Underworld Turns

‘He’s just sleeping’: 5-year-old speaks to cops as drowsy father with guns in truck gets arrested

Bodycam footage shows the moment a Florida man was arrested after police found him asleep in a truck parked at a gas station with two firearms and his 5-year-old child sitting in the backseat.  The incident occurred on Thursday in Plant City, which is located east of Tampa and west of Lakeland.  According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, […]
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Catalina Island foxes nearly vanished. Now they’re a conservation success story

The tiny foxes found only on California’s Channel Islands were once on the verge of disappearing forever. Now, conservationists are celebrating what’s considered one of the fastest recoveries of any mammal protected under the Endangered Species Act. In a post shared Saturday for Endangered Species Day, the Catalina Island Conservancy reflected on the dramatic rebound […]
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Long Beach to hold new pride festival after previous one canceled

Long Beach will hold a pride festival this weekend after the one they originally had scheduled was canceled. Long Beach city officials said the celebration was nixed after the nonprofit that organizes it, Long Beach Pride, failed to submit the required information for an event permit.  It was supposed to start on Friday and last through Sunday. “Despite […]
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L.A. Jewish institution among targets of foiled terrorist attack, U.S. officials say

A Jewish institution in Los Angeles was among the locations targeted in a recently foiled terrorism plot, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton announced this week. The thwarted terrorist attacks were the result of the recent arrest of Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, an Iraqi national and senior member of […]
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Suing His Own IRS? Creating a $1.8 Billion Slush Fund? What the Hell Is Trump Trying to Pull?

Sen. Ron Wyden, longtime Oregon Democrat and ranking member of the Senate Finance Commitee, has never been a fan of President Donald Trump. But I’ve never seen him quite this worked up. The administration, Wyden declared in a statement on Friday, “is dripping with corruption from top to bottom” and is now plotting “among the […]
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