Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison. A federal judge in Brooklyn handed down the sentence Wednesday, five months after Guzman’s conviction in an epic drug-trafficking case.... [Read Full Story]
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has blocked a bipartisan bill that would ensure a victims’ compensation fund for the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money. Sen. Paul questioned the bill’s 70-year time frame and notes that the federal government already faces a $22 trillion debt. He says any new spending such as the 9/11 bill should be offset by cuts.... [Read Full Story]
Authorities announced on Tuesday that a former tenant of the founder of an African American history museum in Louisiana was charged with her murder.... [Read Full Story]
The Planned Parenthood organization announced on Tuesday that it has removed its president, Dr. Leana Wen, less than one year after appointing her. The organization said in a statement, “we thank Dr. Leana Wen for her service to Planned Parenthood in such a pivotal time and extend our best wishes for her continued success.” Wen — the first physician to lead Planned Parenthood — took over in November 2018 after longtime president Cecile Richards stepped down. ... [Read Full Story]
After President Donald Trump doubled-down on his attack of four freshman congresswomen, the lawmakers have spoken out against his remarks.... [Read Full Story]
Authorities say that a partial roof collapse at a California casino on Monday has resulted in multiple injuries. First responders arrived at Larry Flynt’s Lucky Lady Casino in Gardena after a portion of the roof near the building’s center caved in. Police called the scene an “active incident” and said there were “unknown injuries” at this time.... [Read Full Story]
Protesters in Puerto Rico gathered outside the governor’s mansion, demanding that Governor Ricardo Rossello resign after last week’s corruption arrests – along with a group chat scandal that has led to the resignation of top government officials.... [Read Full Story]
On Sunday, American Airlines Group Inc. said it is extending for a fourth time cancellations of about 115 daily flights into early November, due to the continued grounding of Boeing 737 MAX jets.... [Read Full Story]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shut down any further questions about her disagreements with several freshmen members of the Democratic caucus, known as the “Squad.”... [Read Full Story]
On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee broadened its investigation into President Donald Trump and possible obstruction of justice, authorizing subpoenas to a dozen individuals -including the President’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.... [Read Full Story]
A brewing tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico brought widespread flash flooding across New Orleans on Wednesday, as forecasters warn the storm could strengthen to a hurricane by the weekend.... [Read Full Story]
Labor Secretary Alex Acosta held a news conference Wednesday afternoon following renewed scrutiny over his role in cutting a plea deal more than a decade ago for Jeffrey Epstein.... [Read Full Story]
Kentucky Democrat Amy McGrath, a former fighter pilot who rose to national prominence last year in her failed campaign for Congress against Republican Andy Barr, has announced her bid to run against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2020. McGrath is the first woman Marine to fly an F-18 fighter jet in combat.... [Read Full Story]
H. Ross Perot, the self-made Texas billionaire who twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89.... [Read Full Story]
MAD Magazine — the long-running satirical publication — will be leaving newsstands this fall. The illustrated humor magazine will still be available in comic shops and through mail to subscribers, but it will just reprint previously published material after its fall issue.... [Read Full Story]
On Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that would allow certain members of Congress to access President Donald Trump’s New York state tax returns.... [Read Full Story]
Convicted sex offender, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested over the weekend in connection with federal sex trafficking allegations, law enforcement officials said. The arrest stems from incidents spanning from 2002 to 2005, three law enforcement officials said.... [Read Full Story]
Investigators in the Bahamas are still trying to determine what went wrong in the moments before a helicopter crashed after takeoff and killed seven people, including West Virginia coal magnate Chris Cline, his daughter and two of her Louisiana State University classmates.... [Read Full Story]
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Southern California on Thursday, the strongest in the region in two decades. Kern County authorities said that there had been minor injuries from falling glass and that a nearby dam would be assessed for possible damage.... [Read Full Story]
President Donald Trump sang the praises of the US military and American heroes of the past two and a half centuries on Thursday, the Fourth of July — avoiding politics during a rousing Independence Day speech in Washington.... [Read Full Story]
On Tuesday, more than 200 major U.S. and international corporations signed an amicus brief submitted to the Supreme Court arguing that excluding sexual orientation and gender identity from federal civil rights law “would undermine the nation’s business interests.”... [Read Full Story]
A new national poll released Tuesday showed that Sen. Kamala Harris is in a virtual tie with Joe Biden in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination following her widely praised debate performance last week.... [Read Full Story]
A freak hailstorm left the cities of Jalisco and Guadalajara, Mexico buried in up to six feet of ice Sunday. The unusual weather event damaged homes and cars, but there were no reports of injuries. ... [Read Full Story]
Officials say that a small airplane crashed in Texas on Sunday, killing all 10 people on board. The Beechcraft BE-350 King Air crashed into a hangar while it was taking off from the Addison Airport, said Mary Rosenbleeth, a spokeswoman for the city, north of Dallas.... [Read Full Story]
Salmonella linked to papayas imported from Mexico have infected dozens of people in at least eight states in the last six months, according to the Centers for Disease Control.” data-reactid=”23″ type=”text”>According to the Centers for Disease Control., Salmonella linked to papayas imported from Mexico have infected dozens of people in at least eight states in the last six months. “Whole, fresh papayas imported from Mexico and sold in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island are a likely source of this outbreak,” the statement read.... [Read Full Story]
President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un met at the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone on Sunday and agreed to revive talks on the nation’s nuclear program. Trump became the first sitting American leader to step into North Korea.... [Read Full Story]
President Trump’s imprisoned former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, pleaded not guilty Thursday to state mortgage fraud charges during an arraignment hearing in a New York City courtroom.... [Read Full Story]
The investigation into the double murder of an American doctor and his local guide in Belize has resulted into the detainment of a woman who allegedly was close with the guide, according to a local new station in Belize.... [Read Full Story]
On Wednesday, the Senate voted 84-8 to approve $4.6 billion in emergency funding for the U.S.-Mexico border, sending $2.88 billion to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and other funding to the Defense Department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ... [Read Full Story]
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump falsely accused former special counsel Robert Mueller of committing a crime, without providing evidence, by deleting certain text messages sent between two former FBI officials who had been critical of Trump during his 2016 campaign.... [Read Full Story]
