The entire Gulf Coast region was paralyzed on Wednesday morning with hundreds of schools and flights cancelled and interstates shut down. A state of emergency has already been declared in North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama due to the winter weather moving through the region. Schools in at least 10 states, […]
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Bob Dole to be presented with Congressional Gold Medal; Trump set to attend
Former congressman, senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole was one of the few prominent GOP names to support President Donald Trump in the 2016 election. Trump will repay that support on Wednesday as he appears at an award ceremony granting Dole the Congressional Gold Medal. Dole served as a congressman […]
Roberts County: A year in the most pro-Trump town in America
Miami is a town in the Texas panhandle where everyone knows everyone at the grocery store and servers at the local diner know who likes what kind of pie with their chicken fried steak. The community’s busy season is largely dictated by the needs of the cattle, tended to on […]
Earthquake-causing meteor leaves southeast Michigan residents awestruck
Boom! Residents of southeast Michigan were left a bit shaken Tuesday night after a big bright flash lit up the sky and the ground beneath them shook. A flying saucer? No. A shooting star? Not quite. The National Weather Service eventually solved the mystery, tweeting “USGS confirms meteor occurred around […]
State Dept says US ready for ‘serious negotiations’ if N. Korea proves ‘credible’
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U.S. is “ready for serious negotiations” if North Korea shows itself to be a “credible partner.” Tillerson made the remarks during a joint press conference with his Canadian counterpart at the conclusion of a global summit on the security situation on the Korean […]
Trump makes impromptu appearance at White House women’s panel
The event, “Conversations with the Women of America,” hosted women from across America and high-level women within the Trump administration. It aimed to focus on the economy, healthcare — with a focus on the opioid crisis — and national security. Aides didn’t rule out the president’s appearance at the event, […]
FEMA: Hawaii didn’t need approval to retract missile alert
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said the state of Hawaii didn’t need federal approval to retract a cellphone alert mistakenly sent over the weekend warning of a ballistic missile attack. Hawaii has had the authority to cancel or retract warnings since 2012, when it applied for access to the Integrated […]
Doctor on shackled siblings’ recovery: ‘It’s not going to be achieved overnight’
The staff of a Southern California hospital was reduced to tears at the sight of seven of the 13 malnourished siblings who were admitted after authorities discovered they were being held captive by their parents, officials from the Corona Regional Medical Center told ABC News. Those seven siblings are all […]
DOJ says it plans to ask Supreme Court to allow it to end DACA
The Department of Justice today appealed a federal court ruling that had forced the Trump administration to again accept renewal applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. The administration, which is seeking to appeal a lower court ruling to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, announced that later […]
Mathilde Krim, AIDS research pioneer, dies at 91
Mathilde Krim, a pioneer in the field of AIDS research, passed away Monday at the age of 91. She died peacefully at her home in King’s Point, New York. Krim, founding chairman of amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, devoted her life to the fight against HIV/AIDS, in particular raising […]