Mayor in West Virginia resigns after racist Obama post CLAY, W.Va. — A West Virginia mayor resigned Tuesday following a backlash after she posted a response to a racist comment about first lady Michelle Obama on Facebook. The Clay Town Council accepted Mayor Beverly Whaling’s resignation in a meeting late […]
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Police: Pizza Shop Customer Shoots 2 Robbers, Killing 1 A pizza shop customer armed with a gun shot and killed one robber and injured another as they tried to hold up the Pennsylvania restaurant, according to police. The shooting happened late Tuesday night at Porfirio’s Pizza and Pasta, located in […]
Final 3 Minnesotans to be sentenced in Islamic State case MINNEAPOLIS – Sentencing hearings are wrapping up for nine men convicted of plotting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group. The final three defendants — Guled Omar, Mohamed Farah and Abdirahman Daud — will be sentenced Wednesday. […]
West Coast crews mobilize to battle Southeast fires The crews received their assignments Tuesday night and were tentatively scheduled to depart Knoxville in rental trucks early Wednesday morning, though “it’s a very fluid process,” Coele said. Coele, who works as a fire prevention specialist on most days, said in her […]
Nancy Pelosi could be in trouble as House Democrats delay vote Washington (CNN)House Democrats decided Tuesday to delay their leadership elections until after Thanksgiving — a move that will give reeling Democrats time to nurse their wounds and could spell trouble for longtime leader Nancy Pelosi. After a closed-door meeting, […]
Republican Governors Thrilled With Increased Influence In Washington South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Tuesday the fact that Republicans now control the White House, Congress and so many governors’ mansions has left her “giddy.” Haley and the rest of the Republican Governors Association are meeting this week in Orlando, Fla., […]
Trump didn’t request top secret clearance for his kids: official Despite reports suggesting the contrary, a transition team official says Donald Trump did not request or begin paperwork to have his children gain top-level security clearance, according to a pool report. The official told the pool of reporters Monday that […]
Obama arrives in Athens, bringing a message from Trump ATHENS — President Obama arrived in the Greek capital Tuesday morning, beginning a week-long foreign trip in which he will serve as an unlikely emissary of President-elect Donald Trump. Obama said he would seek to reassure anxious European allies that the […]
Stephen Bannon’s appointment met with criticism Donald Trump’s decision to make Stephen Bannon, former Breitbart News executive turned campaign CEO, his chief strategist and senior counselor in the White House was met with criticism. The Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned Bannon’s appointment in a statement, calling him an “anti-Muslim conspiracy […]
Protests continue on fifth straight day denouncing Donald Trump as president Cities across the USA saw a new round of protests Sunday, as rallies denouncing the election of Donald Trump continued for a fifth straight day. Demonstrators supporting immigrant rights marched Sunday in Manhattan. Other gatherings were taking place in […]
