Murder trial begins in Colorado missing woman’s case
Jury selection started on Monday in the murder trial of a Colorado man accused of beating to death his fiancée with a baseball bat and burning the young mother’s body, which has never been found.
Getty fire threatens posh L.A. homes as blaze in California wine country rages on
Wind-whipped flames chased thousands of residents from wealthy Los Angeles neighborhoods and threatened the city’s famed Getty Center museum on Monday, the latest outbreak in a wildfire season that has triggered mass evacuations and power outages acros…
Former Boston College student charged in boyfriend’s suicide
A grand jury in Massachusetts has indicted a former Boston College student in the suicide of her boyfriend, whom prosecutors said she verbally, physically and psychologically abused right up to his death.
U.S. regulator to bar China’s Huawei and ZTE from government subsidy program
The U.S. telecommunications regulator plans to vote in November to designate China’s Huawei and ZTE as national security risks, barring their U.S. rural carrier customers from tapping an $8.5 billion government fund to purchase equipment or services.
Missouri, Planned Parenthood debate ‘safety concerns’ at abortion clinic hearing
The fate of Missouri’s only abortion clinic was at stake on Monday, as a state arbiter heard arguments from Planned Parenthood and state officials who have threatened to close it and make Missouri the sole U.S. state without legal abortion services.
Trump rips Chicago as more dangerous than Afghanistan
U.S. President Donald Trump came not to praise Chicago but to condemn it – and did he ever.
U.S. House to debate bill on next steps in Trump impeachment probe
The U.S. House of Representatives this week will debate legislation establishing procedures for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday.
Trump administration eases risks for banks on false lending claims
The Trump administration said on Monday it would try to entice banks to offer more mortgages to low-income borrowers by reducing reliance on a Civil War-era law the Obama administration used in the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis to build bad-lend…
Celebrities flee fire threatening wealthy Los Angeles neighborhoods
A fast-moving, middle-of-the-night wildfire disrupted some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Los Angeles as flames threatened mega-mansions and forced celebrities out of their homes early on Monday.
Maryland newspaper mass shooting suspect pleads guilty to 5 deaths: Washington Post
The man charged in a 2018 mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland that killed five people admitted his guilt, the Washington Post reported on Monday. Jarrod Ramos, 39, entered his guilty plea in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, the…
