Archives: 2018

Paul Ryan breaks with Trump on tariffs

Last Updated May 31, 2018 6:39 PM EDT Speaker of the House Paul Ryan came out in opposition to President Trump’s decision to move ahead with tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union, Canada and Mexico, saying the move “targets America’s allies when we should be working with them to address the unfair trading practices of China.”…

Clinton opens up about impeachment on “Sunday Morning”

Former President Bill Clinton is seen in an interview with “CBS Sunday Morning.” CBS News Former President Bill Clinton knew his impeachment would not succeed, he tells Mo Rocca in an interview for “CBS Sunday Morning” to be broadcast Sunday, June 3 (9 a.m. ET) on the CBS Television Network. Mr. Clinton talks about the impeachment, President Donald Trump and…

Manhunt intensifies for suspect in deputy's death

DICKSON, Tenn. — A manhunt west of Nashville, Tennessee, intensified Thursday for a gunman suspected of killing a sheriff’s deputy. Sgt. Daniel Baker, a 10-year veteran and former Marine reserve, was killed Wednesday during a traffic stop. Investigators say their focus is on 32-year-old Steven Wiggins, who they say has a decade of violent crime behind him. Baker was gunned…

W. Va. dad accused of putting his children in dryer

MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. – A West Virginia man is in custody after putting his two children in a dryer, shutting the door and taking videos of them, authorities said Thursday. A criminal complaint in Marshall County Magistrate Court said 24-year-old Ryan James Barr of Moundsville was charged with child neglect creating risk of injury. Sheriff’s Deputy Travis Morando said deputies were…

Affidavit: Woman was in car when suspect shot Tenn. deputy

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A woman was in the car with the gunman when he fatally shot a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy, and she is now jailed on a murder charge in the death of sheriff’s Sgt. Daniel Baker, according to court documents. Authorities appealed for the public’s help Thursday in finding the suspected shooter, who is still at large. The deputy’s…

“Monster” catfish reeled in on $20 Walmart fishing rod

The record-breaking catfish weighed in at an enormous 68.12 pounds, smashing the existing record. Courtesy of Oceans East Bait and Tackle When Virginia resident Jeffrey Dill went fishing at a lake in Virginia Beach last weekend, he didn’t expect to smash a 24-year-old state record. Dill explained that he felt something pulling on the other end of his $20 Walmart…

Inside the Republican strategy to save Jeff Sessions

Days after President Trump deemed Attorney General Jeff Sessions “beleaguered” and threatened to fire him last July, members of the president’s inner circle made a desperate case to save the attorney general’s job, the Associated Press reports. The White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, and the president’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon, pleaded with Trump during a heated Oval Office…

DA: 2 bodies found in home of man who held woman captive

Stewart Weldon Hampton District Attorney’s Office SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Two bodies have been found at the home of a man charged with kidnapping, sexually assaulting and torturing a woman, a prosecutor said on Thursday. The bodies were found “in and around” the Springfield home after police responded to the house on Wednesday night, Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said. Stewart Weldon,…

Police investigate triple homicide at New Mexico home

Three bodies were found in a home in Dixon, N.M. KRQE DIXON, N.M. — Authorities in northern New Mexico are investigating a triple homicide at a residence in Dixon. The New Mexico State Police says three dead bodies were found Wednesday night inside the residence and that investigators report the deaths were homicides. A statement released by Lt. Elizabeth Armijo…

Official reveals new timeline for restoring power in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — It could take up to another two months to fully restore power in Puerto Rico as crews across the U.S. territory prepare to strengthen its electrical grid, the power company director told The Associated Press. Thursday’s development comes as a new hurricane season gets underway and follows a study showing that the death toll in the aftermath…

Atty: $4 verdict meant to “punish” family in police shooting

Gregory Hill, Jr., with his fiancee, and their two daughters John Phillips FORT PIERCE, Fla. – The attorney who represented the family of a man fatally shot by police in his own garage in 2014 calls the $4 verdict in their civil case “punitive.” “Some jurors were determined to punish the family for being in court,” said John Phillips, who…

Trump floats commutations for Rod Blagojevich, Martha Stewart

Last Updated May 31, 2018 12:52 PM EDT Shortly after announcing he will pardon conservative pundit Dinesh D’Souza, President Trump said he is considering two other commutations — one for TV personality Martha Stewart, and one for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Mr. Trump made the announcement on Air Force One, on his way to Texas to visit with families…