Dec 22 A former Marine considered a Christmas Day attack on San Francisco, FBI says By Don Thompson, Associated Press Everitt Aaron Jameson, 26, a Modesto tow-truck driver, was charged Friday with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Continue reading
Dec 22 What happened in 2017? Test your knowledge with our year-end news quiz By Dan Cooney How much of 2017 do you remember? Test your knowledge with this end-of-year quiz. Continue reading
Dec 22 UN imposes tough new sanctions on North Korea By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The new sanctions also ban the export of food products, machinery, electrical equipment, earth and stones, wood and vessels from North Korea. Continue reading
Dec 22 How the tax overhaul will affect alimony deductions By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Many divorce experts worry that the change will make negotiations tougher and lead to less spousal support as cash goes to taxes instead. Continue reading
Dec 22 Bugs Bunny for Senate? Here are the top write-ins from Alabama’s special election By Associated Press Jesus Christ had votes in double digits. Continue reading
Dec 22 Catalan vote does little to clarify Spanish region’s future By Barry Hatton and Aritz Parra, Associated Press Spain's worst political crisis in decades showed few signs of abating Friday after Catalan separatist parties clinched a parliamentary majority in an exceptional election called by the country's prime minister. Continue reading
Dec 22 Former U.S. attorneys, GOP officials come to Mueller’s defense By Jill Colvin, Associated Press More than 40 former U.S. attorneys and Republican officials are pushing back against efforts to discredit the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. Continue reading
Dec 22 Trump signs stopgap spending bill into law to avert shutdown By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press President Donald Trump signed a temporary spending bill into law on Friday to avert a government shutdown after the Republican-led Congress did the bare minimum in a sprint toward the holidays and punted disputes on immigration, health care and the… Continue reading
Dec 22 Trump signs $1.5 trillion tax overhaul into law By Associated Press President Donald Trump has signed into law a $1.5 trillion tax overhaul package. Continue reading
Dec 22 AP finds climate change risk for 327 toxic Superfund sites By Jason Dearen, Michael Biesecker and Angeliki Kastanis, Associated Press Nearly 2 million people in the U.S. live within a mile of 327 Superfund sites in areas prone to flooding or vulnerable to sea-level rise caused by climate change. Continue reading