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Columbine High School Marks 20th Anniversary of Mass Shooting
20/04/2019
Columbine High School is holding a memorial Saturday at a nearby park to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the mass shooting at the school that left 13 people dead. The school, which is outside Denver, Colorado, has also organized a day of community service projects for current students on Saturday, the culmination of three …
Nuremberg Prosecutor: No Justice Without Accountability, US Role Crucial
20/04/2019
One of the lead U.S. prosecutors at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II, Benjamin B. Ferencz came to America from Transylvania as an infant in 1920. “I was a poor immigrant boy,” he said recently at an event hosted by the embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Washington. Ferencz won a scholarship …
Judge: Federal Land Coal Sales Need Review
20/04/2019
A federal judge Friday ruled that the Trump administration failed to consider potential damage to the environment from its decision to resume coal sales from U.S. lands, but the court stopped short of halting future sales. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in Montana said Interior Department officials had wrongly avoided an environmental review of their …
Judge: Federal Land Coal Sales Need Review
20/04/2019
A federal judge Friday ruled that the Trump administration failed to consider potential damage to the environment from its decision to resume coal sales from U.S. lands, but the court stopped short of halting future sales. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in Montana said Interior Department officials had wrongly avoided an environmental review of their …
California Parents Who Shackled Kids Get Life Terms
19/04/2019
A California couple who for years starved a dozen of their children and kept some shackled to beds were sentenced Friday to life in prison, ending a shocking case that revealed a house of horrors hidden behind a veneer of suburban normalcy. The conditions inside David and Louise Turpin’s home in suburban Los Angeles …
US Federal Space for Holding Migrant Families Mostly Unused
19/04/2019
President Donald Trump has warned that Central American families are staging an “invasion” at the U.S.-Mexico border. He has threatened to take migrants to Democratic strongholds to punish political opponents. And his administration regularly complains about having to “catch and release” migrants. At the same time, his administration has stopped using one of three family …
Release of Mueller Report Raises New Questions About Trump Obstruction
19/04/2019
After 22 months of investigation, the public and Congress Thursday got to see the report of special counsel Robert Mueller into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. The report found no evidence of a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, but Mueller and his team could not make a judgment on whether the president …
Release of Mueller Report Raises New Questions About Trump Obstruction
19/04/2019
After 22 months of investigation, the public and Congress Thursday got to see the report of special counsel Robert Mueller into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. The report found no evidence of a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, but Mueller and his team could not make a judgment on whether the president …
Three Climbers Presumed Dead in Banff Avalanche
19/04/2019
Three renowned mountain climbers are presumed dead after an avalanche in Alberta’s Banff National Park, Canadian officials said Thursday. Outdoor apparel company The North Face said that American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David Lama and Hansjorg Auer disappeared while attempting to climb the east face of Howse Peak on the Icefields Parkway. They were reported …
Three Climbers Presumed Dead in Banff Avalanche
19/04/2019
Three renowned mountain climbers are presumed dead after an avalanche in Alberta’s Banff National Park, Canadian officials said Thursday. Outdoor apparel company The North Face said that American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David Lama and Hansjorg Auer disappeared while attempting to climb the east face of Howse Peak on the Icefields Parkway. They were reported …
7 Black S. Carolina Lawmakers Endorse Sanders
19/04/2019
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Thursday announced endorsements from seven black lawmakers in the critical early voting state of South Carolina, a show of force in the first place where African American voters feature prominently in next year’s primary elections. Sanders’ 2020 campaign made the announcement just ahead of a Spartanburg town hall meeting with …
NYPD: Man With Gas Cans Arrested at St. Patrick’s Church
18/04/2019
Just days after flames ravaged the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, a New Jersey man was arrested Wednesday night after entering St. Patrick’s Cathedral carrying two cans of gasoline, lighter fluid and butane lighters, according to the New York Police Department. The unidentified 37-year-old man had pulled up in a minivan outside the landmark cathedral …
NYPD: Man With Gas Cans Arrested at St. Patrick’s Church
18/04/2019
Just days after flames ravaged the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, a New Jersey man was arrested Wednesday night after entering St. Patrick’s Cathedral carrying two cans of gasoline, lighter fluid and butane lighters, according to the New York Police Department. The unidentified 37-year-old man had pulled up in a minivan outside the landmark cathedral …
Large Democratic Presidential Field Readies for a Long Battle
18/04/2019
A large group of Democratic presidential contenders is off to an early and intensive start in 2019, and some experts are predicting that the race for the party’s nomination could be one of the longest and nastiest in years. Nearly 20 Democrats have jumped into the 2020 election battle so far, and many face the …
Large Democratic Presidential Field Readies for a Long Battle
18/04/2019
A large group of Democratic presidential contenders is off to an early and intensive start in 2019, and some experts are predicting that the race for the party’s nomination could be one of the longest and nastiest in years. Nearly 20 Democrats have jumped into the 2020 election battle so far, and many face the …
North Korea: Pompeo Not Welcome at Nuclear Negotiations
18/04/2019
Juhyun Lee contributed to this report. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korea is demanding that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo no longer take part in any further talks involving its nuclear weapons program. Kwon Jong Gun, a senior official in the North’s foreign ministry, says Pyongyang wants someone who is “more careful and mature …
North Korea: Pompeo Not Welcome at Nuclear Negotiations
18/04/2019
Juhyun Lee contributed to this report. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korea is demanding that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo no longer take part in any further talks involving its nuclear weapons program. Kwon Jong Gun, a senior official in the North’s foreign ministry, says Pyongyang wants someone who is “more careful and mature …
US Trade Deficit Hits 8-Month Low on Weak Chinese Imports
17/04/2019
The U.S. trade deficit fell to an eight-month low in February as imports from China plunged, temporarily providing a boost to President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda and economic growth in the first quarter. The surprise second straight monthly narrowing in the trade gap reported by the Commerce Department on Wednesday was also driven by …
Teen ‘Infatuated’ With Columbine Found Dead in Colorado
17/04/2019
A young Florida woman who traveled to Colorado and bought a shotgun for what authorities feared would be a Columbine-inspired attack just days ahead of the 20th anniversary was found dead Wednesday in an apparent suicide after a nearly 24-hour manhunt. Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Shrader said 18-year-old Sol Pais was discovered by the …
60 People Charged in Illegal Prescription Opioid Crackdown
17/04/2019
Federal authorities said Wednesday they have charged 60 people, including 31 doctors, for their roles in illegally prescribing and distributing millions of pills containing opioids and other dangerous drugs. U.S. Attorney Benjamin Glassman of Cincinnati described the action as the biggest known takedown yet of drug prescribers. Robert Duncan, U.S. attorney for eastern Kentucky, called …
What You Won’t See in the Mueller Report
17/04/2019
The special counsel’s Trump-Russia report will be out on Thursday for all to see. But not all of it. The Democrats’ demands for a full, unredacted version of Robert Mueller’s report are likely to prompt a political and legal battle that could last for months, if not much longer. The chairman of the …
What You Won’t See in the Mueller Report
17/04/2019
The special counsel’s Trump-Russia report will be out on Thursday for all to see. But not all of it. The Democrats’ demands for a full, unredacted version of Robert Mueller’s report are likely to prompt a political and legal battle that could last for months, if not much longer. The chairman of the …
Tribes Denounce North Dakota ID Law in Congressional Hearing
17/04/2019
Native American voters face poor access to polling sites, discrimination by poll workers and unfair identification requirements, tribal leaders told members of Congress who traveled Tuesday to a reservation in North Dakota where voting rights were a key issue in last year’s U.S. Senate race. A House elections subcommittee’s meeting at the Standing Rock reservation …
Tribes Denounce North Dakota ID Law in Congressional Hearing
17/04/2019
Native American voters face poor access to polling sites, discrimination by poll workers and unfair identification requirements, tribal leaders told members of Congress who traveled Tuesday to a reservation in North Dakota where voting rights were a key issue in last year’s U.S. Senate race. A House elections subcommittee’s meeting at the Standing Rock reservation …
Omar Raises $830,000 for Re-Election Despite Trump Backlash
17/04/2019
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, who’s engaged in an intensifying feud with President Donald Trump, has raised nearly $830,000 in the first quarter for her re-election campaign, according to campaign finance reports filed this week. The Minnesota Democrat — a Somali American and one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress — drew many …
Omar Raises $830,000 for Re-Election Despite Trump Backlash
17/04/2019
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, who’s engaged in an intensifying feud with President Donald Trump, has raised nearly $830,000 in the first quarter for her re-election campaign, according to campaign finance reports filed this week. The Minnesota Democrat — a Somali American and one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress — drew many …