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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The CIA’s release of documents seized during the 2011 raid that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has again raised questions about Iran’s support of the extremist network leading up to the Sept. 11 terror attacks. U.S. intelligence officials and prosecutors have long said Iran formed loose ties to […]

Colin Kaepernick’s attorney Mark Gregos said Tuesday that he expects his client to sign with a new team next week. The announcement comes after the former San Francisco 49er filed a grievance against the NFL on October 15. “I think somebody’s gonna sign him,” Geragos told The Adam Carolla Show. “I think the NFL has […]

Two Indianapolis students are recovering after eating cocaine laced candy given to them by a classmate. The boys ate Pop Rocks when parents of the boys told Fox News that the boys complained of weakness and numbness after eating it on November 1, 2017. “My son was like unresponsive to me, weak in the legs, he […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s registered child sex offenders will now have to use passports identifying them for their past crimes when traveling overseas. The State Department said Wednesday it would begin revoking passports of registered child sex offenders and will require them to apply for a new one that carries a “unique identifier” of their […]

Now here’s some seriously uplifting news! Captain Tonya Boyd will become the first African-American woman in the New York Fire Department to be the deputy chief on November 2, 2017. Boyd joined the FDNY’s Emergency Medical Services while attending college as a way to pay her tuition. While doing that, she had no idea her […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Washington restaurant is offering a special $5 “Moscow Mueller” drink every time special counsel Robert Mueller indicts an associate of President Donald Trump. The Bird DC promoted the offer on Twitter Wednesday and added the hashtag “#muellertime.” The drink’s name is a play on the popular Moscow Mule, a beverage made […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Former first lady Michelle Obama says words matter, particularly in an age where Twitter and other social media can be used like a weapon. She addressed a summit of young leaders Wednesday hosted by the Obama Foundation. She says people shouldn’t “tweet every thought” because “first initial thoughts are not worthy of […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors brought terrorism charges Wednesday against the Uzbek immigrant accused in the truck rampage that left eight people dead, saying he was spurred to attack by the Islamic State group’s online calls to action and picked Halloween because he figured streets would be extra crowded. Even as he lay wounded […]

THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — Two men were killed and a woman was injured in a shooting inside a suburban Denver Walmart on Wednesday night, forcing customers to either hide in the store or frantically run for the doors. Thornton police tweeted Wednesday night that they were responding to a shooting with “multiple parties down.” They […]

In SMH news, Papa John’s founder John Schnatter (for whatever reason) decided to troll the Internet on Wednesday by blaming the NFL’s National Anthem controversy for the food chain’s decline in sales. https://twitter.com/BSO/status/925744491096694785   Schnatter told Bloomberg, “The NFL has hurt us by not resolving the current debacle to the players’ and owners’ satisfaction. NFL […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers demanded answers Wednesday from leading social media companies about why they haven’t done more to combat Russian interference on their sites and said congressional action might be needed in response to what one Democrat called “the start of cyberwarfare” against American democracy. Representatives from Facebook, Twitter and Google struggled at times […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Denouncing the suspect as an “animal,” President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged tougher immigration measures based on skills and other merits rather than a lottery after the deadly truck attack in New York City. Trump noted during a Cabinet meeting that the driver in Tuesday’s attack entered the country through the “Diversity […]