Apr 05 Police promise deep investigation of YouTube shooter’s past By Janie Har and Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press Investigators will likely scrutinize the shooter's movements during the nearly nine-hour drive from her family's home near San Diego to YouTube's headquarters and will examine the bizarre videos she posted online and the posts about her, as well as look… Continue reading
Apr 05 Trump says he wants to send between 2,000 and 4,000 National Guard members to Mexico border By Anita Snow, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press Trump's comments to reporters on Air Force One were his first estimate on guard levels he believes needed, and would be a lower number of troops than the 6,400 National Guard members that former President George Bush sent to the… Continue reading
Apr 05 Trump says he didn’t know his personal attorney paid Stormy Daniels days before the presidential election By Associated Press President Donald Trump says he didn't know about a $130,000 payment his personal attorney made to an adult film actress who alleges they had an affair. Continue reading
Apr 05 Trump bashes immigration policies at tax cut event By Catherine Lucey, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press In recent weeks, Trump has been pushing back more against the restraints of the office to offer more unvarnished opinions and take policy moves that some aides were trying to forestall. Continue reading
Apr 05 White House says German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Trump in coming weeks By Associated Press It would mark her second visit to Trump in Washington and her first since being sworn in for a fourth term last month. Continue reading
Apr 05 Trump to visit Latin America amid trade, immigration fights By Zeke Miller, Associated Press The White House says President Donald Trump is set to attend the Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru and will travel to Bogota, Colombia to promote good-governance and Democracy in the Western Hemisphere. Continue reading
Apr 05 New York police fatally shoot man after mistaking metal pipe for gun By Joshua Barajas New York police officers fatally shot Saheed Vassell after they received reports that he was threatening people in Brooklyn with a gun. But investigators later found a metal pipe -- not a gun -- at the scene, angering residents who… Continue reading
Apr 05 Surgeon general urges Americans to carry opioid overdose antidote By R.J. Rico, Associated Press Speaking at the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit in Atlanta on Thursday morning, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams issued his office's first national public health advisory in 13 years. Continue reading
Apr 05 Ethics lawyer says he didn’t have all the facts about Pruitt condo By Michael Biesecker and Zeke Miller, Associated Press EPA ethics lawyer Kevin Minoli said that Pruitt was paying fair-market value was based on the assumption that Pruitt occupied only one bedroom for $50 a night. He said he did not consider the value of a second bedroom Pruitt's… Continue reading
Apr 05 Daughter of poisoned spy says she’s recovering By Danica Kirka, Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press LONDON — The poisoned daughter of an ex-Russian spy said Thursday she's recovering quickly after her ordeal, while Russia strongly protested being locked out of the probe into the nerve agent that sickened her and her father. Continue reading