U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs officials say an unauthorized, secret waiting list for psychotherapy appointments at Omaha’s VA hospital delayed care for 87 veterans this year. Letters addressed to Iowa Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley and Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse — all Republicans — blamed the unauthorized list on […]
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Gurriel banned 5 games in 2018 for racist gesture at Darvish
Yuli Gurriel will have to sit out for making a racist gesture toward Yu Darvish — but not during the World Series. Major League Baseball suspended the Houston Astros first baseman on Saturday for the first five games next season. The punishment came a day after Gurriel’s actions toward the […]
House Intelligence Committee and Fusion GPS reach settlement over bank records
The House Intelligence Committee and research firm Fusion GPS have reached a confidential agreement regarding the panel’s subpoena of the firm’s bank records, following new revelations about the origins of the controversial dossier of unverified allegations against President Trump produced by the organization. The committee, one of several investigating Russian […]
Oklahoma City Thunder’s plane has its nose crushed by apparent bird collision
The Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team landed in Chicago to find that the nose of their charter plane had been crushed like an eggshell. “What possibly could we have hit in the SKY at this time of night?” player Carmelo Anthony asked in his post on Instagram. Delta Airlines later […]
At least 3 dead in car crashes in early snowstorm in Minnesota
Some of Minnesota’s roads became a slick, white danger zone with an early snowstorm leading to the deaths of at least three people in car crashes. One of the people who died was a Good Samaritan who had stopped to check on a driver whose vehicle spun out of control […]
13 dead, more than 16 wounded in Mogadishu hotel blast
A suicide car bomb exploded outside a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 16, while gunfire could be heard inside, police said. A second blast was heard in the area minutes later. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said the gunfire was heard […]
Former Acting US Attorney General Dana Boente resigns
Dana Boente, the U.S. attorney for Eastern Virginia who briefly took over as acting U.S. attorney general, has stepped down. Earlier this year, Boente briefly replaced Sally Yates as acting attorney general after President Donald Trump fired Yates for refusing to defend his first executive order restricting entry into the […]
Russia investigation brings first charges: Report
The special counsel team investigating Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 election and possible links to the campaign of President Donald Trump filed its first charges against at least one individual, according to a report by CNN. The team of special counsel Robert Mueller brought charges before a grand jury, […]
Syria rejects report blaming it for chemical weapons attack
Syria’s government has categorically rejected a report by experts from the U.N. and the chemical weapons watchdog blaming its government for a sarin nerve gas attack that killed over 90 people last spring. In a statement Saturday, it says the report was a result of U.S. instructions to exert more […]
Conservative site with GOP ties funded Trump research
A conservative website with strong ties to the Republican establishment triggered the investigation into Donald Trump’s past that ultimately produced the dossier that alleged a compromised relationship between the president and the Kremlin. The Washington Free Beacon on Friday confirmed it originally retained the political research firm Fusion GPS to […]