Apr 19 U.S. home construction slips 0.3% in March By Josh Boak, Associated Press Years of price gains eclipsing income growth has left many buyers unable to afford a home, possibly suppressing construction activity. Continue reading
Apr 19 How Maine’s major education reform effort dissolved into a patchwork of policies By Kelly Field, The Hechinger Report Well-intentioned education and business leaders, backed by wealthy foundations and a success story from faraway Alaska, sold state lawmakers on a largely untested theory of change. Now seven years after the state passed a law that required high schools to… Continue reading
Apr 18 5 key takeaways from the Mueller report By Daniel Bush In the special counsel’s full report, which was released Thursday with some redactions, Robert Mueller provided significant evidence of Trump trying to interfere in the investigation, though Mueller stopped short of concluding he’d obstructed justice. Continue reading
Apr 18 Judge scales back Weinstein suit, allows sex-traffic claim By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A federal judge eliminated 17 claims against the once powerful movie mogul who has been accused by women of seeking to trade his influence for sexual favors. Continue reading
Apr 18 Redacted Mueller report released to Congress, public By Chad Day, Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Mueller's report reveals President Donald Trump's efforts to seize control of the Russia probe and force the special counsel's removal. Continue reading
Apr 18 WATCH: ‘No collusion, no obstruction,’ Trump declares at Wounded Warrior event By Jonathan Lemire, Jill Colvin, Associated Press The 448-page Mueller report includes an account of how President Donald Trump attempted to seize control of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and force out Robert Mueller from leading the inquiry. But that didn't stop… Continue reading
Apr 18 Man with gas cans arrested at New York City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral By Associated Press The New Jersey man was arrested after entering St. Patrick's Cathedral carrying two cans of gasoline, lighter fluid and butane lighters. Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch 9:00 On Cuba policy change, Bolton says, ‘I can’t wait for the lawsuits’ The White House says Americans will now be able to sue businesses operating on land confiscated by the Castro regime. Previous administrations declined to enforce the related Helms-Burton Law. Canada and the EU, which have private-sector interests on Cuban land,… Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch 3:20 How survivors of Columbine are coping, 20 years later It has been nearly 20 years since the first mass school shooting in the U.S. -- the shocking tragedy at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999. As a “credible” threat closed Columbine and hundreds of other… Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch 8:55 What we have learned, 20 years after Columbine How are those closest to the Columbine school shooting observing its 20th anniversary? Coni Sanders’ father, David, was a teacher and coach at Columbine and the only adult killed -- but not before he warned hundreds of students to safety. Continue watching