Politics Aug 16 McConnell undergoes surgery to repair shoulder fracture The sixth-term senator suffered a shoulder fracture in a fall earlier this month when he tripped on his outdoor patio at his Louisville home.
Nation Aug 15 EPA reverses approval for poison traps used by ranchers The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday reversed its preliminary decision allowing continued use of deadly sodium cyanide traps, blamed for injuring people and pets as well as their intended targets of coyotes and other predators.
Politics Aug 15 Trump praises Lewandowski for possible Senate run, hours after former campaign manager subpoenaed Trump praised Lewandowski as "a very outstanding guy" in an interview on the "New Hampshire Today" radio show before an evening rally in the state.
Nation Aug 15 Soap, sleep essential to migrant kids' safety, according to panel of judges A three-judge panel for the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco dismissed a challenge to a lower court decision that authorities had failed to provide safe and sanitary conditions for the children under the 1997 settlement.
Nation Aug 15 Immigration protesters say 2 hurt when truck drives at them At least two people were injured Wednesday night outside the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, according to the Jewish youth movement Never Again Action.
Politics Aug 15 House subpoenas Lewandowski, ex-Trump aide in Trump probe Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York, says he committee wants to hear publicly from Lewandowski and Rick Dearborn on Sept. 17…
World Aug 15 July sets new global heat record July was 1.71 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 20th century average for the month, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Nation Aug 15 Veteran accused of assaulting boy for not removing hat during national anthem An attorney said the man, who suffered a traumatic brain injury from an automobile crash, believed he was doing what President Donald Trump wanted him to do.
Politics Aug 14 House panel subpoenas owner of 8chan, message board tied to mass killings Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson and the panel's top Republican announced the subpoena Wednesday, saying that "at least three acts of deadly white supremacist extremist violence have been linked to 8chan in the last six months."…
Nation Aug 14 Texas governor forms new anti-terrorism unit after El Paso attack Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas is adding manpower to gang investigations surrounding white nationalist groups in the wake of the El Paso shooting that left 22 people dead.