A man who police say pulled a semi-automatic handgun on an officer during a foot chase has been fatally shot in Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun reports the unidentified man died at a hospital Sunday night. Police spokesman Chief T.J. Smith says the incident started when officers tried pulling a car […]
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Soldier’s Jeep erupts in flames
A Tacoma Washington soldier was shocked when his brand new 2018 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk erupted in flames Saturday evening. Staff Sergeant Joseph Lewis was driving around Saturday morning when he noticed the volume and temperature controls were not working. He didn’t think much of it until Saturday evening when he […]
US pushing Iran to return elderly American prisoner said to be in failing health
The U.S. is pushing behind the scenes with Iran to return an elderly American held by the regime — after the 81-year old man was granted a four-day leave from an Iranian prison, according to his family and a senior State Department official. Baquer Namazi, a retired United Nations official […]
Indiana teaching assistant accused of molesting 17 kids
An 18-year-old southern Indiana man has been arrested on charges alleging he molested 17 children ages 3 to 7 while he worked at a YMCA and as an elementary school teaching assistant. Michael Begin Jr., of Jeffersonville, was charged with two counts of child molestation in October. Clark County Prosecutor […]
‘Serial stowaway’ arrested at O’Hare Airport despite being ordered to stay away
A 66-year-old woman with a history of hopping aboard airplanes without paying was nabbed early Sunday for allegedly trespassing at Chicago‘s O’Hare Airport, police said. Marilyn Hartman, who is from Grayslake, Illinois, was arrested after being spotted near the Signature Private Plane section of O’Hare Airport. She appeared in court […]
4 people shot dead outside a self-serve car wash
Four people were killed early Sunday in a shooting outside a self-serve car wash in a rural western Pennsylvania town when a man wearing body armor and wielding three guns, including an AR 15 semiautomatic assault rifle, opened fire on them, according to Pennsylvania authorities. The shooting in Melcroft in […]
‘Dreamers’ reject White House proposal for restricting family-based migration
On the heels of a three-day government shutdown over immigration, ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent and “This Week” Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz traveled through four states along the U.S.-Mexico border to take the pulse of some people who will be directly impacted by changes in immigration policy. Raddatz interviewed immigrants […]
GOP senators: Trump needs to show restraint in Russia probe
Two Republican senators said Sunday that President Donald Trump would be wise to keep a public silence on an independent investigation into his 2016 campaign’s contacts with Russia in the wake of news reports that he sought to fire the special counsel. The senators, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and […]
Russian billionaire tangled in Mueller probe throws lavish bash in Davos
DAVOS — No one throws a party quite like an oligarch. Oleg Deripaska, whose dealings with key figures in the ongoing probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election are under scrutiny, hosted an extravagant party on Friday night at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, featuring boats […]
Koch political advocacy group to ramp up spending in midterms, fight for Dreamers
Republican megadonor Charles Koch’s political network of lobbyists and activists will spend between $300 million and $400 million in the upcoming 2018 midterm elections — a 60 percent increase compared to what the organization spent in the 2016 elections. “It is going to be a very challenging environment at both […]