A Florida senator accused by six women of groping or making demeaning comments about their bodies was removed from his powerful position as budget chairman on Monday. Republican Sen. Jack Latvala is also a candidate for governor. He has denied the allegations. Senate President Joe Negron called him Monday morning […]
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Florida State suspends Greek life following alcohol death
Florida State University indefinitely suspended its fraternities and sororities Monday after the alcohol-related death of a freshman pledge and cocaine charges for another fraternity member. University President John Thrasher didn’t say how long the suspension will last. “This pause is needed to review and reflect on the loss of a […]
New York man arrested after massive arsenal found at his home
A New York man is in custody after police say they took away a “vanload” of weapons from his home. The Albany County Sheriff’s Office arrested Edward J. Reis, 43, on Sunday and charged him with several offenses, including criminal possession of a firearm and unlawfully possessing or selling noxious […]
Church shooting suspect’s assault conviction should have blocked firearms purchase
Devin Kelley, the gunman accused of carrying out Sunday’s deadly church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, was convicted by a military court in 2012 on charges of assault and aggravated assault on his then-wife and a child, which should have prevented him from purchasing firearms, an Air Force official said […]
Anthony Weiner reports to prison for sexting conviction
Former Rep. Anthony Weiner reported to prison Monday to begin a 21-month sentence for sexting with a 15-year-old girl. Weiner is being held at the Federal Medical Center Devens in Massachusetts, a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson said. The facility in Ayer, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) west of Boston, has […]
Former Trump campaign manager likely to be freed from home confinement
The judge presiding over the federal case against President Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, and Manafort’s former business partner is “prepared” and “inclined” to let the defendants free of home confinement, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said today. “We’re not talking about dangerousness here; we are only talking […]
Church shooting suspect fired from security job this summer: ‘He was not a good fit’
The man who allegedly killed 26 people and injured at least 20 others in a rural Texas church this weekend was fired from a brief stint as a water park security guard this summer, his former employer said today. Devin Kelley, 26, was named by law enforcement as the suspected […]
Church shooting not racially or religiously motivated, officials say
The mass shooting at a rural Texas church Sunday that killed 26 people was neither racially nor religiously motivated, authorities said at a news conference this morning, noting there was a “domestic situation” within the suspect’s family. The Sunday rampage at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, about 40 miles […]
Judge puts off removing ex-Trump aides from house arrest
A federal judge said Monday that she was inclined to remove from house arrest two former aides to President Donald Trump’s campaign but would not do so until receiving more detailed financial information from them. Lawyers for Paul Manafort, who led Trump’s campaign for several months last year, and his […]
Rand Paul recovering at home after assault
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is recovering at his Bowling Green home after being physically assaulted Friday afternoon by a neighbor. The assailant – 59-year-old Rene Boucher – was arrested by Kentucky State Police and charged with fourth-degree assault, authorities said. U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI are investigating the incident […]