States, cities sue U.S. to block 2020 Census citizenship question
April 6th, 20180 NEW YORK — A group of states and cities sued the Trump administration to stop it from asking people filling out 2020 census forms whether they are citizens. The lawsuit by 17 states, Washington D.C. and six cities challenged what they called last week’s “unconstitutional and arbitrary” decision by the Department of Commerce,...
Shooter attacked YouTube for filtering her videos
April 4th, 20180 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — An Iranian-born woman who blogged about surviving in a world filled with “injustice and diseases” opened fire at YouTube’s California headquarters because she was angry at a site she believed was suppressing her videos, police said on Wednesday. In a series of Persian and English-language online...
Woman wounds three at YouTube HQ before killing herself
April 3rd, 20180 SAN BRUNO, Calif. — A woman opened fire at YouTube’s headquarters near San Francisco on Tuesday, wounding at least three people before taking her own life, as employees of the video website scrambled into the surrounding streets for safety. Police did not release any further information on the suspect or comment on her possible...
Protests erupt as family buries police shooting victim Stephon Clark
March 30th, 20180 Sacramento, CA — Scores of Black Lives Matter activists protested in Sacramento on Thursday after the funeral of an unarmed black man who was shot dead by police in the latest such killing to spark street demonstrations in the United States. More than 100 protesters gathered outside the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office...
U.S. gymnastics doctor’s boss at Michigan State charged with sex crime
March 29th, 20180 DETROIT ― A former Michigan State University dean, who supervised the doctor at the center of the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal, was himself charged on Tuesday with criminal sexual conduct involving medical school students. A student at the College of Osteopathic Medicine accused William Strampel, 70, of forcible sexual contact,...
Saudi Arabia must face U.S. lawsuits over Sept. 11 attacks
March 29th, 20180 NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Saudi Arabia’s bid to dismiss lawsuits claiming that it helped plan the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and should pay billions of dollars in damages to victims. U.S. District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan said the plaintiffs’ allegations “narrowly articulate a reasonable basis”...
Orlando nightclub shooter’s father was FBI informant, widow’s attorney says
March 26th, 20180 ORLANDO, Fla. — A widow on trial for aiding her late husband, the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, should have a mistrial declared, defense lawyers said, arguing that prosecutors withheld access to important evidence that the shooter’s father had been an FBI informant. Seddique Mateen, father of gunman...
Prosecutor: Kansas militia members wanted to kill Muslims with weapon of mass destruction
March 23rd, 20180 WICHITA, Kan. - Three men charged with plotting to bomb an apartment complex in western Kansas, where Muslim immigrants from Somalia lived and had a mosque, wanted to kill as many as possible and send a message they were not welcome in the United States, a prosecutor said on Thursday. Prosecutors charged Curtis Allen, Gavin Wright and...
Trump’s red-carpet reception for Saudi crown prince: Give us your money!
March 23rd, 20180 WASHINGTON — President Trump gave a warm welcome to Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday and credited U.S. defense sales to the Saudis with boosting American jobs, even as Riyadh's involvement in Yemen's civil war faced criticism. In the Oval Office, Trump and the crown prince praised the strength of U.S.-Saudi...
Texas serial bomber made video confession before blowing himself up
March 23rd, 20180 PFLUGERVILLE, TX — The serial bomber whose deadly attacks terrorized Austin, Texas, for weeks left a 25-minute video "confession" on a cell phone found after he blew himself up on Wednesday as officers closed in to make an arrest, police said. Mark Conditt, 23, an unemployed man from the suburb of Pflugerville, detailed how he made...
Two wounded in Maryland school shooting, student gunman killed
March 23rd, 20180 GREAT MILLS, MD — A 17-year-old boy opened fire at a Maryland high school on Tuesday in an attack that left two fellow students wounded, then died after a gunfight with a police officer posted there, amid a renewed national debate over gun violence in schools. The shooting in St. Mary's County, about 70 miles south of Washington,...
Mattis tells Saudi Crown Prince: Urgent need to find end to Yemen’s war
March 22nd, 20180 WASHINGTON - Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday there was an urgent need to find a political solution to Yemen’s war, as he voiced hope for a U.N. special envoy’s peace efforts and firmly backed Riyadh. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in neighboring Yemen in 2015 against Houthis...
Texas bombing suspect blows self up
March 21st, 20180 PFLUGERVILLE, Texas — An unemployed 23-year-old man suspected of a three-week bombing campaign in Texas that killed two people and injured five others before blowing himself up on the side of a highway was identified by local media on Wednesday. The suspect was identified as Mark Anthony Conditt of Pflugerville, Texas, according to...
Several shot at Maryland high school, conditions unclear
March 20th, 20180 GREAT MILLS, Md. — Several people were shot at a Maryland high school on Tuesday, local news media reported, and school officials confirmed the campus was on lockdown and the incident had been “contained.” Multiple people were shot and their condition was not yet clear, ABC News reported, citing the St. Mary’s County...
Three men charged with Minnesota mosque bombing
March 16th, 20180 MINNEAPOLIS — Three men from a rural Illinois community were arrested on Tuesday and charged in the 2017 bombing of a mosque outside Minneapolis and the attempted bombing of an Illinois abortion clinic, U.S. prosecutors said. Michael Mcwhorter, 29, Joe Morris, 22, and Michael B. Hari, 47, were accused of carrying out a pipe bomb......
Russia says U.S. plans to strike Damascus, pledges military retaliation
March 13th, 20180 MOSCOW - Russia said on Tuesday it had information that the United States planned to bomb the government quarter in Damascus on an invented pretext, and said it would respond militarily if it felt Russian lives were threatened by such an attack. Rebels in the enclave of eastern Ghouta were planning to fake a chemical weapons attack...
White House hosts meeting on Gaza crisis without Palestinians participation
March 13th, 20180 WASHINGTON - The White House on Tuesday hosted 19 nations, including Israel and Arab Gulf states, to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, but the Palestinian Authority boycotted the meeting, angered by the Trump administration’s policies on Jerusalem. President Trump reversed decades of U.S. policy in December, when he decided to...
Saudi Royals’ L.A. home listed for $110 Million
March 8th, 20180 A business entity affiliated with the late Saudi Prince Saud al-Faisal owns the Beverly Hills compound, which had previously been shopped around for $145 million. A Los Angeles compound owned by Saudi royalty is coming on the market for $110 million. The Beverly Hills estate, located on about 14 acres, features more than 35,000...
Netanyahu warns U.S. lawmakers about Saudi nuclear power deal
March 8th, 20180 WASHINGTON - U.S. and Saudi negotiators have yet to reach a deal to allow American companies to build nuclear power reactors in the kingdom, but the idea is already getting pushback from Israeli Prime Minister and Trump ally Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu, during a closed door meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in......
Re-registration for Syrians with temporary protected status is open from March 5 to May 4
March 7th, 20180 WASHINGTON—Current beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under Syria’s designation who want to maintain their status through Sept. 30, 2019, must re-register between March 5 and May 4. Re-registration procedures, including how to renew employment authorization documentation, have been published in the Federal...
Man fatally shoots himself in front of White House
March 3rd, 20180 WASHINGTON — A man fatally shot himself in the head Saturday outside the north White House fence line , according to Washington, D.C., police and the Secret Service. The man's name has been withheld by law enforcement until his family is notified. The D.C. police department will lead the investigation into the shooting with help from......
Empty seats, missing friends as Florida school reopens after shooting
March 2nd, 20180 PARKLAND, FL — Survivors of the second-deadliest U.S. public school shooting were brought to tears on Wednesday by empty seats and missing friends at roll call as they returned to their Florida high school two weeks after 17 students and educators were massacred there. Upon emerging from a half-day of classes intended to ease their...
Kroger, Walmart and Dick’s raises minimum age for gun buyers to 21
March 2nd, 20180 This week, Kroger, Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods said they will stop selling firearms and ammunition to buyers under the age of 21, becoming the first of three major U.S. retailer to set restrictions that are tougher than government regulations. The restrictions come two weeks after social media-savvy students ignited an intense......
