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Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A California man was charged with planning to bomb the FBI Los Angeles field office, according to federal prosecutors. Mark Anten, of Sun Valley, California, started in July allegedly sending threatening emails to the field office, referred to himself as the "Unabomber" and continued to send threatening messages through December -- even visiting the office to "scope" it out, prosecutors said. "Specifically, on November 2, 202...

Chris Sattlberger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Inflation is falling toward normal levels, according to fresh data released Friday from the Federal Reserves preferred measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index. The information is the latest in a string of good news for price increases, but a major disruption of global trade could threaten that progress, some experts said. Attacks on ships along a key route through the Suez Canal have forced freight companies to divert deliveries, sha...

UniversalA report in Vanity Fair says a former assistant to Vin Diesel is suing the star, claiming he sexually battered her in the fall of 2010. The incident reportedly happened in Atlanta while she was working for Diesel when he was filming Fast Five, according to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles. According to the legal documents obtained by Vanity Fair, Asta Jonasson claims she was asked to wait in Diesels suite at the St. Regis Hotel while he entertained hostesses from a club hed visited. Onc...

Mint Images/Getty Images(TACOMA, Wash.) -- A jury has found three officers not guilty in the 2020 death of Manuel "Manny" Ellis while in police custody in Tacoma, Washington. Christopher Burbank, 38, and Matthew Collins, 40, were each found not guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter, while Timothy Rankine, 34, was found not guilty of first-degree manslaughter. All three officers faced a maximum of life in prison if they had been convicted, according to the Washing...

President Joe Biden meets with staff in the Oval Office, Tuesday, September 27, 2022. -- (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden announced Friday he was granting clemency to nearly a dozen people who have been serving long prison sentences for non-violent drug offenses. The president also announced he was signing a proclamation to pardon certain marijuana offenses, building on action he took back in 2022 to pardon thousands of Americans who had been convic...

Ekaterina Goncharova/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Respiratory virus season has kicked off in the United States as Americans get ready to travel to celebrate the holidays. Flu and COVID-19 emergency department visits and hospitalizations are continuing to increase throughout the United States, while vaccination rates lag, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, levels are still elevated in many areas of the country, although CDC dat...

Kali9/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- At least 15 people were killed and 24 were injured in a shooting at Charles University in Prague on Thursday, according to Pragues head of police. The suspect -- a 24-year-old student at the university -- was "eliminated," officials said. His body was found at Charles Universitys faculty of the arts, the Prague head of police said. There is no indication that there was any political or terrorism motive, police said. No police officers were injured, offic...

Forever Stamp display at Costco, Queens, New York on March 1, 2023. UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- While we welcome the new year, well also be welcoming an increase in the cost of mailing letters and packages. Starting Jan. 21, the U.S. Postal Service will increase stamp prices from 66 cents to 68 cents for letters weighing one ounce or less. Package shipping costs are also slated to increase by nearly six percent, with Priority Mail Express costs going up by 5.9 ...

Piccell/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A local news helicopter operated by Philadelphia ABC station WPVI crashed Tuesday night in a wooded area in New Jersey, killing two people on board, the station said. A pilot and photographer were on board Chopper 6 when it crashed in Washington Township, WPVI reported. The pilot, 67-year-old Monroe Smith, and the photographer, 45-year-old Christopher Dougherty, were both killed in the crash, WPVI said. The two were returning from an assignment at the Jersey Sh...

U.S. Marshals Service via AP(NEW YORK) -- Fugitive Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard," the mastermind behind the worst corruption scheme in U.S. Navy history, was arrested and returned to the U.S. Wednesday as part of a detainee exchange with Venezuela. Francis, a Malaysian defense contractor, was behind one of the largest bribery scandals ever involving the U.S. military, specifically involving dozens of U.S. Navy officers who were later prosecuted by federal prosecut...