An explosion at an offshore gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico left six workers injured and several others missing, Mexican officials said Friday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at his daily morning press briefing that “three or four” people were missing following the fire at the Nohoch gas transfer platform. MEXICAN CARTEL SUSPECTED Read More >

A man from Florida died after an airboat he was driving sunk on the Kennebec River in Maine, authorities said. Mark Henry, 72, of Fort Pierce, Florida, was with North Anson resident Matthew Sleeper, 63, on Wednesday night when the airboat nosedived into the water, throwing the two men into the river. They started swimming Read More >

A drone strike believed to have been carried out by the U.S.-led coalition in northern Syria Friday killed one man with Islamic State links and wounded a passerby, a paramedic group and an opposition war monitor said. The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, said the man was killed while riding a Read More >

A nonprofit aligned with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has pulled in hundreds of millions of dollars from secret donors in recent years as the New York lawmaker decried dark money in politics, tax forms show. Majority Forward, an advocacy group that conceals its contributors and has links to the Senate Majority PAC, has seen its war Read More >

An Army Reserves officer who works as a financial counselor with the Army allegedly defrauded Gold Star families of their military loved one’s benefits, the Justice Department (DOJ) said Friday.  Caz Craffy, 41, a New Jersey resident, allegedly tricked the families into handing over hundreds of thousands of dollars. He is charged with six counts Read More >

The roller coaster where a crack was located in the support pillar was close to a major incident, an amusement park ride safety expert tells Fox News Digital. Jeremy Wagner, a visitor at the Carowinds amusement park in North Carolina, posted a video to Facebook on June 30 showing a crack in the Fury 325 Read More >

A cargo ship docked at the East Coast’s biggest port smoldered for a third day and will likely burn for several more after the fire claimed the lives of two New Jersey firefighters, officials said Friday, acknowledging that they’ll be discussing how first responders are trained. What caused the fire aboard the Grande Costa d’Avorio, Read More >

As questions continue to swirl about President Biden’s cognitive abilities and competency for the job of leader of the free world, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., proffered that the criticisms may be the product of the president’s comparatively scant public appearances and press conferences. The White House has defended Biden against claims he does not hold Read More >

A Maryland high school teacher was arrested and charged for allegedly sexually abusing teenage students, police say. Edgewater resident Karl Houston Walls, 27, was charged with second-degree rape, perverted sexual practices and sexual solicitation of a minor Wednesday. Walls was also charged with three counts of second-degree assault, five counts of fourth-degree sex offense as Read More >

A second company involved in meat processing has agreed to reform its hiring practices after investigators recently discovered teenagers working there. The Labor Department said Friday that Monogram Foods will pay a more than $30,000 fine as part of an agreement reached after a 16-year-old and 17-year-old were found to be working at the Memphis, Read More >