Massachusetts top court upholds teen texting suicide verdict
Massachusetts’ top court on Wednesday upheld a woman’s conviction for manslaughter for goading her teenage boyfriend into suicide with a series of text messages in 2014 in a case that drew national attention to cyber-bullying.
U.S. Army to buy some Iron Dome weapon systems for short-term use
The U.S. Army plans to buy a limited number of Iron Dome weapon systems while it weighs other options for more long-term needs, the military branch said in a statement on Wednesday.
A year after high school shooting, Florida town still struggling
(In this February 6 story corrects paragraph 13 to show the 5k run is in honor of Stoneman’s athletic director, not football coach)
Wisconsin man due in court on charges of kidnapping Jayme Closs and murdering her parents
The Wisconsin man charged with kidnapping a 13-year-old girl and murdering her parents, sparking a three-months-long search that ended only after Jayme Closs escaped captivity, is due in court on Wednesday.
Virginia lawmakers focus on budget as embattled governor hunkers down
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, facing nearly universal calls from fellow Democrats for his resignation over a racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook, stayed hunkered down in the state capital while lawmakers pressed ahead with efforts to pa…
Cheers, jeers on border as Trump pushes wall in State of Union
In San Diego, California, locals threw flip-flops at television images of U.S. President Donald Trump as he used his Tuesday State of the Union speech to demand a wall to defend a “dangerous southern border.”
Trump’s 2020 Democratic rivals pounce to criticize State of the Union speech
Democrats vying to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2020 election moved quickly to attack his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, saying it lacked substance and did nothing to unite the country.
Shutdown a Trump ‘stunt,’ says Democrat Abrams in reply to annual speech
Stacey Abrams, who nearly became both the first African-American and first woman governor of Georgia, landed a few jabs against President Donald Trump after his State of the Union address while calling for an economic boost for working and middle-class…
With eye on Afghanistan talks, Trump vows to stop ‘endless wars’
President Donald Trump told Americans on Tuesday his administration had accelerated talks for a political settlement in Afghanistan and would be able to reduce U.S. troops there as negotiations advance to end America’s longest war.
Trump asks U.S. Congress to prohibit late-term abortion
U.S. President Donald Trump called for curbs on late-term abortion in his State of the Union address on Tuesday, citing controversies over the issue in New York and Virginia.
