Four Proud Boys members found guilty of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 trial

On Thursday, four members of the far-right Proud Boys organization were found guiltyof seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, Ethan Nordean and Zachary Rehl were found guilty on charges of seditious conspiracy, under a Civil War-era statute. They now likely face a maximum sentence of 20 …

UC Davis stabbing suspect arrested on 2 counts of murder, 1 count of attempted murder

Police in Davis, California announced on Thursday that an arrest has been made in connection with three stabbings — two of which resulted the death of a UC Davis college senior, and a homeless man. Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel said at a news conference that the suspect was identified by police as 21-year-old Carlos …

Suspect arrested in shooting at Atlanta medical facility that left 1 dead and 4 injured

A man suspected of shooting five women inside an Atlanta medical facility waiting room is in custody, the Atlanta Police Department confirmed. One woman was killed and four others were wounded by a gunman inside a downtown medical office building on Wednesday; the shooting occurred at 12:42 p.m. EDT inside a building on West Peachtree Street …

Federal Reserve raises interest rate by quarter point to 5.25%

The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday a 10th interest rate hike on Wednesday, raising the rate to 5.25% — a 16-year high — as it continues its firefight against inflation. In a statement announcing the hike, it omitted previous language that signaled more hikes are likely. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell faces pressure from politicians to stop raising rates, …

Operation targeting fentanyl trafficking on dark web leads to 300 arrests

On Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department – as well as International law enforcement organizations including European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) — announced 228 arrests in 9 countries, and the seizure of more than a hundred guns in a “record-breaking” joint law-enforcement operation targeting fentanyl and opioid traffic on the dark web. The DOJ …

Shelter-in-place ordered after third stabbing near campus of UC Davis, California

After a third person was stabbed in a week in the college town of Davis, Calif., the city issued a shelter-in-place order for a part of Tuesday morning. The two previous stabbings resulted in death, marking the first homicides in Davis in three years. The latest stabbing in the home of the University of California, Davis, …

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy vows support of Israel in speech to legislative body Knesset

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy delivered remarks before the Israeli Knesset, the national legislature of Israel. McCarthy led a bipartisan congressional delegation, consisting of 20 lawmakers, to the country to celebrate its 75th anniversary of independence. The trip is McCarthy’s first foreign trip as House speaker and marks the second time a sitting speaker traveled to Israel …

Judge denies Trump’s mistrial motion in E. Jean Carroll case

On Monday, a federal judge in New York denied former President Donald Trump’s bid for a mistrial in writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit alleging that Trump raped her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s. Trump’s lawyer Joe Tacopina filed an 18-page motion hours ahead of his second day of cross-examining Carroll, which accused …

Manhunt continues for suspect in shooting that killed 5 family members in Texas

The search for a Texas man who allegedly shot his neighbors after they asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard headed into a second day Sunday, and authorities saying the suspect ‘could be anywhere’ by now. The suspect, 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza, fled after the shooting on Friday night near the town of …

Shooting at house party leaves 1 dead, 5 injured in Massachusetts

Authorities confirmed that one person was fatally shot and five others were injured by gunfire at a house party in Lawrence, Massachusetts early Sunday morning. Lawrence lies about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Boston, and has a population of about 89,000, According to statement from Essex District Attorney Paul Tucker’s office, police responded to …