrity,” the […]

After running from the law for nearly three years, a former CNBC financial analyst charged with defrauding investors was arrested over the weekend, California prosecutors said. James Arthur McDonald Jr. was arrested Saturday at a residence in Port Orchard, Washington. He is expected to be transferred to Los Angeles in the coming weeks to face […]

A small plane flying from Longmont, Colorado, to Utah crashed into a mobile home park Monday afternoon, killing both people on board and igniting a fire, police and fire officials said. A Cessna 421 that took off from Longmont, just North of Denver, came down after flying less than 100 miles West, as it crashed […]

A potentially lethal disease caused by a rare bacteria has been spreading at an unprecedented pace in Japan, health data show. As of June 2, Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) counted 977 cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), surpassing the previous record of 941 cases for all of last year. Despite the […]

Charles Barkley said next season will be his last on TV. Mr. Barkley made the announcement after the Dallas Mavericks’ Game 4 victory over the Boston Celtics on Friday, saying will he be retiring after the 2024–2025 NBA season. “I have made the decision myself: No matter what happens, next year is going to be […]

A top USA Basketball official said this week that Indiana Fever rookie sensation Caitlin Clark has been left off USA Basketball’s roster for the women’s Olympic team at the upcoming Paris games. Selection committee chair Jen Rizzotti later explained to the Associated Press that the decision was made according to established selection protocol. “Here’s the […]

United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain is under investigation by an independent federal monitor over allegations of power abuse and subsequent obstruction of the investigation, according to a court filing on Monday. The union’s federal court-appointed monitor, Neil Barofsky, submitted a 36-page report to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan […]

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico spoke publicly for the first time after surviving an assassination attempt in the central Slovak town of Handlova on May 15. In a video posted on Facebook, the 59-year-old thanked the staff at Roosevelt Hospital in Banska Bystrica for saving his life and said he hoped to be back at […]

One day after Mexico elected its first female President, a female mayor of a town in western Mexico was killed. Yolanda Sanchez Figueroa was shot on Monday evening just before 9 p.m. after leaving the gym accompanied by her bodyguard, municipal police officer Jesús V, according to a statement from the Michoacán attorney general’s office. […]

A teenage Venezuelan illegal immigrant has been arrested for allegedly shooting two New York Police Department officers after they attempted to stop him while he was riding a scooter. The two officers were patrolling the 115th precinct to address enduring robberies in the area involving perpetrators on mopeds and scooters when they spotted 19-year-old Bernardo […]

Rugby legend Rob Burrow passed away after a four-and-a-half-year battle with motor neurone disease (MND), the Leeds Rhinos confirmed on Sunday. The father of three passed away peacefully at Pinderfield’s Hospital after becoming unwell earlier this week. Mr. Burrow was given two years to live when he was diagnosed with MND in 2019—two years after […]

Another mayoral candidate in Mexico was murdered late Wednesday as the country suffers a wave of assassination before the upcoming election on Sunday. Alfredo Cabrera was gunned down in the town of Coyuca de Benitez in the southern state of Guerrero as he was making his way towards the stage to address some 300 supporters […]

Nissan issued a “do not drive” warning Wednesday for certain 2002-2006 vehicles due to a long-standing recall of exploding Takata air bags. The company has offered free towing and mobile repair for all 84,000 affected vehicles. With the “do not drive” warning, Nissan joins seven other automakers who have done the same in recent years, […]

Two former FBI officials have reached a tentative settlement with the Justice Department to resolve claims that their privacy was violated when the department leaked to the news media text messages that they had sent one another that appeared to conspire against former President Donald Trump. The tentative deal was disclosed in a brief court […]

A 39-year-old Mississippi man has agreed to plead guilty to a $51 million Medicare fraud scheme that ran in New Jersey for four years. Keaton Langston admitted to using several medical companies to bill for unnecessary tests and medical orders, the New Jersey District Attorney’s office said in a statement. The scheme began around April […]

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed anti-communist Navy veteran Hung Cao, one of the five Republican candidates running for U.S. Senate in Virginia. President Trump announced the endorsement on his social media platform Truth Social late Sunday evening. “Hung Cao is a highly respected retired Navy Captain running to represent the Great People of Virginia […]