A Minnesota man’s trash turned out to a treasure trove for detectives looking to solve a more than 25-year-old cold case. Police in Minneapolis arrested 52-year-old Jerry Westrom last Monday after DNA found on a napkin he tossed at a hockey game linked him to the 1993 murder of Jeanne Ann “Jeanie” Childs, who was 35 […]

Fox News’ Sean Hannity dedicated several minutes of his show Friday night to ranting about the “abusively biased hate-Trump media,” who he also described as “lazy” and “overpaid.” The “Hannity” host accused media outlets of being “obsessed” with his relationship with President Donald Trump, and said they’ve spread “some pretty unbelievable fake news” about it […]

The executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections revealed Monday that state officials had uncovered a “coordinated” and “unlawful” effort to collect absentee ballots on behalf of a Republican congressional candidate in the November election. Kim Strach, the board’s executive director, made the comments at a closely watched public evidentiary hearing in Raleigh […]

WASHINGTON — Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, who is expected to announce a presidential run in the coming days, appears set to become the first 2020 Democratic presidential contender to accept the help of a candidate-specific super PAC. Inslee, who plans to focus his bid on his decadeslong passion for combating climate change, will be the first […]

CNN’s Chris Cuomo called out Republican lawmakers for defending President Donald Trump despite constant lies. “He’s lying to your face,” an exasperated Cuomo told former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. “Your party is supposed to stand up against this stuff.” He added: Christie, however, said the problem started with Democrats defending President Bill Clinton in the […]

CNN’s Don Lemon called out President Donald Trump’s “fake national emergency” on Friday — as he lamented how “the real one” of gun violence in America continues to be “ignored.” The “CNN Tonight” host noted how Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to pay for his U.S.-Mexico border wall came on the same day as […]

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Boulder police are conducting an internal investigation after some of their officers confronted a black man who was picking up trash at his own residence. The Daily Camera reports a release Monday from the department says an officer observed the man on Friday sitting behind a “private property” sign. The officer asked if […]

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) issued a press release on Tuesday celebrating his administration for restoring voting rights to former felons, a policy that began under his predecessors. “I believe in second chances and making our Commonwealth more open and accessible to all,” said Northam in what looked like an effort to rescue his own […]

A retired high-ranking officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers played a significant role lobbying his former agency to push through the permitting process for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, new documents show. The trove of emails, released last month as part of ongoing litigation by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe against the Corps, […]

A Colorado man who pleaded guilty in November to murdering his pregnant wife and their two young daughters has disclosed new details about the slayings, according to Steven Lambert, an attorney for the victims’ family. Christopher Watts told investigators last month that he had just finished strangling his wife Shanann when 4-year-old Bella walked into […]