Author: brandycavalli

Officials conduct an investigation at the scene of a police-involved shooting in Baltimore on March 31, 2016. (Patrick Semansky/AP)

A father and son armed with a pistol and a semiautomatic rifle appeared ready to open fire on other people Thursday when they were killed by two police officers, who fired 56 rounds during the late-afternoon encounter in an East Baltimore neighborhood, police said.

A pastor pleaded guilty to significant drug charges. (Reuters)

An Indiana pastor pleaded guilty after operating his church as a drug ring and manufacturing nearly 100 tons of synthetic marijuana, also known as “spice.” 

U.S. Marines with Fire Base Bell in northern Iraq fire an M777A2 Howitzer at an Islamic State infiltration route on March 18. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andre Dakis)

The Islamic State is facing an unprecedented cash crunch in its home territory, U.S. counterterrorism officials say, as months of strikes on oil facilities and financial institutions take a deepening toll on the group’s ability to pay its fighters or carry out operations.