After Texas massacre, Trump’s planned visit to border city stirs emotion
President Donald Trump’s expected visit to the Texas border city of El Paso days after a gun massacre that left 22 dead drew mixed reactions on Tuesday from residents of this heavily Hispanic liberal enclave.
New York state regulator leads probe into payroll advance industry
The payroll advance industry is under investigation by New York’s financial regulator and other states over whether its companies are charging usurious interest rates and engaging in potential violations of payday lending laws, the regulator said on Tu…
Biden leads Democrats as minorities favor most electable candidate vs Trump
Joe Biden maintained his lead for the Democratic presidential nomination as minorities gravitated toward the former vice president and his top rival, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, in search of the safest bets for beating President Donald Trum…
Nobel-winning author Toni Morrison dead at 88
U.S. author Toni Morrison, whose 1987 novel “Beloved” about a runaway slave won a Pulitzer Prize and contributed to a body of work that made her the first black woman to be presented the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died at the age of 88, her publish…
U.S. judge expresses support for novel opioid settlement talks framework
A federal judge on Tuesday expressed support for a novel plan by lawyers representing cities and counties suing drug companies over the U.S. opioid epidemic that would bring every community nationally into their settlement talks despite objections from…
Court revives Sarah Palin defamation case vs NY Times over editorial on shootings
A federal appeals court revived former U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, over an editorial that she said maliciously linked her to the 2011 mass shooting that seriously wounded Representative …
Urged to ‘do something,’ Ohio governor backs ‘red flag’ law
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Tuesday proposed a “red flag” law that would take guns away from people who may harm themselves or others, responding to pressure for him to “do something” after a mass shooting in Dayton that killed nine people.
Sarah Palin can pursue defamation case against NY Times: U.S. appeals court
A federal appeals court revived former U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, over an editorial that she said maliciously linked her to the 2011 mass shooting that seriously wounded Representative …
Trump plans to visit El Paso as the Hispanic border city mourns
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected on Wednesday to visit El Paso, a heavily Hispanic Texas border city reeling after a shooting rampage in a crowded Walmart left 22 people dead in an attack that appeared to have been racially motivated.
Sarah Palin can pursue defamation case against NY Times: U.S. court ruling
A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a defamation lawsuit brought by former U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin against the New York Times, over an editorial that she said improperly linked her to the 2011 mass shooting that seriously wo…
