U.S.NBC NewsTexas man accused of planning mass shooting at Walmart is arrested
A man accused of plotting an "unthinkable" attack on a Texas Walmart has been arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat, officials said. Last week, investigators intercepted a message indicating that Coleman Thomas Blevins, 28, of Kerrville, Texas, was planning a mass shooting, and had mentioned Walmart, according to a news release from the Kerr County Sheriff's Office. After arresting Blevins on Friday, authorities discovered firearms, ammunition and "radical ideology paraphernalia, including books, flags and handwritten documents" in his home, the news release said.
PoliticsThe WeekTexas' GOP lieutenant governor suggests Republicans only have themselves to blame for Democrats killing election bill
Texas Republicans appeared poised Sunday night to pass a bill that critics say severely restricts voting rights. It then would have gone to Gov. Greg Abbott's (R) desk, but Democrats surprisingly broke quorum and walked out just before a midnight deadline. Instead, he expressed frustration with Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) and House Republicans for taking days off near the end of the legislative session, The Texas Tribune reports.
PoliticsAxiosU.S. plans cryptocurrency crackdown
U.S. financial authorities are preparing to actively regulate the $1.5 trillion cryptocurrency market amid growing concerns of a lack of oversight, the Financial Times reports. Why it matters: New efforts under the Biden administration reflect a break from the Trump-era approach, in which the administration at times encouraged cryptocurrency use within the financial system. Michael Hsu, who was appointed this month as acting U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, told the FT that he wants U.S. officials to work together to set a "regulatory perimeter" for crypto.
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Officials ID 2 killed in small plane crash in Utah mountains
Police have identified two men who died in a small plane crash over the weekend in the mountains of northern Utah. Devin Criddle, 26, died at the scene of the crash near Powder Mountain ski area Saturday morning, authorities said. He was a student at Utah State University and was taking his first flight in hopes of becoming a pilot one day, his sister Carlee Criddle told KTVX-TV in Salt Lake City.
BusinessReutersWorld stocks set for 4th month of gains, yuan slips
World equities were firmly on track to post a fourth straight month of gains on Monday, while the dollar struggled broadly ahead of European and U.S. data this week that will provide a clearer picture on the global economy's recovery path. MSCI's broadest index of world stocks drifted 0.1% higher, putting the gauge on track for a 1.4% gain for May. It is the longest monthly rising streak for the index since August 2020, when it marked a five-month run of gains, according to Refinitiv data. But U.S. stock futures edged lower and European cash equities trading was subdued on Monday due to holidays in the United States and Britain, with benchmark indexes sticking to well-worn ranges.
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Shelter in place issued for parts of Deptford Township, NJ: Officials
A shelter in place has been issued for parts of Deptford Township, Gloucester County. The area impacted is Pasadena Avenue and Hurffville Road.
U.S.NBC NewsMiami police offer $130,000 for suspects of mass shooting that left 2 dead, 21 injured
Authorities are offering $130,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects in a mass shooting in Miami that left at least two people dead and more than 20 injured early Sunday. "This is unacceptable," Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told reporters on Monday, as the nation observed Memorial Day. Early Sunday, three people got out of an SUV and "began shooting indiscriminately into the crowd" standing outside a "scheduled event" at an establishment on 186th Street, in the Hialeah area west of Miami Gardens, Miami-Dade police said in a statement.
TechnologyThe ConversationDoes ignoring robocalls make them stop? Here's what we learned from getting 1.5 million calls on 66,000 phone lines
More than 80% of robocalls come from fake numbers – and answering these calls or not has no effect on how many more you'll get. To better understand how these unwanted callers operate, we monitored every phone call received to over 66,000 phone lines in our telephone security lab, the Robocall Observatory at North Carolina State University. Contrary to popular wisdom, we found that answering calls makes no difference in the number of robocalls received by a phone number.
U.S.Lexington Herald-LeaderKentucky man pardoned by Matt Bevin for 2014 homicide is back in jail, held for Feds
Federal authorities have jailed a Kentucky man who received one of former Gov. Matt Bevin's controversial pardons in December 2019. Patrick Brian Baker, 43, was convicted of reckless homicide in the death of Donald Mills during a Knox County home invasion in 2014. In his pardon, Bevin described the evidence against Baker as “sketchy at best” even though an appeals court rejected Baker's appeal with a judge noting the “evidence of Baker's guilt was overwhelming.”
U.S.Fort Worth Star-TelegramDeputies awake to surprise guest in Wisconsin. ‘Found the one Airbnb…loaded with cops’
A drunk man in Wisconsin got quite a surprise when he reportedly woke up in an Airbnb full of sheriff's deputies. Deputies with the Flathead County Sheriff's Office in Montana rented a house in Milwaukee while they were in town for police training, KULR reported. About 2:30 a.m., one of the deputies heard some crashing upstairs but thought it was one of this colleagues, he said in a video posted to TikTok.
HealthThe TelegraphCancer patients who didn't seek treatment during lockdown overwhelming A&E
Cancer patients who decided not to seek treatment during lockdown are now overwhelming emergency units at hospitals across the country, health chiefs have warned. Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, said A&E units were struggling to cope with the number of people seeking emergency treatment for cancer, hip and knee operations and other serious ailments after deciding not to come forward for help during the pandemic. It comes after the NHS put some treatments on hold to allow hospitals to cope with an influx of Covid patients and to protect vulnerable cancer patients from infection.
U.S.Fort Worth Star-TelegramBear attacks and seriously injures man in his own garage, Colorado officials say
A man in Colorado was seriously injured Sunday night when a bear attacked him in his own garage, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say. Around 11 p.m., the man noticed the garage door at his Steamboat Springs home was open, and went to close it, officials said in a news release.
WorldReutersLeading Cuban dissident discharged from hospital after 4 weeks
Leading Cuban dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara was discharged from hospital on Monday, four weeks after authorities ended his hunger and thirst strike and admitted the "artivist." The General Calixto Garcia hospital in Havana said its treatment had enabled the 33-year-old artist to completely recover from his diagnosis of "voluntary starvation," and his clinical and health parameters were now all within normal range. "I'm really happy and relieved, he's at his family home now at least," his friend and fellow activist Iris Ruiz said.
U.S.The State‘Illegal’ piranha found in Louisiana lake has officials worried there are more lurking
A piranha mysteriously turned up in a Louisiana lake — and officials are on the hunt for others that may be skulking in the water. The red piranha, a species native to South America, was caught last week in University Lakes in Baton Rouge, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries. But piranhas aren't supposed to be found anywhere near Louisiana, leading wildlife officials to believe it was illegally kept as a pet and released into the lake.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderThe Texas governor said he plans to strip the Legislature's pay after Democrats staged a walkout to prevent restrictive voting laws from passing
Abbott is expected to call a special session to address redistricting and the voting legislation. See more stories on Insider's business page. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared in a tweet on Monday that he would suspend the pay of the Texas Legislature after state Democrats staged a walkout to prevent Republicans from passing restrictive voting legislation.
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Ex-porn star Mia Khalifa's Israel bashing continues: 'My wine is older than your apartheid state'
Twitter users came down heavily on former-adult film star Mia Khalifa over the weekend after she referred to Israel as an"Apartheid" state and appeared to mock its young history on Twitter. My wine is older than your apartheid state, the Lebanese-American actress and vocal pro-Palestinian supporter wrote alongside a photo of herself sipping French wine. The tweet comes less than a month after Khalifa labeled one of Israel's best-known actresses Gal Gadot a "genocide barbie" over her position on the Israeli-Palestinian violence that reached the most fierce escalation of the conflict in almost a decade.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderAn adviser to Trump ally Roger Stone appeared to gesture for Hillary Clinton to be hanged at a conference with QAnon attendees
Jason Sullivan, social media adviser to Roger Stone, seemd to imply Hillary Clinton should be hanged. Sullivan made a gesture appearing to resemble a noose while talking about Clinton at a QAnon conference. The conference, lasting three days, has attracted crowds of supporters who cheered at Sullivan's gesture.
U.S.The IndependentBiden to honour son Beau at Memorial Day service: ‘The very best of what America has to offer’
Joe Biden is due to mark his first Memorial Day as commander-in-chief at the Arlington National Cemetery, with a service in honour of both US veterans and his late son, Beau. The US president and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Arlington, Virginia, for the service on Monday, after an appearance at commemoration service in New Castle not far from Wilmington, Delaware, on Sunday. The service fell six years to the day that Beau Biden — a former army officer and US attorney — died of brain cancer aged 46.
U.S.Business InsiderFormer Trump advisor Michael Flynn said the US should have a coup like Myanmar, where the military overthrew the democratically elected government
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn spoke at a QAnon conference in Dallas this weekend. When asked about the coup in Myanmar, Flynn said that "it should happen here." Myanmar's military overthrew the democratically elected government and has killed hundreds.
U.S.Kansas City StarMan shot and killed at Ozarks waterfront bar was rap, hip hop and visual artist VNZA
A man shot and killed Saturday night at a busy waterfront bar at the Lake of the Ozarks has been identified as Vonza Watson, a 27-year-old aspiring musician and visual artist, according to multiple news reports. Watson, who grew up in Michigan and Jefferson City, Missouri, had most recently been living in the Kansas City area, a friend said. Watson was shot in the chest shortly before 11 p.m. at Lazy Gators, a waterfront venue next to the popular Shady Gators bar and grill near Lake Ozark, Missouri.
U.S.INSIDERA Black woman in Michigan was issued a $385 ticket after her new neighbor called the police on her for loudly talking on a cellphone
The police in Michigan issued a woman a $385 ticket for talking too loud on the phone in her neighborhood on Thursday, according to local reports. Diamond Robinson was walking down her street in Eastpointe when her neighbor asked her to "get off your phone or talk lower," Robinson told Fox 2 Detroit. Robinson said she told the neighbor to "get out of my face" and continued walking.
U.S.USA TODAYUFO filmmaker releases 46-second video allegedly showing swarm of objects hovering near Navy ship
A UFO filmmaker shared a video clip on Thursday depicting radar footage he claimed shows a swarm of unidentified flying objects near a Navy ship off the coast of San Diego almost two years ago. Jeremy Corbell posted the 46-second clip on Twitter, saying it was taken from the USS Omaha on July 15, 2019. Corbell, a UFO enthusiast and filmmaker behind the 2018 documentary "Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers," said the footage showed a "significant UFO event series."
U.S.The IndependentPolice investigate ‘playing with pistol’ claim as Tory peer’s daughter-in-law held in Belize after death of officer
Police in Belize who arrested the daughter-in-law of billionaire Tory donor Lord Ashcroft over the death of an officer are said to be investigating whether the 38-year-old American suspect had been playing with the victim's pistol before the fatal shooting. Jasmine Hartin was found on a dock near where police superintendent Henry Jemmott was discovered dead early on Friday in the town of San Pedro, and has been held in custody over the weekend. A police source said investigators were working on one theory that she had been playing with a pistol belonging to the 42-year-old victim while under the influence of alcohol, according to The Times.
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Hollywood actor Seagal joins pro-Kremlin party
Hollywood actor Steven Seagal is taking on a new role joining a pro-Kremlin party in Moscow. The U.S.-born martial artist has long been a fan of Russian President Vladimir Putin. While Putin, who granted him Russian citizenship in 2016, is a fan of martial arts.
BusinessBusiness InsiderWest Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is reportedly on the hook for $700 million in loans from collapsed lender Greensill
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is reportedly on the hook for $700 million in loans from Greensill, the collapsed financial firm. Justice personally guaranteed loans Greensill made to his coal companies, The Wall Street Journal reported. Credit Suisse is trying to claw back cash for people who invested in its Greensill-linked funds.
“It may seem desperate at this point, but I can’t be mad at any and all efforts to get people vaccinated.”
“I won’t get rich, but I will get to live my life. That seems like reward enough.”
“Offering incentives may encourage people who are not actively opposed to vaccination but may have put it off.”
“At some point, the government is simply rewarding irresponsible behavior.”
“Sure, people should do it without needing an incentive. But what’s the alternative? Not enough people get vaccinated.”