Twenty-two families will spend the holidays without their loved ones after the El Paso Walmart shooting, but one family’s light display is reminding everyone that the city is “El Paso Strong.” Tony Olguin decorated his house in El Paso with 22 angels to honor the 22 victims of the August shooting at a Walmart. There…… MORE
The Christmas parade in Wake Forest, North Carolina, has been a local tradition for more than 70 years. But this year, it’s being canceled because of safety concerns following the participation of local Confederate sympathy groups. The city of 44,000 just outside the state capital of Raleigh announced the cancellation Wednesday due to the “potential…… MORE
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will “temporarily hold off” designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations as he said he would last week. “All necessary work has been completed to declare Mexican Cartels terrorist organizations. Statutorily we are ready to do so,” the President tweeted. But Trump said he would hold off the…… MORE
A Pennsylvania state lawmaker said this week that she plans to resign after prosecutors announced a number of corruption charges against her, alleging she used $500,000 from her own charity to fund a slew of personal expenses — including fur coats, vacations and her campaign. Pennsylvania state Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell, a Democrat, was charged Wednesday…… MORE
A series of conspiratorial claims against Ukraine’s government and the US embassy in Kiev have now been alleged by President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani, a key figure in the impeachment inquiry into the President, tweeted out Thursday evening and into Friday morning several allegations over US aid to Ukraine and supposed stand-down…… MORE
No single product or brand is responsible for the thousands of vaping-related lung illnesses reported across the United States, according to a report released Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Nationally, Dank Vapes were the most commonly reported THC-containing product by hospitalized EVALI patients, but a wide variety of products were…… MORE
President Donald Trump has continued to use his personal cell phone to make calls, despite repeated warnings from his staff that the practice could leave him vulnerable to foreign surveillance, multiple officials told CNN. The Democratic impeachment inquiry has resurrected concerns about the security and potential vulnerability of the President’s communications. Witness testimony revealed some…… MORE
A series of federal executions that were set to begin on Monday will remain on hold, the Supreme Court said on Friday. The court’s order is a loss for the Trump administration, which announced last July that it would reinstate the federal death penalty after a nearly two-decade lapse. The Supreme Court denied the government’s…… MORE
Pentagon programs to train foreign nationals are coming under new scrutiny after the man suspected of opening fire at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida Friday, killing at least three people and injuring several others, was identified as a member of the Saudi Arabian military. As of Friday, the Department of Defense has 5,181 foreign…… MORE
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has faced criticism from prominent Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump for the way she has led the impeachment inquiry, but her daughter said that her mother’s actions are an attempt to tell women to “define yourself.” “That is what she is now — telling women ‘reclaim yourself. Don’t be defined…… MORE
