• 5 important stories that didn't receive a news alert

    5 important stories that didn't receive a news alert

    May 23, 2017 03:16 PM EDT

    ... the phone numbers of ingoing and outgoing calls. They can also freeze all cell service in a given neighborhood. An unsealed affidavit of a federal search warrant obtained by The Detroit News revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials used the tool in March to track down Rudy Carcoma-Carranza ...

  • President Trump says he's 'very close' to naming an FBI director

    President Trump says he's 'very close' to naming an FBI director

    May 19, 2017 01:01 PM EDT

    ... him out of the country for more than a week. "We're very close to an FBI director," Trump said Thursday when asked about the search during an Oval Office appearance with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. He said an announcement could come "soon" and that former Sen. Joe Lieberman ...

  • Column: Why big data analysis of police activity is inherently biased

    Column: Why big data analysis of police activity is inherently biased

    May 10, 2017 06:42 PM EDT

    ... people were about to come down with the flu. But the project failed to account for the potential for periodic changes in Google’s own search algorithm. In an early 2012 update, Google modified its search tool to suggest a diagnosis when users searched for terms like “cough” or “fever ...

  • What does Comey's firing mean for the FBI's Russia probe?

    What does Comey's firing mean for the FBI's Russia probe?

    May 10, 2017 03:04 AM EDT

    ... FBI, Comey had been leading the complex counterintelligence investigation that has dogged the Trump White House since Inauguration Day. The White House said Tuesday its search for a new FBI director had already begun. And the person Trump appoints will likely have a huge impact on how the investigation moves ...

  • How lawmakers are reacting to FBI director Comey's firing

    How lawmakers are reacting to FBI director Comey's firing

    May 10, 2017 02:04 AM EDT

    ... tweeted Wednesday morning, saying that Comey had "lost the confidence of almost everyone in Washington" and that Republicans and Democrats alike "will be thanking me." https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/862263649821503489 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/862265729718128641 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/862267781336752128 Late Tuesday night, Trump had accused Schumer ...

  • Column: How a reporting trip to coal country inspired my 7-year-old's science fair project

    Column: How a reporting trip to coal country inspired my 7-year-old's science fair project

    May 05, 2017 11:28 AM EDT

    ... clean, clear spring water flowing down the side of a mountain was really a slow moving waterfall of calcification. By blowing up these mountains in search of coal, all kinds of compounds were released into the environment and were flowing through the natural waterways. A mustard colored substance covered the ...

  • The government says he lost his DACA status, but this immigrant says he was deported despite protections

    The government says he lost his DACA status, but this immigrant says he was deported despite protections

    Apr 18, 2017 11:33 PM EDT

    It's believed to be the first such case under President Donald Trump to deal with the Obama-era protections that cover more than 750,000 undocumented immigrants in the U.S.

  • One dead, 14 wounded in Cincinnati nightclub shooting

    One dead, 14 wounded in Cincinnati nightclub shooting

    Mar 26, 2017 02:55 PM EDT

    One person is dead and 14 were wounded after at least one gunman opened fire early Sunday morning inside a Cincinnati nightclub, police said.

  • 5 stories that have (almost) nothing to do with politics

    5 stories that have (almost) nothing to do with politics

    Mar 13, 2017 11:44 PM EDT

    Last week, Republicans unveiled a new health bill (and it’s going great, President Donald Trump says), women and Native Americans marched on Washington and White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s fashion faux pas lit Twitter on fire. But there’s a great big world out there beyond the House, the Senate and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Here...

  • Somalia: 110 dead from hunger in past 48 hours in drought

    Somalia: 110 dead from hunger in past 48 hours in drought

    Mar 04, 2017 04:42 PM EDT

    Somalia's prime minister announced Saturday that 110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region as a severe drought threatens millions of people.