Boy hurled off Minnesota mall balcony now ‘alert and conscious’
The 5-year-old boy thrown off a third-floor balcony at Minnesota’s Mall of America by a stranger is no longer in critical condition, said his family, who hopes he will be home by June.
Winter tries a comeback in U.S. Midwest with up to a foot of snow
The phenomenon known as thundersnow announced the arrival of a storm expected to dump more than a half-foot of snow on the U.S. Midwest on Saturday, more than a month into spring.
U.S. warrant issued for accused ringleader of North Korean embassy raid in Madrid
U.S. authorities are focused on Southern California in their manhunt for a one-time human rights activist accused of leading a violent takeover of North Korea’s embassy in Spain, according to a federal arrest warrant unsealed on Friday.
Pentagon to send more troops to Mexico border, some in contact with migrants
The Pentagon said on Friday that it expected to send about 300 additional troops to the border with Mexico including roughly 100 cooks who would hand out meals, breaking with past policy to avoid troops coming in contact with migrants.
New York Archdiocese lists 120 former clergy accused of abuse
The New York Archdiocese, one of the largest in the United States, on Friday identified 120 former Roman Catholic bishops, priests and deacons who were accused of sexually abusing children.
Russian agent Butina begs U.S. judge for mercy, gets 18 months in prison
Admitted Russian agent Maria Butina was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Friday after the Siberia native, her voice breaking with emotion, begged a judge for mercy and expressed remorse for conspiring with a Russian official to infiltrate a gun righ…
Trucker arrested in fiery Colorado pileup that killed four
Police in Colorado have arrested a Texas truck driver on suspicion of vehicular homicide on Friday after they said he triggered a fiery multi-vehicle crash that killed at least four motorists on a busy interstate highway near Denver.
Not so fast: Trump’s Alaska drilling study slammed by U.S. wildlife regulator
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Remorseful Russian agent Butina sentenced to 18 months in U.S. prison
A federal judge on Friday sentenced admitted Russian agent Maria Butina to 18 months in prison after the Siberia native begged for mercy and expressed remorse for conspiring with a Russian official to infiltrate a gun rights group and influence U.S. co…
Trump tells Americans: Go get your measles vaccination
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday urged Americans to protect themselves with the measles vaccination as the number of cases of the once-eradicated disease in the United States hit the highest levels since 2000.
