The ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday that everyone, including President Donald Trump‘s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, should wait until special counsel Robert Mueller’s report is release to the public before making pronouncements on vindication. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, suggested on […]
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Barr preparing a summary of Mueller report’s key conclusions
Attorney General William Barr scoured special counsel Robert Mueller’s confidential report on the Russia investigation with his advisers, deciding how much Congress and the American public will get to see about the two-year probe into President Donald Trump and Moscow’s efforts to elect him. Barr was on pace to release […]
Guggenheim Museum will no longer accept gifts from makers of OxyContin
Despite having their name on the museum’s education center, the Guggenheim said it will no longer be accepting gifts from the Sackler family, according to a statement given to ABC News on Saturday. The Sacklers own Purdue Pharma, the makers of the powerful and addictive painkiller OxyContin. The rejection of […]
University of Georgia frat suspended over racist video
A fraternity at the University of Georgia has been suspended after video allegedly showing members whipping someone and referring to them picking cotton surfaced on social media. Georgia’s chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon was suspended by the national chapter and the video was condemned by the university. The frat also […]
12 hurt, 50 cars involved in pileups on California highway
Authorities say several crashes involving about 50 vehicles on Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles have sent 12 people to the hospital. The Grapevine section of the interstate was closed as emergency crews responded to the accidents Saturday afternoon. The California Highway Patrol’s traffic incident website said the accidents occurred […]
Numbers drawn in $638.8 million Powerball jackpot
This weekend’s Powerball jackpot is inching toward $1 billion. The latest numbers drawn for Saturday night’s jackpot, officially worth $638.8 million, was the biggest of the year and the fourth-largest Powerball drawing of all-time. The numbers were 24-25-52-60-66 with a Powerball of 5. There was no winner in Wednesday’s drawing […]
FAA to look at Boeing’s fixes for 737 Max jets next week
Boeing on Saturday confirmed the flight-control software fixes that it plans to make for its grounded 737 Max 8, the plane involved in two fatal accidents within five months. The company is tweaking the system designed to prevent an aerodynamic stall if sensors detect that the plane’s nose is pointed […]
Norwegian cruise engine failure prompts rescue operation for 1,300 people on board
Rescue helicopters were battling severe winds on Saturday to airlift more than 1,300 people off a Viking Cruises’ ship that issued a distressed call after an engine failure off the coast of Norway. Of the 1,300 stranded, 915 were passengers on the Viking Cruises’ ship called The Viking Sky, Norway’s […]
Magnitude 6.1 quake rattles nerves in southwestern Colombia
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake that struck in Colombia shook buildings and frightened residents, but does not appear to have caused any damage. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the mid-afternoon quake Saturday took place near El Dovio, about 200 miles (325 kilometers) south of Medellin. Colombians reported feeling the quake as […]
Atlanta police set up hotline for ‘child murders’ case
Atlanta’s mayor and police chief are leading a push to re-examine evidence from a string of murders that terrorized the city’s black community between 1979 and 1981. As a result, authorities are being inundated with calls. Now, officials have set up a central hotline for anyone with information about the […]