Salem News Channel

NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione will assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Judge Gregory Carro said Wednesday that Mangione’s lawyers have informed him they will attempt to show that he was suffering from “extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence.” By asserting a psychiatric defense, Mangione would effectively be admitting that he killed Thompson but did so because of mitigating circumstances. If a jury finds that Mangione was emotionally disturbed at the time of the killing, it could convict him of manslaughter instead of murder, meaning he’d be sentenced to less time in prison.

Read More...

A business jet reporting mechanical problems to a nearby airport crashed and caught fire on a Texas highway, killing one person and sending motorists racing from their cars to help rescue passengers from the burning wreckage. The plane went down late Tuesday in Laredo, Texas, near the Mexican border after its crew radioed the local airport seeking to make an emergency landing. Police said six people were on board and one of them died in the crash. The jet barreled into a car, sending one motorist to a hospital in stable condition. The cause of the crash wasn't immediately known. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.

Read More...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — High winds drove a wildfire into a Spokane neighborhood, forcing the evacuation of about 1,200 people and potentially damaging or destroying up to 15 structures, according to fire officials. The Upriver Fire started at 12:17 p.m. Tuesday near Upriver Drive in northeast Spokane, said Fire District 9 spokesman Robert Gray. “It moved rapidly up the hill and once it reach the top the wind shifted and it went right into the Northwoods neighborhood,” Gray said. Fire crews from Washington state and Idaho attacked the fire from the ground and air, but it quickly grew to 225 acres (.35 square miles) in an area called Beacon Hill. The blaze was 10 percent contained by Wednesday morning, according to a report by the National Interagency Fire Center. The wind had died down overnight, but the fire was still burning on the ground, so there was potential to expand on Wednesday, said Isabelle Hoygaard, a spokesperson with the Washington state Department of Natural Resources.

Read More...

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Officials say the suspect in a fatal shooting inside a Delaware hospital has been taken into custody in Philadelphia. The city of Wilmington said in a statement Tuesday that the 23-year-old man is expected to be charged in the shooting at Wilmington Hospital and extradited to Delaware. Officials have declined to release information about the identities of the victims or the condition of a person who was shot and survived. The city said the shooting is believed to have been targeted and isolated.

Read More...

President Trump Doesn't Want Boots on the Ground in Iran

Read More...

Mike highlighted the contrast between media distractions and major world events, joking that some outlets seemed more concerned about algae in the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool than a potential peace breakthrough with Iran.

Read More...

Mike highlighted the contrast between media distractions and major world events, joking that some outlets seemed more concerned about algae in the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool than a potential peace breakthrough with Iran.

Read More...

With Gary Sinise, Actor.

Read More...

With Gary Sinise, Actor.

Read More...

With Victoria Coates, Heritage Foundation Vice President and a former deputy national security advisor to President Donald Trump.

Read More...

With Rick Scott, Senator from Florida.

Read More...

With Leland Vittert, NewsNation host and author of new book “Born Lucky”.

Read More...

With Jennifer Van Laar, Investigative journalist and managing editor at RedState.

Read More...

With Chuck Thies, DC Political Analyst.

Read More...

With Stephanie Lundquist, Fairfax County, VA mother and also serves as the Fairfax chapter leader of the Independent Women’s Network.

Read More...

With Blaise Ingoglia, Florida's Chief Financial Officer.

Read More...

Will The Deal Change Anything?

Read More...

Is the Middle East Safe Now?

Read More...

Iran Will Still Try to Get a Nuke

Read More...

Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people with impeding federal agents during a massive immigration surge in Minnesota earlier this year. The defendants allegedly used tactics like stalking agents and using ice blocks to slow convoys. Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen said the operation targeted Minneapolis-based antifa groups. President Trump had previously directed authorities to target antifa, which he labeled a domestic terror group. The charges follow "Operation Metro Surge," which brought thousands of agents to the Twin Cities, sparking protests and leading to the fatal shooting of two citizens. Names and specific charges were not immediately available.

Read More...