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 […]
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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 […]
Texas church shooting no ‘random act of violence,’ governor says
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doesn’t think the mass shooting at a rural Texas church Sunday that killed 26 people “was just a random act of violence,” he said on “Good Morning America” today. The Sunday rampage at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, about 40 miles southeast of San Antonio, […]
‘No way’ for Texas shooting victims to escape: Sheriff
Panicked parishioners inside the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, had little cover and nowhere to run when a gunman approached and started firing an assault rifle, Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt Jr. said. Sheriff Tackitt said investigators believe the suspect, 26-year-old Devin Kelley, began firing as he approached […]
The Note: Are ‘thoughts and prayers’ enough after yet another mass shooting?
The TAKE with Rick Klein This isn’t the week anyone thought it would be. All eyes now turn to a tragedy and mourning in a small town in Texas, not the political dramas that were slated to mark the week and dominate headlines. President Donald Trump, who hoped to make […]
New tropical depression forms in the central Atlantic
A new tropical depression has formed in the central Atlantic but does not currently pose a threat to land. The depression’s maximum sustained winds Monday morning are near 35 mph (55 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center says some strengthening is forecast and the depression is expected to become a […]