Saturday, June 3, 2017

Maryland high school student's journal 'spelled out a detailed shooting event,' sheriff says and other top stories.

  • Maryland high school student's journal 'spelled out a detailed shooting event,' sheriff says

    Maryland high school student's journal 'spelled out a detailed shooting event,' sheriff says
    THURMONT, Md. –  Investigators say an 18-year-old Catoctin High School student was gathering materials, compiling information on school emergency procedures and planning an act of violence. Details of the investigation were announced on Monday. According to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office the plot was uncovered after a concerned parent notified school officials on Thursday of a possible threat. Deputies identified the student as Nichole Cevario and immediately removed her from the classr..
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  • Army veteran James Harris Jackson hit with upgraded charges for NYC stabbing

    Army veteran James Harris Jackson hit with upgraded charges for NYC stabbing
    NEW YORK -- An Army veteran was hit with new charges of murder as an act of terrorism and hate Monday in the alleged random stabbing a black man to death with a sword in Midtown, according to CBS New York.James Harris Jackson, 28, was arraigned last week in the slaying of 66-year-old Timothy Caughman. Timothy Caughman, 66, was fatally stabbed by suspect James Harris Jackson, a 28-year-old Army veteran. CBS New York ..
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  • Gorsuch may fall short of votes needed for smooth Supreme Court confirmation

    Gorsuch may fall short of votes needed for smooth Supreme Court confirmation
    Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, may fall short of the votes needed for smooth passage in the Senate next week, potentially dashing Republican hopes for an easy victory after the stinging defeat of the American Health Care Act last week. Gorsuch needs 60 votes to clear a procedural hurdle required of high-court confirmations in the Senate, but Republicans, who hold just 52 seats, may not have the votes in a chamber that is divided deeply along partisan lines. Republi..
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  • After defeat of Obamacare repeal, Democrats offer a helping hand to Trump administration

      After defeat of Obamacare repeal, Democrats offer a helping hand to Trump administration 28 March 2017 At his Monday afternoon press briefing, the first question asked of White House spokesman Sean Spicer was, “Is the president serious about working with Democrats going forward after what happened with health care?” And Spicer replied, at some length, in the affirmative.The question and answer concerned the process that is developing behind the scenes in Washington, with top De..
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  • Trump approval hits new low after failure of health care bill

    Trump approval hits new low after failure of health care bill
    President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has fallen to a new low in the wake of the failure to pass a new health care bill, according to the latest polling results from Gallup.Just 36 percent of Americans surveyed between Friday and Sunday approved of the job Trump was doing as president, according to Gallup. Advertisement That was down from a job approval rating of 41 percent prior to the health care bill’s failure on Friday.And it was a percentage point below what had been lowest job a..
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  • Bathroom Bill' to Cost North Carolina $3.76B, AP Analysis Finds

    Bathroom Bill' to Cost North Carolina $3.76B, AP Analysis Finds
    Protestors gather across the street from the North Carolina state legislative building as they voice their concerns over House Bill 2, in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, May 16, 2016. Al Drago / CQ-Roll Call RALEIGH, N.C. — Despite Republican assurances that North Carolina's "bathroom bill" isn't hurting the economy, the law limiting LGBTQ protections will cost the state more than $3.76 billion in lost business over a dozen years, according to an Associated Press analysis. Over the past year..
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  • Father of Maryland Teenager Charged With Rape Is Arrested

    Father of Maryland Teenager Charged With Rape Is Arrested
    Photo Attorney General Jeff Sessions, at the lectern, and Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, on Monday. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times The father of an undocumented immigrant accused of raping a fellow student this month at a Maryland high school has been detained by the federal authorities, the latest development in a case highlighted by the Trump administration as a reason for pursuing a “crackdown” on illegal immigration.Officers with Immigratio..
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  • House Democrats Ask Devin Nunes to Recuse Himself From Russia Inquiry

    House Democrats Ask Devin Nunes to Recuse Himself From Russia Inquiry
    “The public cannot have the necessary confidence that matters involving the president’s campaign or transition team can be objectively investigated or overseen by the chairman,” Mr. Schiff said on Monday night. Still, Mr. Schiff stopped short of pulling the panel’s Democrats out of the investigation. Doing so could jeopardize Democrats’ influence over the inquiry and, importantly, their access to intelligence on possible ties between Trump associates and Moscow.The House Intelligence Committee ..
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  • Court filing: Convicted former Christie allies lied at trial

    Court filing: Convicted former Christie allies lied at trial
    FILE - This photo combo taken Nov. 3, 2016, shows Bridget Kelly, left, who was New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s former deputy chief of staff, and Bill Baroni, right, who was Christie’s former top appointee at The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, entering court in Newark, N.J. Prosecutors wrote to a judge Monday, March 27, 2017, that Kelly and Baroni committed perjury on the witness stand during their fall 2016 corruption trial, and shouldn’t be given any leniency during their sente..
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  • Do 80 percent of Americans oppose sanctuary cities?

    Do 80 percent of Americans oppose sanctuary cities?
    The border structure in Tijuana, Mexico. (Julie Watson/Associated Press) “According to one recent poll, 80 percent of Americans believe that cities that arrest illegal immigrants for a crime should be required to turn them over to immigration authorities.” — Attorney General Jeff Sessions, news briefing, March 27, 2017 “I think the last poll I saw on this issue, on sanctuary cities, was somewhere in the 80 percent that American people don’t support sanctuary cities, they don’t want their tax..
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