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Jun 24 2017
Sears closes another 20 stores
Two Sears and Sears Auto Center locations in Northeast Ohio will close their doors in what the company is calling "a hard, but necessary decision". Sears warned in M...
Jun 22 2017
Former Wisconsin Officer Who Fatally Shot Sylville Smith Acquitted on Homicide Charges
The officer is going to face a jury trial in August for the sexual assault charges, which follow a disturbing narrative: Heaggan-Brown allegedly had been drinking heavily...
Jun 20 2017
Cuba rejects new US policy, saying pressure will not work
The changes Trump announced include a ban on Americans doing business with the military and intelligence-affiliated companies that control large swaths of the Cuban eco...
Jun 19 2017
USA to announce travel ban for North Korea?
Warmbier's neurological condition best described "as a state of unresponsive wakefulness, " Neurologist Daniel Kanter told a news conference in Warmbier's home city o...
Jun 19 2017
Iran's Revolutionary Guard strikes Syria for Tehran attacks
The missiles have reportedly killed large numbers of terrorists and inflicted significant material damage, Tasnim said. " The spilling of any innocent blood will not go...
Jun 18 2017
Wife: Man who shot congressman wanted to work on tax policy
Duncan said he told him it was a Republican ball practice, and Hodgkinson started to shoot them. "I had no idea he was going to do this.I can't wrap my head aroun...
Jun 16 2017
White House changes date of travel ban amid Supreme Court review
Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Washington, U.S., March 7, 2017. The ruling given on Monday against the travel ban was yet another block against Trump's e...
Jun 16 2017
Vice president to travel to Central and South America
Vice President Mike Pence has hired his own lawyer to represent him in the special counsel's Russian Federation investigation. The Washington Post was the first to ...
Jun 14 2017
Virginia Race Shows How Democrats Differ on Path Ahead for Party
The race was especially close in Bristol, where Perriello beat Northam by one vote. Perriello represents and symbolizes the Bernie Sanders wing of the Democratic Party....
Jun 14 2017
Democrats seek distance from impeachment call
Trump ". Now, one has actually done it. It's only 143 days into Donald Trump's presidency, and articles of impeachment have been drafted . If the Republican-led ...
Jun 14 2017
Citi Bike rider dies in 26th Street accident involving bus
He was brought to the Bellevue Hospital Center where he was pronounced dead. The 52-year-old driver of the charter bus stayed on the scene. Officials from the Citi Bi...
Jun 07 2017
Senate Republicans claim progress on health care legislation
Speaking with IJR Tuesday morning, a Republican tax lobbyist raised the possibility of Senate Republicans performing some parliamentary gymnastics to skip several steps...
Jun 07 2017
US contractor arrested after leak of Russia hacking report
The NSA leak came just three days ahead of former Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey's expected testimony Thursday before a Senate committee looki...
Jun 07 2017
Critics say Trump tweets may undercut legal case
It's basically free legal advice for Trump. Trump had issued his initial travel ban executive order a week into his presidency, unleashing chaos at airports, mass prote...
Jun 03 2017
Cops Catch Man They Say Stole Wedding Ring From Portland Stabbing Victim
Suspect in theft of property from Ricky Best has been apprehended. Surveillance cameras captured a man carrying Ricky Best's black backpack. "Based on the investigati...
May 29 2017
Terrapins men's and women's lacrosse teams each seeking NCAA title
Boston College's Kenzie Kent gave it everything she had and tallied a remarkable 10-point performance (five goals, five assists) that tied the national championship game...
May 28 2017
Armed man arrested at Phoenix Comicon; security to increase
Police were called to the Phoenix Convention Center when a woman who knows Sterling called and reported he was posting threats on Facebook about killing police officers...
May 28 2017
British police make two more arrests after Manchester bombing
British investigators are hunting for potential conspirators linked to the bombing that killed 22 people in a search that is exploring the possibility that the same cel...
May 24 2017
$400 billion price tag for California single-payer bill
As Vox details , "the state would pay for nearly all of its residents' medical expenses-inpatient, outpatient, emergency services, dental, vision, mental health, and nurs...
May 22 2017
DHS hopeful Clarke denies plagiarism in master's thesis
The thesis is titled Making US security and privacy rights compatible and, according to CNN, plagiarizes other sources 47 times. Among the almost four dozen instances...