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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is a devout Christian grandmother from Michigan — who has spent most of her life trying to improve the quality of education for poor kids. So how in the world did she become one of the most hated members of the Trump Cabinet?  She is […]

NEW YORK — Comedian Kathy Griffin is embarking on her comeback, some nine months after she provoked outrage – and lost much of her work – by posing with a fake severed head that appeared to depict President Trump. “I’m dipping my toes into touring again,” Griffin said, adding that […]

NEW YORK — Comedian Kathy Griffin is embarking on her comeback, some nine months after she provoked outrage – and lost much of her work – by posing with a fake severed head that appeared to depict President Trump. “I’m dipping my toes into touring again,” Griffin said, adding that […]

RICHMOND, Texas — A Houston-area woman has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for the mistreatment of seven special needs teenagers found in 2016 locked in a room strewn with human waste. Paula Sinclair, 55, was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to several counts of causing serious bodily injury […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Sexual misconduct was one of the most talked about topics as Florida lawmakers began their annual session, and now that it’s wrapping up, the women who tried to pass bills to protect government workers from harassment are angry that nothing got done. “It makes me very angry,” […]

President Trump has been known for making colorful and shocking remarks — arguably, it helped elect him. But on Saturday night, he stumped for Republican candidate Rick Saccone ahead of Tuesday’s special election in a raucous speech that seemed to go off script.  Mr. Trump, in his speech that lasted […]

President Trump has been known for making colorful and shocking remarks — arguably, it helped elect him. But on Saturday night, he stumped for Republican candidate Rick Saccone ahead of Tuesday’s special election in a raucous speech that seemed to go off script.  Mr. Trump, in his speech that lasted […]

BALTIMORE — A space at a Baltimore park that had long honored two Confederate generals has been rededicated to abolitionist Harriet Tubman. Saturday’s ceremony at Wyman Park Dell took place just feet from the now-empty pedestal where a large statue of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson once […]

CHICAGO — Chicago Police say a three-year-old boy accidentally shot his 9-year-old cousin in the arm with a gun he’d found in a residence. Police say the girl is in good condition in a nearby hospital.  The Chicago Tribune reports that the shooting happened Saturday morning on the city’s West […]

President Trump went way off script — if he ever had one to begin with – in a Saturday night rally tumping for Republican candidate Rick Saccone, disparaging everyone from “low IQ” Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., to NBC’s “sleepy” Chuck Todd. Saccone faces a tough race against Democrat Conor Lamb […]