Illinois hangs on to low investment-grade credit rating from Moody’s
Illinois avoided deterioration in one of its low investment-grade credit ratings on Tuesday when Moody’s Investors Service affirmed the state at Baa3 with a stable outlook, citing recent steps taken to shore up the state’s shaky finances.
Former sheriff’s deputy charged for response in Florida school shooting
A former Florida sheriff’s deputy was arrested on Tuesday on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from his failure to stop the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead, the county sheriff said.
Top lawmaker signals support to classify all illicit fentanyl copycats like heroin
A top U.S. Senator signaled some support on Tuesday for legislation permanently placing illicit chemical knock-offs of the extremely potent opioid fentanyl into the same legal class as heroin to boost prosecutions of traffickers and makers of the drugs…
House judiciary’s top Republican urges hearings into Russian election meddling
The top Republican on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday called for hearings into interference by Russia and others in the 2016 election and beyond, on the heels of a statement https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-text/u-s-spe…
South Carolina man found guilty of murdering his five children
A South Carolina man was found guilty on Tuesday of murdering his five children after he confessed to killing them at their mobile home in 2014 before driving their decomposing bodies through several states and dumping them in Alabama.
Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen ‘loving’ prison life, ‘hates’ the food: source
Michael Cohen, the convicted former personal lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, says he is making new friends in prison and enjoying time away from the spotlight, according to a person familiar with Cohen’s first few weeks there.
Top U.S. House judiciary panel Republican urges hearings into Russian election meddling
The top Republican on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday called for hearings into interference by Russia and others in the 2016 election and beyond, on the heels of a statement https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-text/u-s-spe…
Judge weighs fate of Missouri’s only abortion clinic after court hearing
A St. Louis judge said on Tuesday he will work quickly to decide whether Missouri’s only abortion clinic can remain open after a hearing on a lawsuit aimed at forcing state health officials to renew the facility’s license to perform the procedure.
After massacre, Virginia governor takes on Republican legislature over gun control
Virginia’s Democratic governor on Tuesday called for a special legislative session to consider new gun control laws following a massacre of 12 people, but a top Republican lawmaker immediately pushed back on a plan he called “hasty and suspect.”
Virginia governor seeks new gun controls after deadly office shooting
Virginia’s Democratic governor, Ralph Northam, called on Tuesday for the state’s Republican-controlled legislature to reconvene in a special session to consider new gun control laws following a massacre of 12 people last week.
