Frank Mooney
It turned out that June’s Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payment came earlier than planned. The rules of the program say that the deposit is made on the last work day before June 1, since June 1 is a Sunday. So, on May 30, 2025, the money for June was sent. That month, the recipients got … Read more
SANTA ANA, California — Three students were stabbed in front of a high school in Southern California on Wednesday, killing one and hurting two others. Officer Natalie Garcia, a spokeswoman for the city police, said that the three male SHS students were taken to the hospital, where one of them died and the other two … Read more
At least 24 people were killed by storms that hit eight U.S. states in early April. A study released this week says that climate change made those storms much worse. A climate science group called World Weather Attribution found that the record-breaking rains were about 9% stronger because of global warming caused by humans. Strong … Read more
Five Marines were killed when a military helicopter crashed more than a year ago. The official probe into what happened is now over. The accident took place on February 6, 2024, on the way back to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, where all the Marines were stationed. The 1,140-page study came out on Wednesday, more … Read more
LAKELAND, FL — Wildlife officers from the state of Florida have named the woman who was killed by an alligator while kayaking on Lake Kissimmee in central Florida. Maj. Evan Laskowski of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says Cynthia Diekema, 61, of Davenport, Florida, died when the canoe she was riding in with … Read more
In Operation Restore Justice, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday that 115 victims of child exploitation had been rescued and 205 criminals of child sexual abuse had been arrested. Utah caught three criminals, one of whom was the head of a public charter school for kids in kindergarten through sixth grade. At a … Read more
Two Mexican nationals are being charged with bringing people into the U.S. illegally, which caused at least three people to die when a panga boat capsized near San Diego. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said she wants the Justice Department to go after the death sentence for them. At first, the Coast Guard said … Read more
Police in Oregon need your help to find the minivan driver who was caught on camera ramming into a motorbike during an alleged case of road rage on Monday, May 5. The crash sent the motorcyclist flying off a U.S. highway. The shocking video was posted on Facebook by the Beaverton Police Department. It seems … Read more
Due to an incident at his house in February, the principal of Enterprise High School in Redding has been charged with resisting a police officer and being drunk in public. Ryan Johnson told the judge in Shasta County Superior Court on May 2 that he was not guilty of the charges against him. Jones, who … Read more
Under President Trump, the Department of Education started telling the first of millions of Americans whose government student loans are past due that their wages will be taken in a few months. The news comes at the same time that the Trump government starts to collect on millions of loans that haven’t been paid back. … Read more