Man confesses to killing his three children in Texas: police
A 27-year-old man confessed to killing his three children and wounding his wife in suburban Houston in a 911 call he made late Thursday, then later surrendered, police said.
Two toddlers and infant dead, woman wounded in Texas shooting
Police found two toddlers and an infant shot dead and a woman wounded with a gunshot to her head, at an apartment in a suburb of Houston, Texas, late on Thursday, officials said.
Seven killed in fiery crash on Florida interstate: fire officials
Seven people were killed and at least seven injured in a fiery crash on an interstate highway in northern Florida on Thursday, fire officials said.
Manson family follower recommended for parole: media
A California parole board recommended Thursday that an acolyte of cult leader and mass murderer Charles Manson be set free, media reports said.
On first day in power, House Democrats challenge Trump to end shutdown
Democrats wasted no time flexing their new power in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday by approving legislation backed by new Speaker Nancy Pelosi that would end a 13-day partial government shutdown, ignoring President Donald Trump’s demand …
House passes bills that would end government shutdown, without wall funds
The U.S. House of Representatives, where Democrats now hold a majority, approved legislation on Thursday to end a partial government shutdown that began nearly two weeks ago at several federal agencies and fund the Department of Homeland Security throu…
Six killed in fiery crash on Florida interstate: fire officials
Six people were killed and at least eight people injured in a fiery crash on an interstate highway in northern Florida on Thursday, fire officials said.
Salvadoran mother facing deportation finds sanctuary in Maryland church
A tearful Rosa Ines Gutierrez Lopez recalled the moment when she had to break the news to her three young children, one of whom has Down’s Syndrome, that authorities were deporting her to El Salvador after living in the United States for more than a de…
House Speaker Pelosi invites Trump to deliver State of Union address on January 29
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday sent a letter to President Donald Trump inviting him to deliver the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Jan. 29.
U.S. activists helped migrants in Mexico during border clash
(This January 3 story is refiled to correct reference activists in paragraphs four and 20, making clear some from outside the Border Support Network.)
