Nation Dec 31 Kevin Spacey can’t skip court appearance, judge decides The 59-year-old Oscar-winning actor is accused of groping the 18-year-old man in a Nantucket restaurant in 2016. He is charged with felony indecent assault and battery.
Nation Dec 31 WATCH: NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft to fly past tiny, icy world beyond Pluto NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is expected to fly by the object Ultima Thule at 12:33 a.m. Tuesday. Watch the event here.
Nation Dec 29 More health exams instituted for migrant children at border More thorough initial health screenings for migrants, as well as secondary screenings, will be held for every child in Border Patrol custody following the deaths of two Guatemalan children this month, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Nation Dec 29 Nielsen visits Arizona city on 2nd day of border tour Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen went to an Arizona border city Saturday on the second day of a southwest tour following the recent death of another Guatemalan migrant child in U.S. government custody .
World Dec 29 2-year-old Yemeni boy whose mom sued U.S. to see him has died Abdullah Hassan died Friday in UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, where his father Ali Hassan brought him in the fall to get treatment for a genetic brain disorder.
Nation Dec 28 Wells Fargo pays $575 million to settle state investigations into fake accounts The bank has been under a cloud since 2015 when it acknowledged that employees had opened millions of fake bank accounts for customers in order to meet sales goals.
Politics Dec 28 Shutdown to close D.C. museums and galleries by midweek Museums and galleries popular with visitors and locals in the nation's capital will close starting midweek if the partial shutdown of the federal government drags on. So will the National Zoo and a lively ice rink near the National Mall.
Politics Dec 28 Democrats refuse to fund Trump’s ‘immoral’ wall Democrats are holding firm in the standoff over a border wall, saying they won't seriously consider any White House offer to end the government shutdown until it has a public endorsement from President Donald Trump.
Arts Dec 28 Acclaimed author Amos Oz dies at 79, Israeli media say Oz, author of novels, prose and a widely acclaimed memoir, had suffered from cancer, the reports say.
Politics Dec 28 White House says Trump and Dems are ‘far apart’ on shutdown Press secretary Sarah Sanders tells CBS Friday of Democrats: "They've left the table all together, so of course we are far apart."…