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A candlelight vigil was held last year for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Seventeen students died in one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption toggle caption Wilfredo Lee/AP A candlelight vigil was held last year for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Seventeen students died in one…

CLOSE Norwegian authorities are investigating why the Viking Sky cruise ship sailed despite a weather warning, leading to engine failure, a mayday call and air evacuations. USA TODAY It was supposed to be a cruise vacation of their dreams, a trip to see the magical Northern Lights off Norway. Instead, it sailed into a cruise nightmare. Dead engines. Stranded in frigid, rough seas, beset by a howling storm. In peril of…

Mourners gather for the funeral service of Trinity Love Jones, the 9-year-old whose body was found this month stuffed in a duffel bag along an equestrian trail, at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Hacienda Heights, Calif., Monday, March 25, 2019. The Hacienda Heights community where her body was found had embraced the child in death during the days she remained unidentified. A park worker found Trinity on March 5….

Video The Mueller report findings A summary of the Mueller report findings, according to Attorney General William Barr’s letter to top lawmakers. There was never any evidence that Donald Trump “colluded” with Russia to steal the 2016 presidential election from Hillary Clinton. It was all a hoax. It constituted what is surely the dirtiest political trick in modern American history. The hoax was based largely on an anti-Trump “dossier” conjured from the…

Video The Mueller report findings A summary of the Mueller report findings, according to Attorney General William Barr’s letter to top lawmakers. There was never any evidence that Donald Trump “colluded” with Russia to steal the 2016 presidential election from Hillary Clinton. It was all a hoax. It constituted what is surely the dirtiest political trick in modern American history. The hoax was based largely on an anti-Trump “dossier” conjured from the…

Video The Mueller report findings A summary of the Mueller report findings, according to Attorney General William Barr’s letter to top lawmakers. There was never any evidence that Donald Trump “colluded” with Russia to steal the 2016 presidential election from Hillary Clinton. It was all a hoax. It constituted what is surely the dirtiest political trick in modern American history. The hoax was based largely on an anti-Trump “dossier” conjured from the…

Say what you will about Donald Trump, but the rise of the reality TV presidency has marked the death knell for some of the nation’s most notorious media hacks and grifters. Today, U.S. attorneys indicted not only Trump-era villain and creepy porn lawyer Michael Avenatti, but also celebrity attorney Mark Geragos as a co-conspirator. The nation’s two most famous legal frauds now face charges related to an extortion scheme. Avenatti’s…

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told reporters on Monday that he urged the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to turn over to the FBI a dossier by a former British spy detailing potential connections between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government. Graham was referring to the document written by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele. “There were some McCain people who took a piece of garbage and tried to…

Media captionNetanyahu praises Trump for recognising Israel control of Golan President Donald Trump has officially recognised Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967, in a move hailed as “historic” by Israel’s prime minister. Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces an election next month, was by Mr Trump’s side as he signed the proclamation. Syria said Mr Trump’s decision was “a blatant attack on its sovereignty”. Israel annexed…

Jeremy Richman, 49, was found unresponsive at approximately 7 a.m. at Edmond Town Hall, a historic building in Newtown, Conn., where he had an office for a foundation dedicated to his murdered 6-year-old daughter, Avielle, police said.

Video <br> ‘Today’ show co-host Savannah Guthrie asked White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders if President Trump owes Robert Mueller an apology after Attorney General William Barr released the After two years, $25.2 million, almost 3,000 subpoenas and approximately 500 witnesses interviewed, does President Trump owe Robert Mueller an apology? That’s the question NBC host Savannah Guthrie asked White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Monday in the wake of…

Video <br> ‘Today’ show co-host Savannah Guthrie asked White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders if President Trump owes Robert Mueller an apology after Attorney General William Barr released the After two years, $25.2 million, almost 3,000 subpoenas and approximately 500 witnesses interviewed, does President Trump owe Robert Mueller an apology? That’s the question NBC host Savannah Guthrie asked White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Monday in the wake of…

Video <br> ‘Today’ show co-host Savannah Guthrie asked White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders if President Trump owes Robert Mueller an apology after Attorney General William Barr released the After two years, $25.2 million, almost 3,000 subpoenas and approximately 500 witnesses interviewed, does President Trump owe Robert Mueller an apology? That’s the question NBC host Savannah Guthrie asked White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Monday in the wake of…

CHICAGO — Two people have been charged in the shooting death of an off-duty Chicago police officer. Menelik Jackson, 24, is charged with one felony count of first degree murder, three felony counts of attempt – first degree murder and resisting police after attempting to flee during arrest. Jovan Battle, 32, is charged with one felony count of first degree murder and three felony counts of attempt – first degree…

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Airlines Airlines are preparing for more flight cancellations as Boeing readies a software fix for its best-selling 737 Max planes following two fatal crashes of the aircraft that prompted regulators around the world to ground the plane. Pilots from U.S. carriers on Saturday tested Boeing’s software changes to the automatic anti-stall system in Renton, Washington, where Boeing assembles the 737 Max planes. Representatives from Southwest…

UPDATE (Monday, March 24, 11:10 am): This story has been updated to include the name of the victim as announced by Newtown Police Department. * * * * * Town police are investigating an untimely death — an apparent suicide — discovered on the stage at approximately 7 am Monday, March 24, in the main auditorium at Edmond Town Hall at 45 Main Street. Newtown Police a few hours later…

A second student who survived the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, last year has died in what appears to be a suicide, police said. It is the second time in one week that a survivor of the shooting at died by suicide.  Coral Springs Police spokesman Tyler Reik told CBS News the student died in an “apparent suicide” Saturday night. Reik said the student is a juvenile and no further information…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Israeli officials say the house in Mishmeret caught fire after being hit by the rocket Seven people have been injured after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a house in central Israel, police say. The rocket came down at 05:25 local time (03:25 GMT) in Mishmeret, 20km (12 miles) north of the city of Tel Aviv. This is the furthest a Palestinian…

Video Sen. Lindsey Graham demands answers from the Justice Department Sen.  Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., posted an ominous reply to ex-FBI-Director James Comey on Twitter Sunday after Comey seemed to sum up the summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation by posting a picture of a man who appeared lost in the woods. The photo posted by Comey was of a man surrounded by tall trees, and the caption was simply: “So many questions.”…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption More than 50 million people were eligible to vote in Sunday’s poll There is confusion in Thailand over the outcome of the first election in the country since the army took power in a coup in 2014. The Election Commission (EC) initially said the pro-military party, the Palang Pracha Rath Party, was leading the popular vote. That would position it to form a government…