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.
Politics Aug 14 Democrats want answers from Barr on federal executions decision Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee are asking Attorney General William Barr in a letter about the decision to resume executing federal death-row inmates for the first time since 2003.
World Aug 14 Eco-activist Greta Thunberg sets sail for New York The 16-year-old activist is hitching a ride on the high-tech yacht to attend the U.N. climate summits next month in New York.
Economy Aug 14 Treasury yields invert, stoking fears of possible recession Yields on 2-year and 10-year Treasury notes inverted early Wednesday, a market phenomenon that shows investors want more in return for short-term government bonds than they are for long-term bonds.