Four police shot in Houston, two suspects dead
Four Houston police officers were shot on Monday as they attempted to serve a warrant in a narcotics investigation and two suspects were shot dead, the city’s police chief said.
Five police officers shot in Houston
Five Houston police officers were shot on Monday as they attempted to serve a warrant, according to officials and local media.
Weekend from hell: Woman rescued after stuck in NY City elevator
An employee of a New York billionaire’s family spent the weekend stuck in the elevator of the family’s Manhattan townhouse before she was rescued on Monday, officials said.
Illinois governor issues warning ahead of dangerous polar vortex
The governor of Illinois on Monday issued an emergency preparedness plan ahead of a “historic” polar vortex of cold air and wind descending on much of the U.S., warning residents that temperatures were likely to plunge well below zero.
‘El Chapo’ says he will not testify in his own defense
Accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman said in court on Monday that he will not testify in his own defense at his U.S. trial.
New Jersey officials call on Trump to replace critical rail tunnel
New Jersey’s top state and federal officials, including Governor Phil Murphy and U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez, toured the deteriorating century-old rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River on Monday in an effort to convince the Trump administ…
Family members of unarmed black man shot by police sue city of Sacramento
Family members of an unarmed young black man slain by two Sacramento policemen last year sued the officers and the city on Monday for wrongful death, claiming racial profiling and use of excessive force.
U.S. attorney general pick says he has discussed Mueller probe with Pence
President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, William Barr, told U.S. lawmakers in comments released on Monday that while he has never spoken about the substance of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation with Trump, he has discu…
U.S. fourth-quarter GDP, December income spending reports delayed
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) said on Monday it was delaying the release of advance fourth-quarter gross domestic product and December personal income reports scheduled for this week because of the just-ended five-wee…
U.S. GDP report likely released next week: White House’s Kudlow
The government report on U.S. gross domestic product, a major measure of the country’s economic health, will be released next week, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters on Monday, as federal agencies work to return to normal after a…
