Nov 27 Supreme Court sends endangered frog case to lower court By Associated Press The court ruled Tuesday in a case involving a 1,500-acre tract owned by the Weyerhaeuser Co. and others that has been identified as the only potential breeding ground outside Mississippi for dusky gopher frogs. Continue reading
Nov 27 WATCH: White House addresses Manafort’s alleged breach of plea deal By Associated Press White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders held a press briefing on Tuesday afternoon, and discussed the accusation that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort violated a plea agreement in the Russia investigation, as well as the Mississippi Senate runoff. Continue reading
Nov 27 Kremlin warns of possible conflict flare-up in eastern Ukraine after seizing ships By Nataliya Vasilyeva, Kate De Pury, Niko Price, Associated Press On Sunday near Crimea, Russian border guards rammed into and opened fire on three Ukrainian navy vessels traveling from the Black Sea toward a Ukrainian port. The Russians seized the ships and their crews. Continue reading
Nov 27 Mississippi voters go to the polls in last Senate race of 2018 midterms By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press History will be made either way: Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, 59, would be the first woman ever elected to Congress from Mississippi, and Democrat Mike Espy, 64, would be the state's first African-American U.S. senator since Reconstruction. Continue reading
Nov 27 Trump rejects key conclusion of U.S. government climate report By Seth Borenstein, Zeke Miller, Associated Press The president has rejected a central conclusion of a report on the economic costs of climate change released by his own administration, but economists said the warning of hundreds of billions of dollars a year in global warming costs is… Continue reading
Nov 27 AP fact check: Obama didn’t have a family separation policy By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump is falsely asserting that the federal policy that split migrant families at the border was practiced by his predecessor, Barack Obama, as well. Here's a look at Trump's claim. Continue reading
Nov 26 Ex-Trump campaign chair Manafort lied and broke plea agreement, special counsel says By Chad Day, Associated Press Prosecutors say in a new court filing that after former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort agreed to truthfully cooperate with the investigation, he "committed federal crimes" by lying about "a variety of subject matters." They are now asking a federal… Continue reading
Nov 26 It’s safe to eat some romaine again, U.S. health officials say By Candice Choi, Associated Press Just check the label. Continue reading
Nov 26 Associate of Roger Stone says he’ll reject plea offer in Mueller probe By Chad Day, Eric Tucker, Associated Press Jerome Corsi, a conservative author who has pushed conspiracy theories, told news organizations he planned to reject a potential plea deal with prosecutors because it would force him to admit to willfully lying, which he insisted he did not do. Continue reading
Nov 26 What’s happening with asylum-seekers at the border? By Joshua Barajas The busiest port of entry along the southwest border was shut down by U.S. immigration officials this past weekend after hundreds of Central American migrants hoping to declare asylum attempted to cross fencing that separates Mexico and the U.S. Here's… Continue reading