Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke out against news the Trump administration is considering appointing a special counsel to investigate her alleged ties to the Uranium One deal in an interview with Mother Jones on Wednesday. Clinton called the possibility a “disastrous step into politicizing the Justice Department” and […]
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Storm battering West Coast now moving east with further warnings
The strong storm system pounding the West Coast with gusty winds up to 70 mph, more than 3 inches of rain and heavy snow is set to disrupt the Midwest and East Coast next. The storm system begins to move east from the Rockies into the central Plains and into […]
Transgender service members and their families deal with fallout from Trump’s tweets
For months, Kiera Walker grappled with the decision of how and when to come out as a transgender woman to her fellow members of the Coast Guard. She had served in the Guard’s Duluth, Minnesota, station for about two and a half years, but her colleagues had known her only […]
Search underway for ‘callous’ suspect who shot Baltimore police officer in head
A manhunt is underway in Baltimore and the surrounding areas after a suspect shot a veteran homicide detective in the head and gravely wounded him on Wednesday. The officer, an 18-year veteran with the Baltimore Police Department, was conducting a follow-up to a homicide investigation on the city’s west side […]
Trump admin. to reverse ban on elephant trophies from Africa
The Trump administration plans to allow hunters to import trophies of elephants they killed in Zimbabwe and Zambia back to the United States, reversing a ban put in place by the Obama administration in 2014, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official confirmed to ABC News today. Even though elephants […]
Former NFL player confirmed as 1st diagnosis of CTE in living patient
Researchers in Chicago report that they have detected evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, more commonly known as CTE, in a living patient for the first time. Currently, CTE, a degenerative brain disease found in those with a history of repetitive brain trauma, can only be formally diagnosed after an autopsy. […]
Diplomat, playing a game of trust, dies in fall off terrace
An Australian diplomat who had angered a woman’s husband and then sought to prove himself with a risky game of trust on a seventh-floor terrace near the Empire State Building fell to his death, police said. The diplomat, Julian Simpson, and other people had gone on an apartment building roof […]
Rare Leonardo da Vinci painting fetches record $450M at auction
A rare painting by Leonardo da Vinci auctioned in New York on Wednesday night fetched over $450 million, making it the most expensive painting ever sold. Fewer than 20 paintings by the Italian artist exist. The 500-year-old oil on panel, titled “Salvator Mundi” (“Savior of the World”), depicts Jesus Christ […]
As national party abandons Moore, Bannon and Alabama GOP dig in
As the charges of sexual misconduct against Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore continue to plague his campaign and have driven most national Republicans to call for him to leave the race, the embattled candidate is still receiving support from two critical sources: Steve Bannon and Alabama Republicans. Moore has […]
What Roy Moore’s 6 accusers have said and his responses
Six women have accused Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct or impropriety. He has denied any wrongdoing and points to a political conspiracy as the reason why the allegations are being made public now. Four of the accusers were named in a Washington Post article, with a fifth […]