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Two suspects, a father and his adult son who were allegedly armed with guns and knives, have been arrested, authorities said.
Two US Forest Service employees were released after being held hostage for over 12 hours by a father and his adult son in Northern California.
Two suspects, a father and his adult son who were allegedly armed with guns and knives, have been arrested, authorities said.
Two suspects, a father and his adult son who were allegedly armed with guns and knives, have been arrested, authorities said.
The authorities said a man and his son held two employees at gunpoint in a trailer at Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Northern California.
Two men arrested after taking federal employees hostage in Shasta-Trinity national forest Two US Forest Service employees were released early on Friday morning after being held hostage for more than 12 hours, authorities in far northern California said. Law enforcement officers arrested two men for the alleged kidnapping near Gumboot Lake in Shasta-Trinity national forest, Jeremiah LaRue, the Siskiyou county sheriff…
NYTimes – US Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official, won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, defeating Representative Haley Stevens. He will face Republican Mike Rogers in November’s general election. Top Democrats, including Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, moved to embrace El-Sayed after his victory.
NYTimes – US President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at restricting birthright citizenship and banning "birth tourism." The move follows a June 30 Supreme Court ruling that struck down his earlier effort to end birthright citizenship. Trump said he believes the latest actions are constitutional, though full details were not immediately released.
NYTimes – Business The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Moderna's mRNA-based seasonal flu vaccine, the first of its kind, for older adults. The vaccine, named mFlusiva, uses the same mRNA platform as Moderna's Covid-19 shot and will be available for the upcoming flu season. The agency had initially declined to review the application before reversing course following public pressure.