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Project Meridian will spend 120 days examining future battlefields and the technologies U.S. forces could need to maintain a military advantage. QUANTICO, VA — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has named Elon Musk, defense technology entrepreneur Palmer Luckey and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to co-direct a Pentagon project examining how warfare could change and what technologies U.S. forces may need in future conflicts. The initiative, called Project Meridian, was announced Sept. 30 during Hegseth’s State …

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Police searched Friday for a gunman who fled after the driver was shot aboard a city bus in Mar Vista. LOS ANGELES, CA — A Culver CityBus driver was fatally shot Thursday during a dispute with a passenger aboard a bus in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles, authorities said, prompting Culver City to suspend bus service through the weekend while police searched for the gunman. The shooting occurred about 5:15 p.m. near South …

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Federal prosecutors allege Greg Lui routed export-controlled computer servers containing advanced U.S.-made GPUs through Malaysia and Singapore before they reached China. LOS ANGELES, CA — A California technology company owner has been arrested on federal charges alleging he smuggled more than $300 million worth of export-controlled computer servers containing advanced U.S.-manufactured graphics processing units to China, according to the Justice Department. Greg Lui, 38, also known as Yiu Kong Lui, of San Gabriel, was charged …

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A Converse man is in federal custody after authorities investigated reported threats and found firearms while searching his San Antonio-area home. AUSTIN, TX— Texas and federal authorities arrested a 40-year-old man accused of planning a violent attack on the Texas Capitol after a reported threat prompted an overnight investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety and FBI. Benny Caldera Jr. of Converse, near San Antonio, was arrested early Wednesday, Sept. 30, after DPS said …

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Police said automated license plate reader technology helped detectives identify the vehicle connected to the death of a 9-month-old pit bull. SANTA ANA, CA — A 75-year-old Anaheim woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of animal cruelty and animal abandonment after Santa Ana police said surveillance video showed a woman intentionally running over a 9-month-old puppy in a residential neighborhood. Hahn Nguyen was booked into the Santa Ana Jail following an investigation into the Sept. …

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A man was critically wounded and a bystander was struck by gunfire as suspects fled a downtown Los Angeles alley. LOS ANGELES, CA — Two people were wounded Tuesday afternoon during a shootout in downtown Los Angeles, including a bystander caught in the crossfire, as police searched for three men believed to have fled the scene in a black BMW. The shooting was reported at about 2:45 p.m. Sept. 29 in an alley between South …

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Tennessee has halted further executions this year while officials investigate why two doses of pentobarbital failed to kill Christa Pike. NASHVILLE, TN — Christa Pike remained alive Thursday after Tennessee failed to execute her by lethal injection, an extraordinary outcome that sent the 50-year-old death row prisoner to a hospital and prompted Gov. Bill Lee to halt the state’s remaining execution for 2026. Pike’s survival does not automatically overturn her death sentence. Tennessee law provides …

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Police said the 29-year-old man broke into the woman’s apartment before she shot him and later learned she knew him. PHILADELPHIA, PA — A woman fatally shot a masked man who police said broke into her apartment early Wednesday, then recognized him after first responders removed his mask while trying to provide medical aid. Philadelphia police are investigating the Sept. 30 shooting, which happened around 5 a.m. at an apartment building in the 4600 block …

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Police detained a person of interest after witnesses reported that a suspect demanded money from the man before gunfire erupted. HOUSTON, TX — A man was shot and killed early Wednesday while offering food to people outside a hotel along South Highway 6, where police said a suspect approached his vehicle and demanded money before witnesses heard gunfire. Houston police said officers responded to a shooting at 2130 South Highway 6 at about 2:20 a.m. …

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Christopher Serrano’s family is mourning the father of two as police investigate what led to the shooting that killed two employees. MANASSAS, VA — The wife of a man killed in a workplace shooting at a Northern Virginia equipment rental business is remembering him as a devoted father and partner after receiving a final message and phone call from him as the violence unfolded. Christopher Serrano, 33, was one of two employees killed Wednesday in …

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