If Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were like any other school, you wouldn’t think much of the freshly-painted burgundy hallways or the newly-installed 20-foot tall fences around the freshman building.… Read more
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Vermont Nominates 1st US Transgender Candidate For Governor
A former Vermont utility executive on Tuesday became the first transgender candidate from a major political party to be nominated for governor, and she’ll face the Republican incumbent, who survived a bitter backlash from his base over gun restrictions he supported.… Read more
Penn Jillette Claims Trump Said ‘Racially Insensitive’ Comments During ‘Celebrity Apprentice’
Magician Penn Jillette, one half of the duo Penn &Teller, claims he heard President Donald Trump say “racially insensitive” remarks during his time appearing on the reality competition show, “The Celebrity Apprentice.”… Read more
Manafort Jury To Hear Closing Arguments In His Fraud Trial
Closing arguments were expected Wednesday in the trial of Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman accused of tax evasion and bank fraud.… Read more
Ex-Virginia Tech Student Pleads Guilty to Hiding Teen’s Body
A former Virginia Tech student has pleaded guilty to concealing the body of a slain 13-year-old girl, but still faces trial on a more serious charge of being an accessory to the teen’s killing.… Read more
GOP Senator Calls Trump’s Attack Against Omarosa ‘Unbecoming’
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona condemned President Donald Trump’s attacks against former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman as “unbecoming.”… Read more
Manafort Chooses Not To Testify As Defense Rests Its Case
Paul Manafort’s defense rested its case Tuesday without calling any witnesses in the former Trump campaign chairman’s tax evasion and bank fraud trial. Manafort himself chose not to testify.… Read more
Jordanian Immigrant Gets Death For Houston ‘Honor Killings’
A Jordanian immigrant was sentenced to death on Tuesday after being convicted in what prosecutors described as the honor killings of his daughter’s American husband and an Iranian women’s rights activist in Texas.… Read more
New Jersey Takes In $40.6 Million In Sports Bets In July
Sports betting is off and running in New Jersey, with three casinos and two racetracks taking in $40.6 million in wagers in July, the first full month it was legal.… Read more
Nebraska Executes Inmate Using Powerful Opioid Fentanyl
Nebraska carried out its first execution in more than two decades on Tuesday with a drug combination never tried before, including the first use of the powerful opioid fentanyl in a lethal injection.… Read more
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It’s Back to School in Parkland — But Hardly Back to Normal
If Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were like any other school, you wouldn’t think much of the freshly-painted burgundy hallways or the newly-installed 20-foot tall fences around the freshman building.… Continue Reading
Vermont Nominates 1st US Transgender Candidate For Governor
A former Vermont utility executive on Tuesday became the first transgender candidate from a major political party to be nominated for governor, and she’ll face the Republican incumbent, who survived a bitter backlash from his base over gun restrictions he supported.… Continue Reading
Penn Jillette Claims Trump Said ‘Racially Insensitive’ Comments During ‘Celebrity Apprentice’
Magician Penn Jillette, one half of the duo Penn &Teller, claims he heard President Donald Trump say “racially insensitive” remarks during his time appearing on the reality competition show, “The Celebrity Apprentice.”… Continue Reading
Manafort Jury To Hear Closing Arguments In His Fraud Trial
Closing arguments were expected Wednesday in the trial of Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman accused of tax evasion and bank fraud.… Continue Reading
Ex-Virginia Tech Student Pleads Guilty to Hiding Teen’s Body
A former Virginia Tech student has pleaded guilty to concealing the body of a slain 13-year-old girl, but still faces trial on a more serious charge of being an accessory to the teen’s killing.… Continue Reading
GOP Senator Calls Trump’s Attack Against Omarosa ‘Unbecoming’
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona condemned President Donald Trump’s attacks against former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman as “unbecoming.”… Continue Reading
Manafort Chooses Not To Testify As Defense Rests Its Case
Paul Manafort’s defense rested its case Tuesday without calling any witnesses in the former Trump campaign chairman’s tax evasion and bank fraud trial. Manafort himself chose not to testify.… Continue Reading
Jordanian Immigrant Gets Death For Houston ‘Honor Killings’
A Jordanian immigrant was sentenced to death on Tuesday after being convicted in what prosecutors described as the honor killings of his daughter’s American husband and an Iranian women’s rights activist in Texas.… Continue Reading
New Jersey Takes In $40.6 Million In Sports Bets In July
Sports betting is off and running in New Jersey, with three casinos and two racetracks taking in $40.6 million in wagers in July, the first full month it was legal.… Continue Reading
Nebraska Executes Inmate Using Powerful Opioid Fentanyl
Nebraska carried out its first execution in more than two decades on Tuesday with a drug combination never tried before, including the first use of the powerful opioid fentanyl in a lethal injection.… Continue Reading