A judge says the federal government can be sued by Flint residents who blame the Environmental Protection Agency for waiting too long to intervene in the city’s water crisis. Federal Judge Linda Parker didn’t determine whether EPA employees were negligent when Flint’s water system became contaminated with lead in 2014 […]
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Sarah Sanders defends herself against Mueller report on her past claim
Despite her acknowledgement in interviews with the special counsel’s office that certain comments she made to the press were a “slip of the tongue,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders sought to double down on past statements she made that special counsel Robert Mueller’s team said were “not founded […]
Severe weather outbreak hits East Coast just before long weekend
The major storm is moving east, leaving in its wake at least 18 tornadoes and more than 300 damaging storm reports over two days in five states, as the East Coast braces for severe weather. Nine of those tornadoes, reported yesterday, were in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri, as parts […]
Man indicted after pretending to be missing 14-year-old
Authorities indicted an Ohio man on fresh charges Thursday for allegedly impersonating Timmothy Pitzen, a boy who vanished in 2011 at the age of 6. A federal grand jury indicted Brian Michael Rini, 23, on two counts of making false statements and one count of aggravated identity theft after DNA […]
‘Start Here’: No collusion, but a case for obstruction of justice in Mueller’s report
It’s Friday, April 19, 2019. Let’s start here … with a very special (counsel) episode. 1. The case for obstruction Twenty-two months and 448 pages later, the special counsel’s report shows 11 instances of possible obstruction of justice and details how President Donald Trump sought to use top White House […]
Kremlin: No proof in Mueller’s report of Russian meddling
The Kremlin argued on Friday that Special Counsel Robert Muellers 400-page report has not offered any credible evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The redacted report presented on Thursday said that there was no collusion between the Donald Trump campaign and Russian officials but it did […]
Journalist shot and killed during riots in Northern Ireland
A journalist from Northern Ireland was shot and killed by what authorities called “terrorists” during rioting in the country ahead of this weekend’s religious holidays. Lyra McKee, 29, was fatally shot Thursday night in Derry/Londonderry near Creggan, a large housing complex in the northwest town, about 70 miles west of […]
5 key takeaways from special counsel Robert Mueller’s report
While there will be no legal case brought against President Donald Trump by special counsel Robert Mueller’s team, the much-anticipated redacted report made public Thursday documented, in vivid detail, actions by members of the then-candidate’s campaign and later his administration that raised a host of political questions. Largely Democratic calls […]
Journalist shot dead in Northern Ireland rioting
Police in Northern Ireland said Friday the dissident republican group the New IRA was probably responsible for the fatal shooting of a journalist during overnight rioting in the city of Londonderry. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said 29-year-old journalist and author Lyra McKee died after she was shot during […]
Cancer-causing chemical taints water after California blaze
The drinking water in Paradise, California, where 85 people died last year in the nation’s worst wildfire in a century, is contaminated with the cancer-causing chemical benzene, officials said. Officials said they believe the contamination happened after the November firestorm created a toxic combination of gases in burning homes that […]