Jan 27 Investigators say Prince Andrew has provided ‘zero cooperation’ on Epstein case By Deepti Hajela, Associated Press Andrew announced last year that he was withdrawing from his royal duties amid renewed public attention to a woman's claim that she had several sexual encounters with the prince at Epstein's behest, starting when she was 17. Continue reading
Jan 27 Bryant’s chopper crashed in fog that grounded other aircraft By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others that crashed outside Los Angeles was flying in foggy conditions considered dangerous enough that local police agencies grounded their choppers. Continue reading
Jan 27 Deaths confirmed in Alabama fire that destroyed 35 boats By Associated Press The blaze was reported shortly after midnight as people living in the boats were sleeping, and consumed the wooden dock and an aluminum roof that covered many of the vessels, cutting off escape routes and raining debris into the water. Continue reading
Jan 27 Bolton revelations increase pressure for impeachment trial witnesses By Eric Tucker, Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Sen. Mitt Romney told reporters it's ”increasingly likely" that other Republican senators will now join the push for former national security adviser John Bolton to testify after the revelations from his book about Trump's reasoning for withholding Ukraine aid. Continue reading
Jan 27 WATCH: Trump impeachment trial — Jan. 27 By Gretchen Frazee The defense team face a new hurdle--reports from former national security adviser John Bolton's unpublished manuscript. Continue reading
Jan 26 AP source: Bolton says Trump tied Ukraine funds to probe By Zeke Miller, Eric Tucker, Associated Press President Donald Trump said he wanted to maintain a freeze on military assistance to Ukraine until it aided political investigations into his Democratic rivals, former national security adviser John Bolton recounts in a draft of his forthcoming book. Continue reading
Jan 26 Who can topple Trump? Dems’ electability fight rages in Iowa By Steve Peoples, Associated Press The urgent fight for the Democratic presidential nomination raged across Iowa on Sunday as the party’s leading candidates scrambled to deliver closing arguments centered on the defining question of the 2020 primary: Who can beat President Donald Trump?… Continue reading
Jan 26 Three years later, Trump travel ban heads back to court By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from several predominantly Muslim countries in 2018, the ruling appeared to shut down legal challenges that claimed the policy was rooted in anti-Muslim bias. Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch 1:52 Student Reporting Labs series explores stereotypes By PBS NewsHour American students today are more comfortable than ever celebrating their identities in terms of race, class, sexual orientation or gender. But stereotypes continue nonetheless. NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs’ new “No Labels Attached” series has asked high-schoolers across the country to… Continue watching
Jan 26 Arizona, California cases push US tally of new virus to 5 By Associated Press The U.S. has five confirmed cases of the new virus from China, all of whom traveled to the city that is the center of the outbreak, health officials said Sunday. Continue reading