HOUSTON More than 100 homes have been damaged after a tornado touched down in a residential area outside Houston, authorities in Texas said Monday. No injuries were reported. Photos and drone video posted on Facebook by the Harris County Precinct 3 constable showed roofs with shingles ripped off. Some debris blocked roads. The damage affected the Memorial Northwest neighborhood, according to the office of Mark Herman, the constable.
Built in just eight days in the Everglades wetlands, the facility was intended to hold up to 5,000 federal immigration detainees. In July, around 1,800 people were confined there in groups of thirty-two inside disaster-relief tents, where conditions reportedly swung between extreme cold and heat, with sewage hauled out and drinking water brought in. Speaking to the Associated Press, migrant detainees and their lawyers described worm-infested food, swarms of mosquitoes, windowless cells, flooded floors with fecal waste, and insufficient showers and toilets.
A top military intelligence official issued a memo this month warning Army servicemembers of foreign adversaries' continued attempts to gather intelligence by targeting personnel, including civilians and their families, via fake companies and recruiters. The Nov. 13 message authored by Army deputy chief of staff for intelligence Lt. Gen. Anthony R. Hale was sent to over a million soldiers and civilians in the Army apparatus.
People can act badly enough to void their right to a jury of 12, New York's highest court found. In a unanimous Nov. 20 ruling, the Court of Appeals said that criminal defendant Derek Sargeant forfeited that right by confronting a jury foreperson outside their home as part of a pressure campaign to get them to vote not guilty.
"Silence is no longer an option. It is time to stand up. Financial support is needed to defend the truth." Accused of framing Karen Read for murder and now gearing up for a lengthy court battle, several witnesses from the high-profile case are appealing to the public for help clearing their names. "We stayed silent, trusting the justice system to correct the record and protect the witnesses who cooperated in good faith. It hasn't,"
The city is tightening its contracting rules amid threats of a lawsuit if it doesn't cut ties with the controversial vendor Flock Safety. Strictly speaking, Berkeley owns the data, but the tools used to gather and store it are made by Flock Safety, a company that provides surveillance technologies including automated license plate readers, drones, and gunshot detectors to thousands of law enforcement agencies and communities across the U.S.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Colorado State quarterback Darius Curry and offensive lineman Liam Wortmann have been suspended for the Rams' final regular-season game for spitting on Boise State players during the second half of Saturday night's game in Boise, Idaho. A video on social media showed Curry spitting at defensive lineman Jayden Virgin-Morgan, who had blocked Curry while a Boise State player returned what he thought was a live ball on a backward pass that hit the ground.
Frederic was accused of turning against a sign on the 5600 block of Los Positas Road, resulting in his truck becoming stuck at about 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 22, 2020. He allegedly exited the truck to warn a nearby business owner of his predicament, and shortly thereafter the Mercedes slammed into the Kenworth. All three teens died from blunt force trauma.
Timothy George Jr., 27, was charged with human trafficking, pimping, and pandering, all felonies, after his arrest on Nov. 19, court records show. George, a Martinez resident, is a rapper who uses the stage name Lil T1mmy and whose music has garnered 5.2 million views on YouTube. Authorities say they reviewed his private messages on Instagram during an investigation that started in Oakland, when the alleged victim robbed the same lingeries store twice in a week.
Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) may be delightfully tiny, but it punches far above its weight, especially when it comes to the year-end travel rush. A new analysis by Upgraded Points ranked the West Palm Beach airport No. 1 in the nation for international holiday travel thanks to exceptionally short customs wait times. The company told Travel + Leisure passengers had to wait an average of just 3.8 minutes, the shortest of all 41 major airports analyzed.
The report also notes that while the "volume of traffic has returned," since pandemic lows, "travel patterns have shifted." In fact traffic congestion delays are "no longer confined to the traditional weekday rush hours; instead, they're spreading to midday, midweek and even weekends." This is driven by the rise of hybrid working schedules, which allow flexibility in the traditional 9-to-5 workday.
Gold prices remained close to the level seen during the last few trading sessions ahead of this week's economic releases and amid the latest geopolitical developments. The metal has struggled to gain traction after the rapidly changing interest rate expectations. However, the probability of a December move jumped to around 71%, up from roughly 40% last week following remarks from New York Fed President John Williams, which could limit downside risks for gold.
Entering Saturday's 31-10 loss at Stanford, Wilcox had won four consecutive Big Games and led the team to a third consecutive bowl-eligible season, but the meltdown proved too much to keep his job. After careful consideration, we believe the time has come for new leadership, Bears football general manager Ron Rivera said in a statement. We wish Justin the best of luck in his future endeavors.
Simpson was acquitted of the murders in 1995, but he was found liable for $33 million in a civil lawsuit filed by the victims' families in 1997. The Goldman family collected only a small part of the award, and Ron Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, is also unlikely to recover much from the estate, report the Los Angeles Times, WATE and the Associated Press. The estate is valued at less than $600,000, and administrative expenses and an IRS debt must be paid first.
An altercation at a local liquor store in Fall River on Saturday may have led to the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old man, according to the Bristol County District Attorney's Office. In a release, the district attorney's office said that at around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Fall River police received a 911 call to the area of Leonard's Package Store located at 1331 Pleasant St. for "men fighting."
She was 7 years old when the two-day attack began on Tulsa's Greenwood district on May 31, 1921, after a local newspaper published a sensationalized report about a Black man accused of assaulting a white woman. As a white mob grew outside the courthouse, Black Tulsans with guns who hoped to prevent the man's lynching began showing up. White residents responded with overwhelming force.
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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.1 shook roughly 37 miles north of Santa Rosa in Northern California on Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake, which struck at 7:08 a.m., had an epicenter 0.5 miles from The Geysers, an area of frequent seismic activity and the site of the world's largest developed geothermal field.
Community members and organizers gathered at the Home Depot in Monrovia to demand the company prevent the immigration raids taking place at its locations. Saturday's demonstration included a buy-in, where volunteers bought an ice scraper from Home Depot and returned it. The efforts follow the death of Carlos Roberto Montoya Valdez, a day laborer who was struck and killed after running onto the 210 Freeway while trying to flee from an immigration sweep at the Monrovia store.
A University of Alabama at Birmingham football player allegedly stabbed two teammates on Saturday morning, hours before the team's game against the University of South Florida, the university said in a statement. UAB's top priority remains the safety and well-being of all of our students, the statement said. Given patient privacy and the ongoing investigation, we have no further comment at this time.
Another big game, another big stink. Another loaded season, another lost season. Four years after Lincoln Riley arrived at USC amid gaudy promises to return the football program to national prominence, well, two words. Still waiting. Needing a win at Oregon's Autzen Stadium Saturday to have a chance at its first college football playoff berth, the Trojans once again fell short, fell deep and basically fell on their faces. Still waiting.
A new study by the travel experiences booking platform analyzed five years of visitor data and Google reviews to find which U.S. national parks are most popular during the fall. The study analyzed National Park Service data from 2020 to 2024, combining visitor numbers, time spent in each park, and online reviews to create a "fall score" out of 100. After crunching all the numbers, Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee took first place, with a score of 96.9 out of 100
Stoneham police are investigating a crash that occurred Friday afternoon and claimed the life of a child. At about 4:30 p.m., a 73-year-old driver was turning left off of Oak Street onto Royal Street when an electric dirt bike struck his car, according to the Middlesex District Attorney's Office and Stoneham Police Chief James O'Connor. The 13-year-old boy who was riding the dirt bike was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to officials.
