A man poses with a sign at a a recent bail reform vote in New Orleans. ACLU "We have friends in the legislature who understand and appreciate our important role in the criminal justice system BUT we have to insure…
President Donald Trump — via the Republican National Committee — on Wednesday released the winners of the his much-hyped "Fake News Awards." Long advertised by the president as a celebration of — as he called it — “the most corrupt…
Honorees Glenn Frey and his wife Cindy arrive at the 10th Annual Lupus LA Orange Ball in Beverly Hills, California on May 6, 2010. Chris Pizzello / AP file "As a result of the foregoing acts of negligence, Glenn Frey…
Louise Anna Turpin and David Allen Turpin. Riverside County Sheriff's Deparment "The Turpins failed to contact the City of Perris regarding the operation of the school and never sought a business license from the City," the spokesman said, adding that…
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis at a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on on Jan. 9. Michael Reynolds / EPA Mattis also expressed confidence that authorities in Hawaii would fix their warning system after the ensuing distress over the…
Rebecca Pauline Gary “It was strange because it was a spur of the moment,” Jamie told Dateline about her mom sending her away for the holidays. “It was just weird. I wanted her to come with me, and she wouldn’t.”…
President Donald Trump, in Tokyo in Sunday, addresses a fatal mass shooting at a church in Texas. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters News broke Sunday morning that a gunman had opened fire inside First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, killing…
He arrived at church ready for war, wearing black tactical gear and a ballistics vest and toting what authorities described as an "assault-type rifle." Then Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, allegedly opened fire on a small Texas church on Sunday morning,…
Hours following the deadly Texas church shooting, Governor Greg Abbott and other officials briefed the press on what they knew. Abbott offered condolences to the victims' families, while authorities issued a rough timeline of the attack.
Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and U.S. Undersecretary of State Thomas Shannon in Washington on June 5. Shawn Thew / EPA file The White House said in a statement that its panel in Bonn will…
Democratic lawmakers are renewing their calls for gun control, following the largest mass shooting in Texas history, as Republicans, including President Donald Trump and local lawmakers, insisted firearms are not the problem. The renewed guns debate came after 26 people…
The mass shooting as Jason Aldean performed at a country music festival in Las Vegas is now the deadliest such incident in modern American history. It eclipsed the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando as the worst event of its…
In this Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017 file photo, Kentucky Speaker of the House Jeff Hoover speaks at the 137th annual Fancy Farm picnic in Graves County, Ky. Kat Russell / AP Thomas Clay, a Louisville attorney who represents the victim,…
When gunfire erupted in a small-town Texas church on Sunday, two good Samaritans stepped in to end the shooter's spree. Johnnie Lagendorff, a Texan with a longhorn bull neck tattoo that tucks in just behind his ears, was one of…
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — About half of the victims killed in the worst mass shooting inside a house of worship in American history were children, a Texas sheriff said Monday. About two dozen people were shot dead during the Sunday…
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The former Vermont auditor of accounts and state senator credited as the first openly gay lawmaker in the country elected to statewide office has died. Ed Flanagan died Friday at a nursing home in New Hampshire. He…
Wilbur Ross testifies before a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be commerce secretary at Capitol Hill on January 18, 2017 in Washington. Carlos Barria / Reuters file Ross’s apparent ethical probity won praise,…
While visiting Hannover, Germany, President Barack Obama announced additional special operations forces will be sent to Syria in the coming weeks.
World leaders acknowledge that the threat of ISIS is real and the terrorist group does not look like it will back down