National

Fluffy Too Slot

MORE NEWS THIS CATEGORIES

We need a bi-partisan solution to fix Obamacare

It comes down to costs. "Let me assure you, leadership knows well how I feel", Heller said , while also bashing the long-term cuts in the Senate bill to th...

Southeast Arkansas Sees Heavy Rain As Cindy Passes Through

The National Hurricane Center also warned of the possibility of a few tornadoes Thursday "from the lower MS and Tennessee Valley regions to the central Gulf C...

Cindy Now a Tropical Depression

It was centered about 75 miles (115 kilometers) north-northeast of Memphis at midday Friday . A weak tornado or two is also possible, meteorologists said. A ...

Scalise critical but improving, will require additional operations: Hospital

The annual GOP-Democrats baseball game raises money for charity. Four other people were hurt after James Hodgkinson opened fire at the baseball field as they ...

Senate healthcare overhaul: Hopes and hurdles

Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell smiles as he leaves the chamber after announcing the release of the Republicans' healthcare bill . Already four conse...

Senate Health Care Bill Shows GOP Has Learned Nothing

Republicans hold a slim 52-48 majority over Democrats in the Senate . Four Republicans quickly came out in opposition - Ted Cruz , Mike Lee , Ron Johnson...

McConnell's focus: finding votes for Senate health care bill

For instance, states can now opt out of requiring insurance to cover things like maternity care. Senate Republicans released only a draft of their bill , wit...

It's 'not a health care bill'

But the Senate bill would make subsidies less generous than under current law. "We have to act", McConnell said . Yet it still would force those states to fi...

GOP senators oppose new health care bill

Rice said she's concerned about provisions in the Senate bill that may make it more hard for people to access care. "The Senate bill may be even meaner...

Milwaukee police officer acquitted in shooting of black man

Heaggan-Brown and another officer spotted a man with a gun. Dominique Heaggan-Brown was acquitted by a jury that deliberated for two days and concluded that...

Nevada's Heller is fifth GOP senator to oppose health-care bill

Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, wants next week. The proposal released Thursday calls for a slower phase-out of the Medicaid expansion tha...

Attack on Michigan Officer Is Being Investigated as an Act of Terrorism

They say they understand this to be a lone wolf attack and there is no information, no credible information to suggest that anyone else or anyone in this Flin...

Obama denounces 'fundamental meanness' of Senate GOP health care bill

But the larger question is whether the new bill, released Thursday , will represent only another piecemeal political dive into the massively complex world of h...

Remnants Of Cindy: Heavy Rain, Storms Expected In Middle Tennessee

Meanwhile, the Gulf Coast was still suffering the effects of Cindy, a former tropical storm that crawled ashore from the Gulf of Mexico early today near the Lou...

New White House chief usher moves from Trump hotel

The news follows the White House firing chief usher Angella Reid in May. The Mary Katrantzou "osmond grid" print dress she wore was white in colour an...

Trump Predicts Quartet of GOP Critics Eventually Will Back Senate Health Bill

Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell smiles as he leaves the chamber after announcing the release of the Republicans' healthcare bill. However, the bill...

Otto Warmbier's death 'is a mystery to us,' North Korea says

The North had earlier Friday denied torturing or mistreating Warmbier, in the first official reaction to his death. Bergman, a Warmbier family spokesman, ap...

Rain Saturday, Drier Next Week

Still, a few showers or storms could develop, but the coverage should be fairly limited. No big impacts to your day are expected, as these issues resolve themse...

Republican convicted of assaulting reporter to join House

As his first act, Gianforte endorsed legislation that would prohibit lawmakers from earning a paycheck until they passed a budget, impose term limits and ban me...

Teen Calls Out School's 'Sexist' Dress Code With Hilarious Yearbook Quote

Whether you agree with DiPaolo or not, the bottom line is that most school dress codes do unfairly target girls. Sure, most of us have to comply with an offic...

Dennis Rodman Claims He Asked North Korea to Release Otto Warmbier

However, North Korea claimed Warmbier contracted the illness and became comatose as a result of taking a sleeping pill. Warmbier, 22, was arrested in the recl...

Despite travel ban, the Fresno State-Alabama game will be played

The new restrictions prohibit state-funded or state-sponsored travel to Texas, Alabama, Kentucky and South Dakota, Becerra said Thursday. In 2017, Californ...

Cindy downgraded to tropical depression

Cindy weakened to a tropical depression Thursday but still brought heavy rain, powerful winds and the threat of floods to the already soaked US Gulf Coast. Mean...

Public help sought in finding cause of California wildfire

Highway 138 was closed for a time from Crestline to Highway 173 but was reopened to the public at 9 p.m., Brown stated. Calls can remain confidential. Be observ...

This North Carolina Law Is Straight Out of "The Handmaid's Tale"

In North Carolina, no still means no, but legally, yes means yes even if it becomes a no. Jeff Jackson (D-Mecklenburg) told The Fayetteville Observer this wee...

LSU eliminates FSU from CWS

The Tigers are just one loss away from elimination. "I don't know when I have ever been prouder of a baseball team ", said Martin. "They're not going to come...

Radio Club to hold public demo this weekend at Griffiss Business Park

During this year's event, volunteer members of the three-county communications organization will be demonstrating amateur radio using the group's fully equipped...

North Korea denies torturing Otto Warmbier

Thousands of friends and family members gathered at Wyoming High School in suburban Cincinnati on Thursday for a memorial service for Warmbier, who graduated ...

Prosecutors seek to uphold 'Making a Murderer' confession

In November, the federal judge who overturned the conviction granted a petition for Dassey's release, but just three days later the 7th Circuit granted the stat...

Wisconsin AG asks court to review Dassey ruling

Circuit Court of Appeals , a move that kept Dassey, now 27, behind bars pending the outcome. Brendan played a key role in the Netflix series Making A Murdere...