A disciplinary panel has found a Baltimore police van driver not guilty on all administrative charges related to his transportation of Freddie Gray, the black man whose death in custody sparked riots in the city. The three-member board said Tuesday that Officer Caesar Goodson did not violate any department policies […]
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Official says Puerto Rico needs ‘unprecedented’ US help
Puerto Rico has suffered such extensive devastation from Hurricane Maria that its recovery will fail unless the island gets more U.S. help. That’s the word from Natalie Jaresko, executive director of a federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico’s finances. Jaresko tells Congress that the U.S. territory needs emergency and […]
How assault rifles have played a prominent role in US mass shootings
Americans are grappling with yet another massacre after a Texas church’s Sunday morning services were interrupted by a masked gunman who sprayed parishioners with bullets shot from an AR-15 platform rifle. Former Air Force veteran Devin Kelley killed 26 people — many of them children — and also left 20 […]
WATCH: Americans in S. Korea sound off on nuclear tensions
Now Playing: New Delhi’s air pollution called a ‘public health emergency’ Now Playing: Americans in S. Korea sound off on nuclear tensions Now Playing: Hundreds in Seoul protest ‘warmongering Trump’ over stance on North Korea Now Playing: Waterspout forms off Mexican beach Now Playing: Trump wraps up visit to Japan […]
Trump not invited to Paris climate summit next month
French authorities say U.S. President Donald Trump is not among more than 100 world leaders invited to Paris for a climate summit next month. French President Emmanuel Macron plans a summit to push his “Make our Planet Great Again” agenda on Dec. 12, the anniversary of the 2015 Paris climate […]
Michigan bill lets teachers carry concealed guns in schools
Republican lawmakers are renewing their attempt to let gun owners carry their weapons inside Michigan schools, day care centers and other gun-free zones. Fast-tracked legislation up for a vote in a Senate committee Tuesday would allow concealed pistol license holders with extra training to carry in nine areas that are […]
Trump attacks Democratic candidate who is a veteran as ‘weak’ on veterans
As voters head to the polls today in Virginia’s gubernatorial race, President Trump called the Democratic candidate who served as a U.S. Army medic for eight years “weak on our great veterans.” “Ralph Northam will allow crime to be rampant in Virginia. He’s weak on crime, weak on our GREAT […]
Congressional investigators to question longtime Trump aide
A longtime aide to President Donald Trump who followed the businessman-turned-president from New York City to the White House is expected on Capitol Hill Tuesday to face questions from congressional Russia investigators. Keith Schiller, who served in the West Wing as Trump’s director of Oval Office operations until September, will […]
Hundreds in Seoul protest ‘warmongering Trump’ over stance on North Korea
Hundreds of people gathered in the South Korean capital of Seoul on Tuesday to protest President Trump‘s official visit, carrying signs and chanting slogans against the president over his aggressive rhetoric toward North Korea. Thousands of police officers surrounded the demonstrators spread out in groups around the U.S Embassy, who […]
Trump says extreme vetting for Texas shooter would have made ‘no difference’
President Trump said Tuesday that new gun laws would have made “no difference” in preventing the massacre at a church service in Sutherland Springs, Texas, that left 26 people dead. Trump was asked during a press conference in South Korea about his recent comments calling for “extreme vetting” immediately following […]