Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren thrust herself into the climate change debate this week, promising that if elected president, she’d sign an executive order on her first day in office to end drilling offshore and on public lands, a move that would reverse President Donald Trump’s most notable energy policies and […]
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New evidence gets mistrial in Montana senator’s nephew death
The discovery of new evidence prompted a judge to declare a mistrial in the prosecution of a Spokane man charged with killing the nephew of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana in a sword attack, a newspaper reported. Court records show a sheriff’s detective found a text message in the […]
Video caught woman dumping 7 puppies behind California store
Authorities are trying to identify a woman captured by security cameras tossing seven newborn puppies into a dumpster in Southern California. The Riverside County Department of Animal Services released surveillance video of the woman pulling up to a dumpster behind an auto parts store in Coachella Thursday afternoon. The video […]
Polygamist lawyers in Utah face bar investigation
Seven Utah lawyers are violating rules of conduct because they are polygamists, according to a new complaint filed with the Utah Bar Association. The complaint was filed by a woman named Melissa Ellis who used to belong to a northern Utah polygamous group. She believes Utah should take action against […]
Maria Butina’s lawyers ask for leniency ahead of sentencing
Federal prosecutors claim Maria Butina conspired to act as a foreign agent who sought to create a backchannel between American power players and Russia. But letters from her family and friends paint her in a far different light — as an empathetic and hard-working honors student whose only crime was […]
Sheriff’s Office: 3 arrested in 3 killings in New Mexico
The Valencia County Sheriff’s Office says three suspects are in custody in the shooting deaths of three men at a home near Los Lunas early Saturday. Sheriff’s Sgt. Joseph Rowland says 18-year-old Brandon Dowdy, 19-year-old Robert Wilson and a male 17-year-old were arrested on three counts of murder. The Associated […]
On the campaign trail, Elizabeth Warren furthers calls for impeachment proceedings
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren repeated her calls for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump on Saturday, saying she was willing to push harder than Democratic leadership on the matter because it “isn’t about politics.” “For me this is not about politics, there are some decisions that are bigger than […]
Mom reported missing after not showing up to daughter’s babysitter
A 26-year-old Mesquite, Texas, mom was scheduled to pick up her child from the babysitter on Wednesday night, but she never showed up. Prisma Denisse Peralta Reyes was reported missing to the police after friends and family made several attempts to reach her by phone. Reyes’ 2017 Jeep Wrangler was […]
Authorities refocus search of missing 5-year-old boy on family home
The search for a 5-year-old boy from Illinois who went missing on Wednesday continued into the weekend as police re-focused the investigation on the boy’s family home. Andrew “AJ” Freund, a blond boy who is approximately 3 feet, 5 inches tall, was last seen wearing a blue Mario sweatshirt and […]
Armed civilian border group member arrested in New Mexico
A New Mexico man belonging to an armed group that has detained Central American families near the U.S.-Mexico border was arrested Saturday in a border community on a criminal complaint accusing him of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, authorities said. The FBI said in a statement […]