GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Police in coastal Texas have captured a pair of runaway emus that had been on the lam for a day after escaping from their owner’s backyard. Emus aren’t permitted in Galveston, but police say a man recently brought the large, flightless birds to the island after the death of his mother. […]
Five children between the ages of 12 and 16 are facing criminal homicide charges after they were accused of fatally shooting a Nashville musician outside his home Thursday afternoon. The young suspects allegedly shot and killed 24-year-old Kyle Yorlets after he refused to give them the keys to his car, police said. Investigators said the incident […]
President Donald Trump has faced backlash after his 2020 campaign team launched a new fundraising drive to send bricks to the offices of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) The Republican National Committee, Trump’s campaign manager Brad Parscale and Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. each hyped the initiative and its […]
Attorneys for 21 Savage said Monday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is refusing to release the Grammy-nominated rapper on bond and called his arrest a civil law violation. The 26-year-old, whose legal name is She’yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was detained early Sunday morning after being accused of overstaying his visa. ICE reported that he was […]
Jake Thomas Patterson, the 21-year-old man accused of kidnapping Jayme Closs and killing her parents in their Wisconsin home three months ago, has been charged with two counts of intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping. The criminal complaint against Patterson was filed in Barron County Circuit Court on Monday, four days after 13-year-old Jayme […]
Donald Trump took a few minutes Sunday night amid the government shutdown to work on a pressing matter: boosting the Hall of Fame chances for pitching great Curt Schilling. The president took to Twitter to make a case that Schilling should be among those inducted Tuesday. It may be a little too late: The New […]
Democratic voters are understandably excited about the diverse field of 2020 presidential candidates that has only just begun to flesh out. The opportunity to take the White House back from Donald Trump is in view. They’re enthusiastic and have lofty ideals. That’s great. The corruption and attempts to subvert democracy that we’ve witnessed should make […]
Sen. Kamala Harris painted herself as a striking Democratic foil to President Donald Trump during a town hall event Monday in Iowa, pledging to work toward Medicare for all, protections for young undocumented immigrants and solutions to the epidemic of gun violence should she be elected president in 2020. The California Democrat spent more than an […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday joked that she had a new theory about what Fox News was really doing: “elaborate, postmodern performance art.” Fox News host Sean Hannity had cited a Mediaite report about the freshman lawmaker’s policy adviser Dan Riffle, who has the Twitter handle “Every Billionaire Is A Policy Failure.” In addition, the congresswoman had said it […]
Two Democratic lawmakers are offering measures to censure Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) after his recent racist comments questioning why the terms “white supremacist” and “white nationalist” are considered offensive. The resolutions from Reps. Bobby Rush of Illinois and Tim Ryan of Ohio would serve as a formal reprimand of King, one step below expulsion. Ryan […]