By Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna and Anthony Salvanto Americans are split over whether things would be better or worse with the Democrats in control of Congress. Most Democrats (67 percent) think things would be better, but independents don’t agree. Only 28 percent of independents think things would […]
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Legal battle over cult leader Charles Manson’s body takes new twist
LOS ANGELES — A grandson of cult leader Charles Manson won the bizarre California court battle Monday over the killer’s body. Kern County Superior Court Commissioner Alisa Knight ruled that Jason Freeman can retrieve the remains of Manson that have been on ice in the Bakersfield morgue since he died in […]
Tillerson: Nerve agent used to poison ex-spy “clearly came from Russia”
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Monday that the nerve agent used to poison a Russian ex-spy and his daughter in the U.K. “clearly came from Russia” and said the episode “certainly will trigger a response.” “This is a really egregious act,” Tillerson said Monday aboard a plane home from […]
Scrutiny turns to harnesses inside chopper that crash landed in New York City
Last Updated Mar 12, 2018 7:34 PM EDT NEW YORK — Federal investigators are trying to zero in on what caused a tourist helicopter to fall from the sky over New York’s East River Sunday evening. Five passengers who booked the flight to take pictures were killed. The chopper’s pilot […]
Series of bombs in packages puts residents of Austin on edge
Last Updated Mar 12, 2018 6:53 PM EDT AUSTIN, Texas — For the second and third time this month, someone left packages containing bombs at homes in Austin, Texas, killing two people and wounding two others. The explosions Monday happened at homes just a few miles apart. The first bomb today […]
Series of package bombs puts Austin on edge
Last Updated Mar 12, 2018 6:53 PM EDT AUSTIN, Texas — For the second and third time this month, someone left packages containing bombs at homes in Austin, Texas, killing two people and wounding two others. The explosions Monday happened at homes just a few miles apart. The first bomb today […]
Series of bombs in packages put residents of Austin on edge
Last Updated Mar 12, 2018 6:53 PM EDT AUSTIN, Texas — For the second and third time this month, someone left packages containing bombs at homes in Austin, Texas, killing two people and wounding two others. The explosions Monday happened at homes just a few miles apart. The first bomb today […]
Scrutiny turns to harnesses used in deadly NYC helicopter crash
Last Updated Mar 12, 2018 7:34 PM EDT NEW YORK — Federal investigators are trying to zero in on what caused a tourist helicopter to fall from the sky over New York’s East River Sunday evening. Five passengers who booked the flight to take pictures were killed. The chopper’s pilot […]
Scrutiny turns to harnesses inside chopper that crashed on NYC river
Last Updated Mar 12, 2018 7:34 PM EDT NEW YORK — Federal investigators are trying to zero in on what caused a tourist helicopter to fall from the sky over New York’s East River Sunday evening. Five passengers who booked the flight to take pictures were killed. The chopper’s pilot […]
Scrutiny turns to harnesses inside chopper that crashed in New York City
Last Updated Mar 12, 2018 7:34 PM EDT NEW YORK — Federal investigators are trying to zero in on what caused a tourist helicopter to fall from the sky over New York’s East River Sunday evening. Five passengers who booked the flight to take pictures were killed. The chopper’s pilot […]