Bakersfield Chase Bank locked down as police respond to hostage situation
A man barricaded himself inside a Chase Bank in Bakersfield with hostages, making bomb threats. Police, SWAT, and federal teams are on scene working for a safe resolution.
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Veteran '60 Minutes' journalist Scott Pelley fired from program, network 'effective immediately'
Israel-Lebanon talks resume, Hezbollah keeps fighting in violation of agreement with Trump - report
Robot patrol dogs could be coming to Taiwan's South China Sea islands
Czech police charge four in OnlyFans human trafficking case
The case focuses on allegations that a group recruited dozens of impressionable women just over 18 and controlled their daily lives.
Two people killed in Kenya protest against US Ebola quarantine site plan, organizer, sources say
Kenyan President William Ruto defended a US-backed Ebola quarantine facility at a military base after two people were killed during protests.
US weighs expanding nuclear deployments in add'l European NATO states - report
US officials have signaled openness to deploying nuclear weapons in additional European NATO states, though an agreement is not imminent, the Financial Times reported.
Gunman kills six people, then himself, in eastern Iowa, police say
A preliminary investigation into the gun violence indicated the shootings "stemmed from a domestic-related dispute," the Muscatine Police Department said in a statement.
Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie team up to strip US-Israel military tech cooperation from defense bill
Khanna, and Massie both said over the weekend that they would seek to remove a provision from the House’s annual defense bill that would expand US-Israeli defense technology cooperation.
Kremlin accuses Kyiv of criminal 'acts of terror' after Russian strikes kill 22 people
"If the Kyiv regime is consciously committing such inhumane... acts of terror against civilians, against children, then this is an entirely different paradigm," the Kremlin spokesman said.
France intercepts another 'shadow fleet' tanker linked to Russian oil
The tanker, which had sailed from Russia's Arctic port of Murmansk, was suspected of flying under a false flag and was intercepted with support from Britain, French President Emmanuel Macron said.
Milei clashes with Argentina's soccer boss over corruption scandals weeks before World Cup
The latest scandal came to light on Tuesday, when an Argentine lawmaker filed a complaint against AFA's Director Claudio Tapia for allegedly selling complimentary World Cup tickets.
Malta fireworks factory explodes, two injured, livestock killed
The explosion could be heard from several kilometers away and shattered windows across large portions of Malta.
Maritime leaders say US-Iran peace deal must provide clear framework for Strait of Hormuz transit
Shipowners and maritime industry officials met at a Capital Link conference and other events ahead of Posidonia, a week-long biennial shipping exhibition, where they commented on the matter.
