Maximum Security owner denies impeding Kentucky Derby winner
The owner of disqualified Kentucky Derby winner Maximum Security on Sunday denied his horse had interfered with the declared winner and said it was unlikely the horse would run in the May 18 Preakness, the second leg of U.S. racing’s Triple Crown.
Trump says Special Counsel Mueller should not testify on Russia probe
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller should not testify in Congress about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, after saying on Friday it was up to the Justice Departmen…
Trump picks Morgan, backer of border wall, to head U.S. immigration agency
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he plans to appoint Mark Morgan, a border patrol chief under former President Barack Obama who supports Trump’s border wall, to head the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Student who confronted North Carolina gunman to be buried with military honors
The slain student hailed as a hero for tackling a gunman during last week’s shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) will be buried on Sunday with full military honors.
Trump says Morgan, backer of border wall, to head U.S. immigration agency
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he plans to appoint Mark Morgan, a border patrol chief under former President Barack Obama who supports Trump’s border wall, to head the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Trump slams Kentucky Derby result as ‘political correctness’ after disqualification
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday blasted the result of the Kentucky Derby horse race, saying the controversial disqualification of first-finisher Maximum Security could only happen in “these days of political correctness.”
U.S. doctors use medical records to fight measles outbreak
U.S. doctors are tapping into their electronic medical records to identify unvaccinated patients and potentially infected individuals to help contain the worst U.S. measles outbreak in 25 years.
Trump’s former lawyer heads to U.S. prison that offers matzo ball soup and full-time rabbi
With a menu that includes matzo ball soup and gefilte fish, as well as a full-time rabbi and a chance at the occasional visit home, the U.S. prison where Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer will spend the next three years is unique in the federal sys…
Body of worker recovered, two missing after Chicago-area plant blast
The body of a worker was recovered while two other employees remained missing on Saturday after an explosion at a silicone plant in a Chicago suburb, a fire official said.
Probe begins after Boeing 737 slides off runway into Florida river
Federal investigators on Saturday began searching for what caused a Boeing jetliner with 143 people on board to slide off a runway into a shallow river while landing at a Jacksonville, Florida, military base during a thunderstorm, injuring 22 people.
