Suspect held after church shooting in Texas which leaves Pastor dead, 2 injured
A suspect was taken into custody after a shooting at a church in East Texas on Sunday morning. Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith said Sunday that the person killed...
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Nancy Pelosi is reelected House Speaker in narrow vote
The 117th Congress convened on Sunday to swear in new lawmakers and re-elect Nancy Pelosi as House speaker. Democrats are set to enter the session with the narrowest majority...
California becomes second state to report new highly contagious Covid-19 strain
California has reported its first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant first identified in the United Kingdom, and the second confirmed case in the U.S. California Gov. Gavin...
Government begins sending $600 COVID-19 stimulus payments
On Wednesday, the U.S. federal government began mailing out COVID-19 stimulus checks worth $600 for most Americans, amid ongoing efforts to raise the amount to $2,000. The $600 amount...
Department of Justice declines to charge officers in 2014 Tamir Rice shooting
The U.S. Justice Department have declined to charge the Cleveland officers involved in the fatal 2014 shooting of Tamir Rice, and have closed its investigation. An independent federal investigation...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocks immediate vote on $2,000 stimulus checks
After Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell blocked an effort by President Donald Trump and Democrats to increase stimulus payments to Americans, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said $600 payments would...
House approves stimulus check increase to $2,000; sends bill to Senate
On Monday, the House approved giving Americans $2,000 stimulus checks, increasing payments from the $600 checks that were set to be given out as part of a COVID-19 relief...
Federal judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell’s latest request for bail
On Monday, a federal judge denied bail to Ghislaine Maxwell for a second time. Maxwell is the British socialite facing charges of acting as an accomplice of sex offender...
President Trump Signs Coronavirus Relief and Government Funding Bill
With unemployment benefits expiring and a pending government shutdown, President Trump signed the $900 billion coronavirus relief package, the White House announced Sunday night. The pandemic bill extends billions...
Army sergeant charged after shooting at Illinois bowling alley kills 3, wounds 3 others
Officials said on Sunday that a 37-year-old male Army sergeant has been charged after three people were killed and three others wounded in a shooting Saturday night described as...