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Kristofor Healey

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Kristofor Healey

Homeland Security Analyst Kristofor Healey joins Matt to discuss his take on the current events.  This morning, he covers:

  • Outgoing FBI director calls China and its cyber program the ‘defining threat of our generation’
  • FEMA administrator says L.A. officials were “very prepared” for wildfires, but “they have never seen 100-mile-an-hour winds” as Trump looks to Florida for FEMA’s next director
  • Man detained by residents with blowtorch near LA fires revealed to be an illegal immigrant

Local Headlines

55 minutes ago in Local

Portland City Survey Shows Dissatisfaction with Affordability, Traffic Flow

Fresh

The survey will help city staff understand community needs and provide guidance in decision-making.

1 hour ago in Local

Portland Police Investigating Possible Arson After Suspect Uses Bedsheets to Escape

Fresh

Officers say crews located and extinguished a fire on a third-floor unit at 72 Bishop Street.

2 hours ago in Local

Brunswick Police Officer Charged with Assault

Fresh

The officer was charged Monday in West Bath District Court.

National Headlines

4 hours ago in National, Trending

Storms cancel more US flights as TSA remains under pressure from partial government shutdown

Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed Monday as powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and a partial government shutdown affecting airport security screeners dragged into a second month.

3 days ago in National, Trending

US forecasts blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river all at once

Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern Great Lakes states. And the dreaded polar vortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing Arctic chill. This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash has already hit much of the East.

3 days ago in National

Key inflation gauge worsened in January, before Iran war lifted gas prices

An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently elevated even before the Iran war caused spikes in oil and gas costs.

3 days ago in National

Man in Michigan synagogue attack lost family members in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, official says

A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday.