Trump says Republicans should have pushed through Kavanaugh sooner
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said U.S. Senate Republicans should have pushed his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, through the confirmation process sooner but that they have been very respectful of the woman who has accused the judge of se…
Kavanaugh’s accuser offers statements to back accusation: documents
A woman who has accused President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, of sexual assault will present senators with sworn statements from four people to corroborate her allegations, her lawyers said on Wednesday.
Dwarf goats make the party scene in Los Angeles
Spanky and Pippin are literally party animals in the Los Angeles nightlife scene.
Democrats have leads in Rust Belt states that Trump won: Reuters poll
An Indiana U.S. Senator seen as one of the chamber’s most vulnerable Democrats has a slight edge while four of his Rust Belt Democratic colleagues have solid leads in states President Donald Trump won in 2016, a Reuters poll found.
Texas set to execute two convicted murderers this week
Texas plans to conduct two executions this week, starting on Wednesday when it is set to put to death a man convicted of drowning a woman in a bathtub 20 years ago and dumping her cement-encased body in a remote area.
Florence-triggered flooding washes into South Carolina
Thousands of people in the Georgetown, South Carolina area were urged to leave as rivers inundated by Hurricane Florence rainwater threatened on Wednesday to submerge neighborhoods under 10 feet of water.
U.S. apartment vacancy rate edges higher in third quarter: Reis
The U.S. apartment vacancy rate inched up in the third quarter, real estate research firm Reis Inc said in a report on Tuesday.
U.S. Senate hopefuls in Tennessee spar on partisanship, avoid Trump
A popular former Tennessee Democratic governor positioned himself as a centrist in a race that will help determine control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, while his Republican rival strove to paint him as a mere follower of Washington Democrats.
Suspect arrested in bludgeoning of seven California men, 3 of them fatal
A man who fled to California from Texas after being questioned in the disappearance of two Houston relatives was arrested on suspicion of bludgeoning seven men, three fatally, in a string of Los Angeles-area attacks on mostly homeless victims, police s…
Trump calls allegations against Kavanaugh a ‘con game’
President Donald Trump, fighting to shore up his nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court in a divided Senate, on Tuesday called sexual misconduct allegations against the judge “a con game being played by the Democrats.”
