WASHINGTON (AP) â Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill the nation’s capital for the inauguration of Donald Trump, and while the majority of those expected in Washington on Friday will be there to celebrate, some protesters say their plan is to do their best to disrupt the day. A coalition calling itself […]
EYNON, Pa. (AP) â Police say a Pennsylvania man tried to strangle his wife after he woke up from a dream in which she was cheating on him. Archibald police say 49-year-old Conrad Rudalavage had been drinking before he fell asleep, then woke up Saturday convinced that his wife was unfaithful. Police say he attacked, […]
HOUSTON (AP) â The Latest on the hospitalization of former President George H.W. Bush (all times local): 12:25 p.m. A spokesman for former President George H.W. Bush says Bush has been admitted to the intensive care unit at Houston’s Methodist Hospital to address a respiratory problem from pneumonia. Spokesman Jim McGrath says Bush’s wife, […]
MOSCOW (AP) â The Kremlin has not collected compromising information about U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman declared Wednesday, deriding the report as a “complete fabrication and utter nonsense.” “This is an evident attempt to harm our bilateral ties,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow. “The Kremlin does not engage in […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) â Dylann Roof said he wasn’t sure “what good it would do” to ask jurors for life in prison instead of execution, showing no remorse for killing nine black church members during a Bible study. In his final argument to jurors, Roof, a 22-year-old white man, said he felt like he had […]
Want to help? Get this photo out as far and wide as possible. Know where he is? Call @CrimelineFL and help OPD & @OrangeCoSheriff find him. pic.twitter.com/uPYMXmCRyf â Orlando Police (@OrlandoPolice) January 9, 2017 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) â A massive manhunt was underway Monday in the popular tourist destination of Orlando as authorities searched […]
WASHINGTON (AP) â Expecting a baby? Congratulations! Better put plenty of money in your savings account. The Department of Agriculture says the estimated cost of raising a child from birth through age 17 is $233,610, or as much as almost $14,000 annually. That’s the average for a middle-income couple with two children. It’s a bit […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) â The Iraq war veteran accused of fatally shooting five people and wounding six at a crowded Florida airport baggage claim is due for his first court appearance. Esteban Santiago is scheduled to be in Fort Lauderdale federal court Monday morning. The 26-year-old from Anchorage, Alaska, faces airport violence and firearms […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) â The Latest on the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale airport (all times local): 3 p.m. Officials say there have been unconfirmed reports of additional shots fired at the international airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after a gunman killed five people and wounded eight there. On Friday afternoon, the Broward […]
NEW YORK (AP) â New York City authorities say more than 100 people suffered minor injuries when a Long Island Rail Road train hit a bumping block at a Brooklyn station. Fire officials at the scene Wednesday said metal that appeared to be from a rail pierced the bottom of the train and the wheels […]
WASHINGTON (AP) â House Republicans abruptly reversed themselves Tuesday under pressure from President-elect Donald Trump and dropped plans to gut an independent congressional ethics board. The dizzying about-face came as lawmakers convened for the first day of the 115th Congress, an occasion normally reserved for pomp and ceremony under the Capitol Dome. Instead, House Republicans […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) â No, Los Angeles residents, it wasn’t your hangovers playing tricks on you. The Hollywood sign really did read “HOLLYWeeD” for a few hours on New Year’s Day. Police were investigating Sunday after a prankster used giant tarps to turn two of the iconic sign’s white Os into Es sometime overnight. The […]
