A Security Aviation aircraft carrying a pilot and seven passengers crashed Thursday en route to Southwest Alaska, authorities say. The Cessna 441 was bound from Anchorage to Cape Newenham, according to National Transportation Safety Board investigator Millicent Hill. The plane crashed west of Cape Newenham's airport around 12:15 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It departed from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Read more
California is in the midst of a record-shattering investment wave, fueled by the artificial-intelligence boom in Silicon Valley. Companies based in the Golden State have drawn around $366 billion of venture capital since the beginning of the year, according to data provider PitchBook. That's more than three times the amount of venture funding that has gone into the other 49 states combined, and nearly double California's previous record, set in 2025. New York state ranks a distant second in venture-capital investment, with $27 billion in deals announced so far this year.
Park Ridge Achievement Academy in Baker will be closed Friday due to a spike in COVID cases among students and staff. "We are currently experiencing a short cycle of illness moving through the school community. This one-day cancellation will provide an opportunity for students and staff to remain home, help reduce further spread, and allow for additional cleaning and disinfecting of the campus," the Baker School System said.
"This isn't Capitalism. This is Crony Capitalism."
MALIBU, Calif., Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Skydog Sanctuary, the nation's largest voice for wild horse and burro protection, today called for an immediate suspension of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Wild Horse & Burro Sale Authority program following an investigation published today by The New York Times.
The report confirmed that the federal program is actively funneling federally protected wild horses and burros directly into commercial slaughter pipelines. Read more
The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, three sources familiar with internal discussions told CNN. During President Donald Trump's first term, the Navy announced that the Ford-class carrier would be called the USS Doris Miller, recognizing an enlisted sailor who helped defend US forces from Japan's attack. Read more
Conservative pundit Bill O'Reilly has had a long history of controversial takes, from threatening that President Donald Trump could "destroy" people who accused him of links to the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to urging the president to take a vacation and saying he should exact vengeance against actor Robert De Niro. Now O'Reilly is warning Trump that if Democrats retake Congress, his "legacy" could be at stake. Read more
At a Dearborn, Michigan Town Hall meeting, a pastor of the 180 Church, Lorenzo Sewell, got very vocal about the increasing influence of Muslim culture and Sharia Law in particular. Dearborn has a Muslim mayor. Sewell said, "America, we have lost this city. This is a city that is no longer up under American laws; we are up under Sharia law. We will not have it anymore. Enough is enough." Other protestors against the growing influence of Sharia Law are saying that Dearborn is protecting Muslim agitators and arresting non-Muslims. The outburst, which came amid a series of other anti-Islam protests in Dearborn, vocalizes fears that Muslim populations in Michigan are working to bring their communities more in line with their religious worldview.
The IndependentRussian police have arrested citizens complaining of fuel shortages at the pump, as Ukraine's drone campaign sparked fighting at petrol stations and rationing. Moscow and its surrounding regions have been forced to reimpose purchase limits on fuel, capping sales at between 50 and 60 litres per vehicle. As Ukraine intensifies its "deep strike" campaign, hitting another major oil refinery on Wednesday, the strain on Russia's domestic energy grid continues to grow. Across at least 12 regions, miles of gridlocked traffic now stall forecourts, with motorists waiting up to 30 hours only to find the pumps empty. Read more
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- The United States has deported nearly 2,300 Mexicans to Guatemala this year and sent at least dozens more to Honduras, according to official data, a shift from the beginning of U.S. President Donald Trump's second term when such transfers were minimal. Until now, Mexicans deported from the United States were sent almost exclusively back to their country by air and land. Only a handful arrived in other countries. Some civil organizations believe this change reported in recent days is a way to increase pressure on Mexico, whose government has protested the deaths of 17 Mexicans in immigration custody or during enforcement operations. This also comes as Trump has expanded agreements with allied Latin American countries to conduct joint operations in the region against criminal groups and has increased its security demands to Mexico. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Army unit based in Europe that was specializing in drone warfare has been directed to end its efforts to learn and use the battlefield technology and return to being a traditional infantry battalion, officials said Thursday. For more nearly a year, soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade have been experimenting and building their own drones, as well as participating in drills on waging unmanned warfare after Ukraine pioneered such tactics in its yearslong conflict with Russia. Last November, 600 soldiers formed a battalion that specialized in drone warfare and was set up to be used as a dedicated unit that could deploy anywhere drones were required. Read more
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) " Hundreds of Lindsay Clancy supporters, many wearing pink clothing emblazoned with phrases such as "Believe," "She Needed Help" and "Peace For Lindsay," gathered Thursday outside the courthouse where she is on trial in the killings of her three children. READ MORE: Psychologist testifies Lindsay Clancy was not criminally responsible in killing of her 3 children Several of the 300 women, and a few men, said Clancy's story resonated with them and that they wanted to raise awareness about how the mental health system treats women. Clancy's lawyer does not dispute that she killed the children, but says she should not be held criminally responsible because she was mentally ill. Read more
A New York woman plotted to bomb the New York State Capitol and kill state senators inside, repeatedly surveilling the building and buying materials for an explosive device before the FBI arrested her, according to a criminal complaint reviewed by Fox News Digital Thursday. Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, is charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS. The FBI says she pledged allegiance to the terror group, discussed disguising a bomb in a DoorDash delivery bag and wanted to carry out the attack when state senators were meeting. She converted to Islam about five years ago and began going by the name "Aisha Saif." The affidavit also said that on May 28, 2026, Bowie, using the username "nusaybahsaif" on a social media platform, and told another user in Arabic: "Praise be to Allah for September 11th."
"Two hundred and fifty years into the American experiment, our national debt has hit an all-time high of $40 trillion." "During his first campaign for president, Donald Trump promised to pay down the national debt within eight years." "Since then, it has doubled." "In fact, Trump has accumulated as much debt since entering the White House as every president from George Washington through Bill Clinton combined."
FBI agents seized former Rep. Eric Swalwell's, D-Calif., electronic devices when he arrived at San Francisco Airport this week. The agency confiscated the devices as part of an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him, the Daily Mail reported. Swalwell resigned from Congress and ended his gubernatorial bid earlier this year amid renewed scrutiny of his time in office and new allegations from women. Read more
The Food and Drug Administration upgraded a recall of frozen blueberries and mixed berries sold at Publix grocery stores across the U.S. to the highest health risk level on Tuesday, according to an enforcement report. Publix on July 29 announced a recall of four varieties of frozen GreenWise organic blueberries and mixed berries sold at stores across eight states over potential E. coli contamination. The FDA is now categorizing it as a "Class 1" recall, which the agency assigns to product recalls "in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death."
