WEST KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) — A deadly wildfire in Western Canada that has forced some 20,000 people to flee grew overnight even without strong winds, challenging efforts to contain it and fully assess the damage, authorities said Tuesday. About 100 firefighters from Mexico were ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Severe weather cut power to more than half a million people in the Chicago area and northwestern Indiana as perilous thunderstorms and extreme wind gusts pummeled the region Tuesday, causing widespread damage. Tornado warning sirens howled as the skies darkened. All ...
ICE acquiring 'shock' gloves (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. A notice published Monday by the Department of Homeland Security says ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of "conductive distraction and de-escalation devices" for officers and agents by March. The devices are known as the G.L.O.V. E. That stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter. They're made by Compliant Technologies LLC of ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents have taken secret overseas trips in the past for security reasons, with schedules and logistics kept classified until after the fact to protect the commander in chief. But not like the one President Donald Trump took in July. After a NATO summit in Turkey, ...
WASHINGTON — The push continues for updates to the Great Lakes icebreaking fleet. In December, President Donald Trump signed into law the Great Lakes Icebreaker Act — but the deadlines within have passed without action by the U.S. Coast Guard, who had been directed to assess the current ...
Wisconsin primary voters today will help decide the candidates for governor and U.S. Congressional seats that advance to the general election Nov. 3. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. No elected positions in Florence or Marinette counties have primary opposition, but the federal races ...
