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US DOJ to open grand jury to investigate Obama officials, source says  Reuters US Attorney General orders grand jury hearings on Trump-Russia probe  BBC Attorney General Bondi orders prosecutors to start grand jury probe into Obama officials over Russia investigation  CNN DOJ launching grand jury investigation into Russiagate conspiracy allegations  CBS News Pam Bondi orders grand jury probe of Obama administration review of 2016 …

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Federal and state officials in Florida must produce agreements showing which government agency or private contractor has legal authority to detain people or perform immigration officer roles at “Alligator Alcatraz,” the immigration detention facility in the Everglades, a federal judge said Monday. Officials must provide by Thursday all written agreements and contracts showing who has legal …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Attorney General Pam Bondi directed federal prosecutors to launch a grand jury investigation into accusations that members of the Obama administration manufactured intelligence about Russia’s 2016 election interference, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. A grand jury would be able to issue subpoenas as part of a criminal investigation into renewed allegations that Democratic …

The scourge of a preventable disease is roaring back after a pandemic lull, having already hit an annual milestone. The most recent reliable data from the Pan American Health Organization as of May 31 reported more than 10,000 cases of vaccine-preventable pertussis in the US, otherwise known as whooping cough.  Last year, the number of cases in the last week of …

Trump adviser defends labor official’s firing, deflects on how data was ‘rigged’  The Washington Post Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils.  The New York Times Opinion | The Bureau of Labor Denial  The Wall Street Journal White House officials rush to defend Trump after shaky economic week  The Guardian ‘The revisions are hard evidence’: White House struggles to justify firing …

OLD FORT, Tenn. (AP) — Officers found 14 improvised explosive devices while executing a search warrant for a man who had threatened to kill public officials and tried to detonate the devices as he was being arrested, Tennessee authorities said Saturday. Detectives and deputies went to a home Friday in Old Fort, about 45 miles (70 kilometers) east of Chattanooga, …

Three dead birds in California’s Sacramento County have tested positive for West Nile virus. What’s happening? The Sacramento Bee summarized an announcement from the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District, which said these were the first three birds to be identified with the virus in the county this year. However, a mosquito sample 3.5 weeks ago tested positive for the …

A whale has died after being struck by a boat Saturday afternoon along the Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, New Jersey. Officials with the Marine Mammal Stranding Center said they received a call from the New Jersey State Police Marine Unit after they spotted a whale in the Barnegat Bay, near the inlet, around 2:45 p.m. Saturday. MMSC staffers connected …

The New Jersey Department of Health warned residents Saturday that a person with measles recently visited the emergency department at Chilton Medical Center in Morris County. Anyone who visited the emergency department in Pompton Plains from 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 31 to 3:30 a.m. the following morning may have been exposed to measles, according to the state announcement. Additionally, …

CBS News Live CBS News New York Live Officials are investigating reports of a possible earthquake in New Jersey, the New York City Office of Emergency Management said Saturday night. Preliminary data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) indicates there was a 3.0 earthquake centered near the town of Hasbrouck Heights in Bergen County around 10:18 p.m. “Tremors may …