President Donald Trump’s choice to head the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that she believes climate change exists, but said she cannot determine whether humans are the primary cause. Speaking at her Senate confirmation hearing, Kirstjen Nielsen said she is “not prepared to determine causation” on climate change. Nielsen’s […]
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The moment EMT who lost family in church shooting realized she was on the way there
Emergency medical technician Torie McCallum was on her way to a reported shooting at a rural Texas church Sunday morning when she learned the calls had come from the Texas church some of her family members attended: the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs. At that moment, “my heart immediately […]
Trump’s attempted visit to DMZ derailed by bad weather
President Donald Trump attempted to make a surprise visit to the Demilitarized Zone Tuesday — the heavily fortified border between North and South Korea — but was forced to turn back due to bad weather. Thick gray fog blanketing Seoul hampered the president’s flight on Marine One, which officials said […]
Massachusetts towns reeling after 3 students killed in crash
Two Massachusetts towns are reeling, and schools will have grief counselors on hand, one day after three students were killed when their car went off the road, hit a tree and rolled over. The two girls and one boy killed in Tuesday’s crash were students at Quaboag Regional Middle High […]
Trump warns Kim ‘regime in grave danger … we will not be intimidated’
Invoking an alliance with South Korea “forged in the crucible of war,” President Donald Trump warned the nuclear-armed North Korean regime “not to underestimate us” and called on all nations to “deny it any form of support, supply, or acceptance.” “I hope I speak not only for our countries, but […]
‘Insane’ that civilians can buy semiautomatic assault rifles: Top Pentagon nominee
A Trump administration nominee for a top Pentagon job told Congress on Tuesday that it’s “insane” civilians can buy semiautomatic assault rifles — like the type used in Sunday’s deadly church shooting in Texas. “I’d also like to — and I may get in trouble with other members of the […]
Some companies still paying Puerto Rico employees despite closed stores
Some companies with locations in Puerto Rico, where hurricanes have caused unprecedented death and destruction and power is not yet restored in many areas, have continued paying their employees despite store closures. TJX, the parent company of T.J. Maxx, Home Goods, and Marshalls, has continued to pay employees based in […]
LGBT, minority candidates see historic wins but long-term impact on diversity unclear
As Democrats nabbed two major gubernatorial races, Election Day Tuesday was also a historic night for a number of minority and LGBT candidates. Former journalist Danica Roem became the nation’s first openly transgender woman elected to a state legislature. Roem unseated Virginia delegate Robert Marshall, who described himself as “chief […]
Ex-anchor whose girlfriend died in live TV shooting elected
A former Virginia news anchor whose journalist girlfriend was fatally shot during a live broadcast in 2015 has defeated a Republican incumbent for a seat in the House of Delegates. Chris Hurst beat Joseph Yost Tuesday in a high-profile race for the Blacksburg-area seat Tuesday. Hurst was living with fellow […]
State Department senior ranks being depleted at ‘dizzying speed’
The U.S.’s ranks of diplomats are losing key leaders at a “dizzying speed” as the State Department struggles to recruit new talent amid a hiring freeze and sinking morale in the Trump administration, according to a new letter from a top ambassador. Sixty percent of the agency’s career ambassadors, the […]