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The Moon and Mars will appear just a short distance away from each other on Wednesday night, and will be visible from the night sky. The Red Planet and the Moon will be roughly 4 degrees apart on Wednesday evening, with the best visibility of seeing the planet and moon in the early morning hours on Thursday when both are …

The congressional task force investigating the July and September assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump has accused the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) of stonewalling. The Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump on Monday issued subpoenas seeking testimony from ATF employees after the bureau had not responded to lawmakers’ multiple requests for documents …

A Minnesota man was on “a mission” when he executed his father in front of fellow relatives after he broke into the older man’s rural hunting cabin and shot him multiple times before fleeing. Kirk Edward Hazlett III allegedly fired nine shots at his father, 64-year-old Kirk Edward Hazlett II, including once in the head, leaving him to die in …

An elderly Massachusetts woman was mauled to death by her own pit bull and her husband was injured when he jumped in to help her Monday evening, friends and police said. Jeriline Brady-McGinnis, 73, was gruesomely killed by her dog inside their home in Roxbury around 4:30 p.m., police said, according to WBZ News. Her husband and two Boston cops …

A house explosion rocked a small town just southeast of Cincinnati, Ohio on Tuesday morning, killing two people and injuring another. Local firefighters in Bethel, Ohio responded to a call reporting a house fire with possible entrapment at 8:44 a.m. While they were en route, crews heard reports of the explosion, Bethel-Tate Fire Chief Christopher Cooper confirmed. The explosion in Bethel, …

An American silver coin from before the American Revolution that was recovered in an old cabinet in Amsterdam sold for $2.52 million at an auction, decimating the previous record. The threepence coin was made in 1652 in Boston, mere weeks after the first mint was set up in the colony, according to a statement from Stack’s Bowers Galleries, the auction …

Federal prosecutors for now won’t be able to use a notebook from Sean “Diddy” Combs’ jail cell in which the disgraced hip-hop mogul allegedly wrote that finding “dirt” on two of his alleged victims was among his “things to do,” a judge ruled Tuesday. The disgraced music mogul, who was wearing a jail-issued tan shirt and pants, notched a small …

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott plans to expand a floating border barrier in anticipation of a migrant surge ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to a report.  Lone Star State officials are reportedly surveying parts of the Rio Grande near Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, and more bright-orange buoys could go up as soon as Wednesday, according to NewsNation.  …

Throughout his manslaughter trial, Daniel Penny has been stoic, disciplined and emotionless — never cracking a smile or a frustrated grimace. His posture is so straight, you could hang a painting flush against his back. The 26-year-old’s been a blank slate for anyone to project upon. Is he a former jarhead adrift? A cold loner who told cops that he …

Grizzly, meet Ozzy. Wildlife managers in western states are buzzing grizzlies bears using drones and even blaring heavy metal tunes to scare away the bears expand across Montana’s northern plains. Sometimes, the noise of the drone’s propellers is enough to push the apex predators away from ranches, grain bins and other potential trouble spots, according to Cowboy State Daily. Other …