FBI report looms as senators slam Trump for mocking Kavanaugh accuser
With the FBI poised to report as soon as Wednesday night on sexual misconduct allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s mocking remarks about one of Kavanaugh’s accusers raised concerns among three Republi…
At least five police officers shot in South Carolina: local media
At least five police officers were shot in Florence, South Carolina, on Wednesday, television station ABC15 News reported, citing the local sheriff’s office.
Utah man arrested over envelopes mailed to U.S. officials: source
A Utah man was taken into custody on Wednesday as a suspect in the investigation of letters sent to Pentagon officials and President Donald Trump that were initially feared to contain the poison ricin, a law enforcement source said.
Houston officials block brothel from featuring sex dolls
The Houston City Council on Wednesday prevented what was billed as the first brothel in the United States equipped with sex dolls from opening in the Texas city, altering a local ordinance to block the business and any others like it.
Police called to Turkish cleric’s U.S. compound for suspected intruder
Police were called on Wednesday to the Pennsylvania compound of Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused by Turkey of instigating a failed 2016 coup, after a guard saw a suspected armed intruder and fired a warning shot, a Gulen spokesman …
Man arrested in Utah over ricin mailed to Pentagon, Trump: report
A man was taken into custody in Logan, Utah on Wednesday as part of an investigation into envelopes filled with ricin, a poison, mailed to Pentagon officials and President Donald Trump, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
Presidential test alert sets American phones buzzing
Millions of U.S. cell phones buzzed and beeped on Wednesday during the first test of a presidential alert system that would warn the public of a national emergency, such as an imminent attack.
Philadelphia drive-by shooting leaves five wounded, one critically
A gunman opened fire from a moving vehicle outside a Philadelphia shopping center on Wednesday, wounding five young men, one of them critically, police said.
U.S. traffic deaths fall 3.1 percent in first half of 2018
U.S. traffic deaths fell 3.1 percent in the first six months of 2018, according to preliminary figures released on Wednesday.
Trump administration asks top U.S. court to intervene in census suit
The Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a lower court order for Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to be questioned by lawyers for a group of states challenging a decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to ask …
