
Bipartisan Senators Reach Small Deal On Health Care
Senators Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray have reached a deal “in principle” to restore Affordable Care Act cost-sharing reduction payments for two years in exchange for more state ...Read more
Senators Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray have reached a deal “in principle” to restore Affordable Care Act cost-sharing reduction payments for two years in exchange for more state ...Read more
Gov. Rick Scott on Monday declared a state of emergency in Alachua County three days ahead of a scheduled speech at the University of Florida campus in Gainesville by the white nationalist Richard ...Read more
US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl could spend the rest of his life behind bars after he pleaded guilty Monday to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Bergdahl disappeared from his base in ...Read more
On Saturday, Hurricane Ophelia attained Category 3 strength farther east than any storm in recorded history. The storm has since weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, but it is set to affect Ireland ...Read more
At least seven people are injured and one person is missing after an oil rig exploded Sunday night in Louisiana. Kenner Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Kriss Fortunato said that at least ...Read more
Two prison employees were killed and 14 other people injured on Thursday when inmates at the Pasquotank Correctional Institution in North Carolina tried to escape, officials said. The escape ...Read more
A New Orleans police officer was shot and killed early Friday, October 13, according to the NOPD. The incident took place near an apartment complex about 12:14 a.m., when four officers who ...Read more
President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday aimed at expanding access to loosely regulated health insurance plans, which could give consumers more coverage options but also ...Read more
On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to approve $36.5 billion in emergency relief for areas such as Texas, Puerto Rico, Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands which suffered ...Read more
The U.S. Navy is dismissing the top two officers of the USS John S. McCain following an accident that left ten sailors dead. The ship’s commanding officer and executive officer, ...Read more
More than a dozen wildfires raged across Northern California well into Tuesday evening, with the largest ones killing at least 17 people as they continued through the state’s wine country ...Read more
Authorities in Northern California late Monday said there were at least 11 dead and more than 100 reported missing in wildfires raging through much of the state’s wine country. Reports ...Read more
Police apprehended a student accused of fatally shooting a Texas Tech University police officer at the campus police station Monday night. University officials issued an alert saying the ...Read more
Several wildfires in northern California have prompted mass evacuations in the Napa Valley, fire officials say. The Atlas Peak fire was the largest, quickly growing to more than 200 acres near ...Read more
On Friday, 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson has a hearing scheduled in front of a Davidson County general sessions judge. Samson is the man charged in a shooting that killed one person and ...Read more
Tropical Storm Nate formed Thursday is expected to reach the US Gulf Coast over the weekend as a hurricane. Nate is forecast to gain force as it approaches the Yucatan Peninsula late Friday ...Read more
Victims from the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico are now being airlifted to hospitals to receive care for critical medical conditions. The ...Read more
Rebecca Bredow has been sentenced to seven days in jail after she refused a judge’s order to have her son vaccinated. Bredow reneged on agreements with her former husband dating back to ...Read more
Marilou Danley, girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock, landed at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday evening, a law enforcement source told CNN. She is being accompanied by the ...Read more
President Trump will land in Las Vegas on Wednesday to console a city still reeling from the deadliest shooting spree in modern U.S. history. The president will meet with first responders and ...Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump is heading to San Juan on Tuesday to meet with some of the 3.4 million Puerto Ricans struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria. The president is expected to spend ...Read more
The Nobel Physics Prize 2017 has been awarded to three scientists for their discoveries in faint ripples flying through the universe called gravitational waves. Sweden’s Royal Academy ...Read more
O.J. Simpson headed to Las Vegas upon his release from a Nevada prison early on Sunday. After spending nine years in prison for a Las Vegas robbery, the former NFL player walked out of ...Read more
More than 20 people were killed and 100 injured when what appears to be a lone gunman opened fire from a perch high up in the the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas Sunday night, police ...Read more
Puerto Rico is under a flash flood watch as the ongoing wait for food and supplies continues in the US island after Hurricane Maria hit more than a week ago. Heavy rain is expected through ...Read more
At least 22 people have been killed and more than 35 injured during a rush-hour stampede in a Mumbai railway station, according to local authorities. Officials believe the stampede was ...Read more
Pitbull has sent his private jet to Puerto Rico to bring cancer patients in need of chemotherapy treatment to the U.S mainland. The gesture from the 36-year-old musician (real name is Armando ...Read more
After coming under fire for a delay in donating its remaining funds to charity, President Trump’s inaugural committee plans to give $3 million to three organizations involved in hurricane rescue ...Read more
Ahmad Khan Rahimi, the man accused of setting off bombs in New York City and New Jersey in September 2016, is set to stand trial in federal court in Manhattan. The selection of jurors to hear ...Read more
As officials got a clearer picture of the destruction Hurricane Maria wrought in Puerto Rico, federal and military aid increased with the news that the hospital ship USNS Comfort would be ...Read more
About 300 demonstrators gathered peacefully outside a St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs game in St. Louis, to protest the acquittal of a white former police officer in the killing of a black ...Read more
On Tuesday, China urged North Korea and the United States to stop their escalating war of words and sit down for talks on cooling the recent spike in tensions. Chinese foreign ministry ...Read more
The East Coast is bracing for high winds from Hurricane Maria, days after the storm caused devastation in the Caribbean. North Carolina is expected to bear the worst of the storm, and current ...Read more
Police confirm that 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson, who immigrated from Sudan two decades ago, was identified as the suspect in connection with the Tennessee church shooting that left one woman ...Read more
Hawaiian officials reportedly are preparing for the possibility of a nuclear attack. According to Hawaii state Rep. Gene Ward, emergency officials met on the topic of such an attack from ...Read more
Hurricane Maria knocked out power across the island of Puerto Rico, and flash flood warnings cover the entire island, which continues to be lashed by heavy rain in the storm’s wake. The ...Read more
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the construction of a U.S./Mexico border wall. Amongst other things, the lawsuit ...Read more
Heavy rain and high winds hit the Dominican Republic on Thursday as Hurricane Maria continued to head northwest in the Caribbean. This comes after Maria made a direct hit on Puerto Rico that has ...Read more
At least 217 people are dead after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked central Mexico Tuesday afternoon. It has been 32 years since an earthquake this devastating has stuck the country’s ...Read more
Toys R Us filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company announced on Monday. The company said it will continue to operate as usual its approximately 1,600 Toy R Us and Babies R Us ...Read more