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Tornado watch affects counties south and east of us

Tropical Storm Cindy made landfall in southwestern Louisiana Thursday morning. The storm's maximum sustained winds are near 40 miles per hour (64 kph) and i...

Storm Cindy continues to cause destruction

Later on Thursday, Cindy should weaken to a tropical depression and become a remnant low, the National Hurricane Center said on its latest advisory. "It loo...

Tropical Storm Cindy expected to bring soaking rains to midstate on Friday

The National Weather Service places the D.C. metro region in its marginal risk zone for "excessive rainfall", signifying a 2 to 5 percent chance of rainfall e...

125-pound Mastiff named Martha crowned world's ugliest dog

As she was awarded her first-place prize - US$1500 (RM6,432), a trophy and a trip to NY for media appearances - Martha appeared unmoved, rolling over to let...

Is Trump's Bluff About Comey Tapes A Crime?

Comey better hope that there are no 'tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!" On health care, Trump said he believes he will wi...

Republicans unveil new healthcare to replace Obamacare but four Reds rebel

Medicaid expansion in OH has granted health care coverage to 750,000 low-income Ohioans, that could be lost if the bill is passed . Shortly after the 142-...

A 2nd mistrial: Jury deadlocks in Ohio cop's murder retrial

The retrial in the Ray Tensing-Samuel Dubose case ends in a mistrial . Tensing was charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter in the shooting of unarmed ...

"We are not winning in Afghanistan" - US Defence Secretary Mattis

In late April, Trump similarly gave Mattis the authority to manage the US troop levels in Iraq and Syria. In February, the commander of the US -led military f...

US Deputy Attorney General Assures Congress of Special Counsel Independence

New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, opened her line of questioning, in the hearing that was supposed to focus on the Justice Department budget, by a...

The game goes on after shooting at GOP practice

There were a record amount of tickets sold which raised more than $1 million for charity. Organizers made a decision to go on with the game on Wednesday, hour...

See how House, Senate health care bills stack up

But that ended Thursday after Senate Republicans unveiled their health care bill. It would preserve the law's ban on denying people coverage because of p...

Air Force Thunderbird flips at Vectren Dayton Airshow

Kenneth Cordova , an aircraft maintainer, suffered minor injuries and are in good condition according to Lt. Colonel Jason Heard, the Commander/Leader of the fl...

Arizona is so hot that flights are being cancelled

The temperature in Phoenix , the capital of Arizona, reached 120 Fahrenheit degrees (about 48.8 Celsius degrees) on Tuesday, leading to the cancellation of fli...

Barack Obama calls Trumpcare 'massive transfer of wealth' from poor to rich

Senate bill: For states that expand Medicaid , federal government would pay a smaller part of the cost starting in 2021. I will continue to stand with my fel...

Just About Every Major Medical Group Hates the GOP Health Care Plans

The U.S. House of Representatives' version of the Obamcare repeal bill includes a provision in which customers must maintain coverage or pay more , but Democra...

A Second Mistrial In University of Cincinnati Officer Prosecution

Within just a few seconds, Tensing fired his gun. They were evenly split, Judge Leslie Ghiz said, though she did not specify on which charge they were split. "S...

Vilsack speaks out on GOP Senate health care plan

I meant it. There were great things about the House bill, in particular its far-reaching reforms of the Medicaid program. Lynch said the shift in Medicaid f...

Sen. Portman: Student held by North Korea was 'amazing young man'

The media was asked not to film inside the high school or the cemetery during these services. "I felt pretty strongly that they had a tremendous power" over Nor...

US 'Not Winning' in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Tells Congress

Trump's decision to give the military wider discretion in prosecuting the 15-year war in Afghanistan on June 13 follows his grant of wider powers to USA gener...

Sturgeon's sorry to farmers over CAP cash hold-ups

A source at the EC said they have "now received a request from the Scottish government to extend the payment deadline from 30 June to 15 October for direct paym...

Special Elections Results Mean 'Republicans Are in Trouble — Vox Writer

Ryan, Pelosi's opponent last fall, said that Pelosi's continued role as the GOP's favorite bogeyman makes it "a heck of a lot harder" for Democrats as the...

Angry Trump decries being target of Russia probe

US President Donald Trump today ridiculed as "phony" and "witch hunt" claims about collusion between Russian Federation and his associates after media reports...

Trump signs 'historic' bill to transform VA

The bill passed 368-55 in the House and was approved unanimously in the Senate . During his presidential campaign, Trump frequently criticized the VA, calling ...

Trump needles GOP senators and attacks Obama in afternoon Twitter outburst

Focus on them, not T!' Trump tweeted later Saturday. Obama eventually imposed a modest punishment, including targeted economic sanctions, the expulsion of 35 ...

Police Officer Ray Tensing's Murder Trial Just Ended in a Mistrial-Again

After the first mistrial in Tensing's case, protesters chose to take their march across the city of Cincinnati. On July 19th, 2015 , DuBose was driving jus...

Senators push for new strategy on Afghan war

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the decision publicly before an official announcement, say the mov...

Why Democrats can't quit Nancy Pelosi

They argued that the Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff's loss in the Republican held House seat in the Atlanta suburbs was further evidence that the party neede...

Casey: GOP health bill would mean 'destructive' cuts

So no matter the new name and a few tweaks, the bottom line of the Senate bill is the same: Millions of poorer people will lose their health insurance so that t...

2 on Thunderbirds jet in OH accident taken to hospital

Heard pointed out that all weather conditions met Air Force requirements for flight and that Gonsalves is an experienced fighter pilot, with approximately 1,600...

LSU beats Oregon State 6-1 to reach CWS finals

It was the first of three home runs the Tigers hit in the game, two of which came from the junior catcher. And, that plan was to throw strikes early against a p...