Sheriff’s deputy charged with neglect in Florida school shooting has strong defense -legal experts
A sheriff’s deputy charged with failing to protect students during a mass shooting in a Parkland, Florida high school has a simple defense, some legal experts said – he did not have a duty to save the victims.
Still no briefing for Senate intel panel on Mueller report: sources
The only committee of the U.S. Congress running a genuinely bipartisan probe of Russian meddling in U.S. politics has still had no word from the Trump administration on briefing the panel about the Mueller report’s counterintelligence findings, congres…
Ex-manager for comic book legend Stan Lee pleads not guilty to elder abuse
A former manager for Stan Lee pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of elder abuse against the superhero creator in the last few months of his life.
House Democrat says support lacking for Trump impeachment inquiry
A top U.S. House Democratic committee chairman on Wednesday appeared to rule out any imminent impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, but vowed quick court action to obtain the full, unredacted Mueller report on Russian election interference.
New Mexico blast involving fireworks injures several firefighters
Several firefighters were injured on Wednesday, two seriously, in an explosion at a building in Roswell, New Mexico, where fireworks were being stored for the city’s annual July Fourth celebrations, police and city officials said.
Trump administration will have to defend claim of deceit over census question
Plaintiffs suing the Trump administration over the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census have until July 12 to file briefs explaining why they believe the government should be sanctioned for allegedly concealing evidence, a federal jud…
Family arrests at U.S.-Mexico border reach highest monthly level in over decade amid tariff threat
U.S. border officers apprehended more than 132,000 people crossing from Mexico in May, an increase over the previous month and the highest monthly level since 2006, reaching what U.S. officials said on Wednesday were “crisis” levels.
U.S. records 1,000th case of measles, officials blame misinformation for outbreak
The United States has recorded 1,001 measles cases so far this year in the worst outbreak of the highly contagious disease in more than a quarter-century, federal health officials said on Wednesday as they issued a new plea for parents to vaccinate the…
New Mexico blast at building housing fireworks hurts two firefighters
Two firefighters were injured on Wednesday in an explosion at a building that houses fireworks near a regional airport south of Roswell, New Mexico, police and city officials said.
New Mexico state police report explosion with injuries south of Roswell
Police were on the scene of an explosion with “numerous injuries” on Wednesday south of Roswell, New Mexico, state police said on Twitter
