Just after news broke that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had finished his 22 month long investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign, President Donald Trump appeared to exhale. The president who was described by sources as being in a “great mood” spent a festive evening dining on the […]
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Cruise ship off Norway evacuates passengers by helicopter
A cruise ship with engine problems sent a mayday call off Norway’s western coast on Saturday, then began evacuating its 1,300 passengers and crew amid stormy seas and heavy winds in a high-risk helicopter rescue operation. The Norwegian newspaper VG said the Viking Sky cruise ship ran into propulsion problems […]
Experts warn Midwest flood risk may persist for months
Even as floodwaters receded in hard-hit places in in the Midwest, experts warned Saturday that with plenty of snow still left to melt in northern states, the relief may only be temporary. Rainfall and some snowmelt spurred flooding in recent weeks that’s blamed in three deaths so far, with two […]
Florida city dismantles, relocates Confederate statue
A statue of a Confederate soldier is being removed from a Florida park. The statue had stood at the center of Lakeland’s Munn Park for 109 years. City officials began dismantling the monument Friday. City commissioners voted in December 2017 to start the process to move the statue after receiving […]
Clashes among government-aligned forces in Yemen kill 6
Yemeni officials say heavy street battles among armed Islamist factions aligned with the exiled government have left at least six people dead and families displaced. They said on Saturday that the clashes, which erupted in Taiz a day earlier, saw a faction financed and armed by the United Arab Emirates […]
Attorney General William Barr reviewing Mueller report
Attorney General Wiliam Barr headed into work on Saturday morning to read special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. The much-anticipated report was handed to the Justice Department for Barr’s review, and Congress was notified of the transfer late Friday afternoon, according to a Justice Department spokeswoman. After reviewing Mueller’s report, Barr […]
Lawyer’s office shot at after cop’s acquittal in teen death
Gunshots were fired overnight through the window of the attorney who defended a white police officer acquitted Friday in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager. But police around Pittsburgh said there were otherwise no reports of arrests or property damage following the verdict that left Antwon Rose II’s […]
Syrian Kurdish forces declare victory over ISIS in Syria
Syrian Kurdish forces declared victory over the Islamic State on Saturday, after a years-long fight to reclaim territory that once belonged to the terror group’s self-declared caliphate. “Syrian Democratic Forces declare total elimination of so-called caliphate and %100 territorial defeat of ISIS,” Mustafa Bali, head of the SDF press office, […]
Off-duty police officer shot in ‘devastating incident’: Official
An off-duty Chicago police officer was shot early Saturday, an official with the department tweeted. The department’s chief communications officer tweeted that the officer was shot about 3:30 a.m. local time. The spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi, called it a “devastating incident.” Devastating incident for CPD as an off duty #ChicagoPolice officer […]
Man arrested for throwing water at Rep. Steve King at restaurant: Police
A man was arrested Friday for throwing a glass of water in the face of controversial Rep. Steve King at a local restaurant, police said. Blake Gibbins, 26, allegedly approached King while he was eating lunch at Mineral City Mill and Grill restaurant in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He asked King […]