The father of a teenage boy shot and killed by a Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department deputy demanded answers at an emergency meeting Wednesday night. John Weber, whose son, Anthony “AJ” Weber, was fatally shot Sunday, said police avoided his questions at the New Congregational Missionary Baptist Church in South […]
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Paris attack suspect refuses to show up to hearing in Brussels
The last surviving suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks refused to show up in court in Brussels today during a trial over the shootout that led to his capture. Salah Abdeslam, a French national, is being held across the border from Belgium in France, and his absence was expected […]
Video shows victim hugging woman charged with kidnapping her as a newborn
New video released by Florida prosecutors show the emotional reunion between a woman who was charged with kidnapping a newborn from a Florida hospital in 1998 and the victim who was raised as her daughter. The video of kidnapping suspect Gloria Williams and the victim, Kamiyah Mobley, was taken by […]
At elite military academy, sexual assault reports nearly double
The number of sexual assaults reported at the West Point military academy almost doubled during the 2016-2017 school year, according to the Pentagon’s annual report on sexual assaults at the three military service academies. Fifty sexual assaults were reported this past year at West Point, compared to 26 the previous […]
Stocks take another tumble, Dow dives more than 1,000 points
The wild ride on Wall Street continued Thursday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging more than 1,000 points for the second time this week. At the closing bell, the Dow was down 1,032 points, or 4.15 percent. The Dow fell a record 1,175 points on Monday but rallied back […]
Ship carrying 127 passengers trapped in ice for days
A Russian ship carrying 127 passengers in the northern Pacific Ocean has been trapped in ice for days off the coast of Japan. The ship, the Igor Farkhutdinov, was sailing from the Kuril Islands to the Sakhalin peninsula on Russia’s Pacific coast when it became stuck in ice up to […]
Second dossier? Documents prepped by Clinton ally pushed more damaging dirt on Trump
Congressional Russia investigators are studying newly unearthed documents that are being described as a “second dossier” containing uncorroborated allegations about President Trump’s activities in Russia – this one compiled by a longtime Clinton associate. “I certainly think it’s something worth examining,” Rep. Peter King, R-New York, a member of the […]
US senator: Give me ‘five minutes’ with Larry Nassar
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow says she was disappointed that an enraged father was prevented from punching Larry Nassar in a Michigan courtroom last week, saying she “would have liked five minutes” with the disgraced sports doctor accused of sexually abusing more than 260 women and girls. “All of us understand […]
Trump defends religious liberty at home and abroad at National Prayer Breakfast
President Donald Trump delivered a measured speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., touting America’s success in fighting ISIS and defending religious liberties at home and abroad. “When Americans are able to live by their convictions to speak openly of their faith and to teach their children what […]
Dow down 500 as stocks sink steadily
The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 12:27 p.m. The Dow Jones industrials are down 500 points, extending the market’s losses. The market opened little changed on Thursday but started to fall in early trading and extended its losses throughout the morning. The losses were steady, unlike […]