One injured in shooting before a funeral at New Hampshire church
At least one person was injured in a shooting at a church in Pelham, New Hampshire, on Saturday, where a funeral had been scheduled for a minister killed in a separate shooting earlier this month. Police have taken the shooter into custody, local media…
Trump defends Giuliani in tweet after report of federal probe
U.S. President Donald Trump defended his attorney Rudy Giuliani on Saturday as a “legendary crime buster” and “wonderful lawyer” after a media report that prosecutors are investigating whether the former New York mayor broke lobbying laws in his dealin…
Four killed in shooting at illegal gambling club in Brooklyn: police
Four men were killed and three people wounded early on Saturday in a shooting at an unlicensed gambling club in New York City, police said.
One man dies as wind-driven Los Angeles wildfire forces 100,000 to flee
A fierce, wind-driven wildfire swept through foothills and canyons along the northern edge of Los Angeles on Friday, engulfing homes, closing roads and devouring acres of dry brush and chaparral as 100,000 residents were forced to flee.
Trump says acting Homeland Security Secretary McAleenan is stepping down
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan was stepping down and a new acting chief of the agency would be named next week.
Abandoning diplomat’s discretion, ex-Ukraine ambassador takes Trump to task
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine abandoned diplomatic discretion and accused the Trump administration of recalling her based on false claims and of eviscerating the State Department, an act that may end her career but drew praise for her courage.
Judge blocks Trump immigration rule, calls it ‘repugnant to American Dream’
A U.S. federal judge in New York on Friday temporarily blocked a Trump administration rule that would deny residency to aspiring immigrants deemed likely to require government assistance, calling it “repugnant to the American Dream.”
California’s new normal: evacuating wildfires yet again
It’s part of California’s new normal – year-round fire seasons, planned electricity blackouts and, for retired couple Bhagvei and Paresh Badreshia, sudden evacuations in the middle of the night. Again.
Talks over whistleblower’s Trump impeachment testimony hung up: sources
Talks over whether the whistleblower who sparked an impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump will testify to Congressional committees are hung up on the question of whether the person can submit written testimony, two sources familiar with …
Top aide to U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo resigns
A senior adviser to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has resigned, with the State Department mired in a controversy over the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine that has prompted an impeachment inquiry targeting the president.
