Waller County Sheriffโs Office K9 back on duty after overheating and collapsing while responding to scene
Choas the K-9 has been to a lot of scenes, but itโs likely neither he nor his handler ever imagined ending a shift at an emergency vet clinic, but when things got a little too heated earlier this month, thatโs where he landed, thanks to quick action.
Man sentenced for attempting to smuggle 23 kilos of meth into TX, told border authorities he was โtraveling for workโ
A 53-year-old U.S. citizen living in Tamaulipas, Mexico, was ordered to federal prison for importing meth into the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery announced Friday in a release.
US and South Korea agree on new cost-sharing deal for troops
FILE - U.S. Army mobile equipment sits in a field in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. The U.S. keeps about 28,000 troops in South Korea to help deter potential aggression from North Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War. On Monday, the South Korea and U.S militaries kicked off annual military drills that would last for nine days. The big U.S. military presence in South Korea is a symbol of the countriesโ alliance but also a source of long-running anti-American sentiments. ___Associated Press writer Hyung-jin Kim in Seoul, South Korea, contributed to this report.
S Korea, US scale back drills over virus, N Korea diplomacy
South Korean army K-9 self-propelled howitzers take positions during the annual exercise in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. A South Korean activist said Tuesday hundreds of thousands of leaflets had been launched by balloon across the border with North Korea overnight, after the North repeatedly warned it would retaliate against such actions. AdU.S.-South Korea drills have been a major source of animosities on the peninsula, with North Korea viewing them as invasion rehearsals and responding with its own weapons tests. In January, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged the U.S. to withdraw its hostile policy and South Korea to end drills with the U.S., warning the fate of their relations with North Korea depends on how they behave. The government of South Korean President Moon Jae-in, which facilitated the early part of the U.S.-North Korea talks, has been calling for the diplomacyโs restart and greater inter-Korean ties.
The Latest: Trump declassifies Crossfire Hurricane material
___HEREโS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDENโS INAUGURATION:President-elect Joe Biden appeared at a memorial for COVID-19 victims at the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday evening. ___4:45 p.m.President Donald Trump does not mention his successor, Democrat Joe Biden, by name in his farewell address. A person familiar with Penceโs schedule cited โlogistical challengesโ in getting from the air base to President-elect Joe Bidenโs inauguration ceremonies on Wednesday. The information was passed from the National Guard Bureau to the D.C. National Guard. ___10:45 a.m.Three new Democratic senators are set to be sworn into office after President-elect Joe Bidenโs inauguration Wednesday.
Indonesian teams find more bodies, clear roads after quake
Rescuers retrieved more bodies from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by the 6.2 magnitude earthquake while military engineers managed to reopen ruptured roads to clear access for relief goods. He said he fled from his bed while being treated at Mamujuโs Mitra Manakarra hospital, which was flattened by the quake. Rescuers managed to retrieve four survivors and four bodies from the rubble of the flattened hospital, according to the Search and Rescue Agency. The governor's office building was almost flattened by the quake and a shopping mall was reduced to a crumpled hulk. The disaster agency said the army corps of engineers cleared the road connecting Mamuju and Majene that was blocked by landslides.
Maxwell moved to NY for Epstein-related sex abuse charges
A police K-9 walks outside the Merrimack County correctional facility, Friday, July 3, 2020 , in Boscowen N.H., where Ghislaine Maxwell was being held after her arrest Thursday at a wooded estate in Bradford, N.H. The British socialite faces charges she helped lure at least three girls one as young as 14 to be sexually abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Epstein cohort's arrest becomes new test for plea deal
A police K-9 walks outside the Merrimack County correctional facility, Friday, July 3, 2020 , in Boscowen N.H., where Ghislaine Maxwell was being held after her arrest Thursday at a wooded estate in Bradford, N.H. The British socialite faces charges she helped lure at least three girls one as young as 14 to be sexually abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
'I want to honor my friend': Woman says Toni Kelly was killed in plumbing shop shooting
CLEVELAND, Texas โ A close friend of the woman who was killed in a shooting spoke to KPRC2 on Thursday, a day after her friend was found dead at a plumbing company in Liberty County. On Wednesday morning, three people were shot at a plumbing shop near Cleveland and a short time later, a deputy was shot in the neck during a shootout in the parking lot of a nearby veterinary clinic. Authorities said Vido shot three people at B Dependable plumbing shop on FM Road 321 near New Salem Road. Deputy Richard Whitten, a four-year veteran of the Liberty County Sheriff's Office, arrived at the plumbing shop scene just as Vido was leaving. One of the victims in the plumbing shop shooting, identified as Toni Kelly by her friend Megen Allen, died at the scene.