Civil Rights Groups Plan to Sue HUD Over Fair Housing Rule Civil rights advocates plan to sue the Trump administration on Tuesday over enforcement of the 50-year-old Fair Housing Act, part of an effort to prevent discrimination in the allocation of funds for Gulf Coast hurricane housing and infrastructure reconstruction. […]
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George Zimmerman made “gator” threat to private investigator George Zimmerman, the Florida man acquitted in the death of Trayvon Martin, has been charged with misdemeanor stalking after allegedly threatening and harassing a private investigator last year, according to Seminole County officials. He’s accused of stalking the private investigator, Dennis Warren, […]
Southern Baptist women want seminary president Paige Patterson fired for remarks Female members of Southern Baptist churches are asking the board of trustees of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to remove Paige Patterson as president of the Texas school over his comments and teachings about women. Nearly 1,900 women, including […]
Melania Trump Rolls Out ‘Be Best,’ a Children’s Agenda With a Focus on Social Media Hours after President Trump took to Twitter on Monday to denigrate the special counsel’s investigation as a “Phony Witch Hunt” and the Iran deal as a “MESS,” Melania Trump stepped into the Rose Garden and […]
Trump Administration Threatens Jail, Separating Children from Parents for Those Who Illegally Cross Southwest Border The Trump administration announced Monday that it is dramatically stepping up prosecutions of those who illegally cross the Southwest border, ramping up a “zero tolerance” policy intended to deter new migrants with the threat of […]
As Lava Flows in Hawaii, Agency Warns, ‘This Is Not the Time for Sightseeing’ To those, Mr. Tarson, 37, had an easy response. He was as compelled as anyone by the sight of lava, which he captured on video Saturday night spurting 230 feet into the air. There was something […]
Eric Schneiderman, New York’s Attorney General, Resigns Amid Assault Accusations Eric T. Schneiderman, the New York State attorney general who rose to prominence as an antagonist of the Trump administration, abruptly resigned on Monday night hours after The New Yorker reported that four women had accused him of physically assaulting […]
Officials say at least 5 dead after I-80 crashes At least five people died in three crashes close together on Interstate 80 in eastern Nebraska. The Nebraska State Patrol closed 13 miles of eastbound I-80 near Milford, Nebraska, for several hours after the crashes on Sunday morning. One semitrailer truck […]
Nearly 200 horses found dead amid Southwest drought in Arizona Off a northern Arizona highway surrounded by pastel-colored desert is one of the starkest examples of drought’s grip on the American Southwest: Nearly 200 dead horses surrounded by cracked earth, swirling dust and a ribbon of water that couldn’t quench […]
Air Force reservist fatally stabbed in road rage incident; relatives want ‘monster’ caught A U.S. Air Force veteran was stabbed to death after a road rage incident — and now cops are looking for the driver who allegedly killed him, Missouri police said. Cody Harter, 24, was driving his maroon […]
