Mike Pompeo Says Ukraine, 2016 Election Interference Should Be Investigated
"Many countries" are working to undermine American democracy, the secretary of state said. U.S. intelligence services have overwhelmingly determined Russia is to blame for U.S. election interference....
View Article'Bomb Cyclone' Winter Storm Will Hit U.S. As Thanksgiving Nears, Forecasters...
Hurricane-force winds, blizzard conditions, heavy snowfall and a "bomb cyclone" on the West Coast: Those are the dire predictions of weather forecasters. (Image credit: NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/GOES-East)
View ArticleLast Living Mount Rushmore Carver Dies At 98
"I feel like Mount Rushmore was the greatest thing with which I was ever involved," Donald "Nick" Clifford said of his three years working on the iconic American monument. (Image credit: David...
View ArticleREAD: Testimony Of White House Budget Official To Impeachment Inquiry
Mark Sandy testified to the House impeachment inquiry behind closed doors on Nov. 16. The OMB is central to questions about how military aid to Ukraine was delayed. (Image credit: J. Scott...
View ArticlePennsylvania Reforms Childhood Sex Abuse Laws In Response To Clergy Scandal
After a grand jury implicated more than 300 priests in a statewide sex scandal, nearly every case was too old to be prosecuted. Legislators say that problem inspired these new laws. (Image credit:...
View ArticleREAD: Testimony Of Philip Reeker, Acting Assistant Secretary Of State For Europe
On Oct. 26, Reeker told lawmakers that senior State Department officials blocked him from helping Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who was the subject of a pressure campaign....
View ArticleRising Pressure Over Journalist's Killing Threatens To Topple Maltese Leadership
Daphne Caruana Galizia died in a car bombing two years ago. Now, the probe into her slaying has prompted some ministers to leave their posts. And protesters are calling for the prime minister's exit....
View ArticleWhite House Officials Worried Freezing Ukraine Aid Could Break The Law
Workers in the Office of Management and Budget raised immediate legal concerns over the summer when they were asked to halt assistance for Ukraine with no initial explanation. (Image credit: Sarah...
View Article'Highlights' Magazine Sticks To Winning Formula Of Mixing Fun With Learning
In the fast-paced ever-changing world of children's entertainment, Highlights magazine, founded in 1946, slows things down with short articles and puzzles. (Image credit: Courtesy of Highlights for...
View ArticleSanta Barbara County Fire Burns 4,200 Acres, Threatens Thousands Of Homes
Dry vegetation and high winds combine again in a potentially dangerous southern California fire. But firefighters could get help from an approaching rain storm. (Image credit: Noah Berger/AP)
View ArticleMassive Explosion Rips Through Texas Chemical Plant
The blast is the latest in a string of industrial incidents in east Texas. The explosion at the petrochemical plant injured three people and blew out windows and mangled doors of some nearby homes.
View ArticleMassachusetts Governor Signs Law Severely Restricting Flavored Tobacco, Vape...
The legislation is not a blanket ban. Instead, it limits the sale of flavored nicotine vaping products, including menthol, "to licensed smoking bars where they may only be smoked on-site." (Image...
View Article'I Want To Be Sure My Son Is Safe': Asylum-Seekers Send Children Across...
Some migrant parents who were told to wait in Mexico under President Trump's asylum policies are sending their children, unaccompanied, across the bridge to surrender to U.S. agents. (Image credit:...
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