​WASHINGTON – Acting FEMA Director Pete Gaynor said Sunday that his agency is still short 2,000 reservists, but said it shouldn’t impact the government’s ability to handle Hurricane Dorian, which was upgraded to a Category 5 storm early Sunday. “When it comes to response, we are more than ready to deal with anything that Dorian delivers at us this year […]

The death toll from the weekend’s Texas freeway massacre has risen to seven, with at least one of the injured remaining in “life-threatening” condition, authorities said Sunday. The gunman, who first opened fire at troopers after being stopped in a routine traffic stop, went on a drive-by rampage where he eventually killed seven and injured more than 20 people, authorities […]

Boris Johnson has warned Tory MPs to back him or see Jeremy Corbyn take over and “plunge the country into chaos”. The prime minister called his party to pick a side – after threats 20 members would refuse to back a snap election on a no-deal manifesto. He told The Sunday Times: “I just say to everybody in the country, […]

Boris Johnson’s allies plot to topple ‘Brexit saboteur’ John Bercow by running a Tory candidate against him at the next election in ANOTHER break with parliamentary tradition Speaker John Bercow could be replaced by other Tory candidate in re-election A former Deputy Speakers says he was in ‘open opposition’ to vote-leavers Backbencher David Davis wants to end his privilege of being […]

Simone Biles’ boyfriend, Stacey Ervin Jr., alluded to her family in an Instagram Story after the Olympian’s brother was arrested in connection with a triple-homicide. “The strongest people I’ve ever met have not been given an easier life,” the post on Friday read. “They’ve learned to create strength and happiness from dark places.” That same day, the 22-year-old gymnast went […]

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A tourist has died while visiting Death Valley National Park amid blazing summer heat. The National Park Service says the visitor was reported to be non-responsive at 6 p.m. Tuesday and she died before emergency responders arrived at the location south of Badwater. Her name wasn’t released. The cause of death is being investigated […]

A 14-year-old boy from Florida is behind bars for allegedly murdering a 3-year-old girl that he was babysitting. Jonathan Godwin, of Jacksonville, is accused of repeatedly hitting the girl in her chest, back, legs and head with his fist and a belt in an attempt to get her to stop crying. He had been “left in charge to babysit” her […]

More than $10 million in cocaine — likely smuggled into The Bronx in a truck containing rotting papayas, oregano and coconuts — was recovered this week, officials said Friday. The illicit haul was discovered during a surveillance operation, authorities said. “This investigation uncovered a commercial warehouse close to the busy Hunts Point markets that served as a front for international […]

Famed British adventure-seeker Bear Grylls has survived cliff climbs, running through forest fires and wrestling crocodiles — but an allergic reaction from a bee sting almost knocked him out as he filmed his latest series, according to a new report. The 45-year-old former military man was on a boat recording his upcoming show “Treasure Island” on a remote Pacific island […]

Dili: Joanna Remejio has a crystal-clear memory of the night her first child, Pedro Unamet, entered the world. She was 20 and her husband, Simplicio, was 17. It was Tuesday, September 7, 1999. Gunfire rang out across East Timor’s capital, Dili, and militias roamed the streets. The couple, like hundreds of other Timorese, had been sheltering in the United Nations […]