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The phone call was chilling. Ken Holmgren didn’t talk to his father often, but during that February 1991 call, Elmer Holmgren told his son that if he didn’t hear from him again in a few days, he should call an agent with the ATF, the federal agency now known as …

The deadly, wind-fueled Palisades and Eaton fires, which broke out 3½ weeks ago in Southern California, were declared fully contained Friday by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The expansive Palisades Fire erupted the morning of Jan. 7 in Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood east of Malibu, as a …

DENVER — A tour guide killed at a former Colorado gold mine last year fell out of a crowded elevator taking tourists below ground after apparently not latching its door closed, documents obtained by The Associated Press show. As the elevator descended, the door swung out and caught the side …

A Southern California man admitted to operating a drone that collided with a firefighting airplane during the Palisades Fire as the blaze was charring tens of thousands of acres earlier this month, officials said Friday. Peter Tripp Akemann, a 56-year-old Culver City man, agreed to plead guilty to one count …

A private jet carrying two people crashed near a mall in northeast Philadelphia on Friday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Video showed smoke and fire in the area of the crash, but reports of injuries were unavailable. Philadelphia police and fire first responders were at the scene near Roosevelt …

Some government webpages briefly went dark Friday after federal agencies were told to comply with a White House order on removing certain language pertaining to diversity, equity and inclusion. Pages for the Federal Aviation Administration, the Census Bureau and the Justice Department were among those that went blank. The FAA …

As arrests of immigrants increase, the administration is scrambling to make sure it has the room to house its detainees and keep President Donald Trump’s promise to deport them.  Trump’s “border czar,” Tom Homan, told NBC News that Immigration and Customs Enforcement needs 100,000 beds total, more than double what …

Around 90 users of Meta’s chat service WhatsApp are suspected to have been targets of a spyware campaign conducted by an Israeli spyware company called Paragon Solutions, a WhatsApp spokesperson told NBC News.  The spokesperson said that the attack targeted a number of users including journalists and members of civil …

The New York Blood Center, one of the country’s largest nonprofit blood donation and distribution centers, has canceled appointments and blood drives after a cyberattack. In a statement posted to its website Wednesday, the blood center said hackers attacked it with ransomware Sunday, significantly reducing its operations. The group is …

How an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided into an American Airlines jetliner in a deadly crash over the Potomac River Wednesday night is still unknown, but questions are emerging, including the altitude of the military helicopter. Investigators are still pulling evidence from the Potomac and looking at everything from newly pulled flight …