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Officials respond to explosion at Texas chemical plant

Emergency officials are responding to an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, forcing two school districts to issue a shelter-in-place. There are reports of possible injuries and two Life Flight choppers are heading to the KMCO…

Alabama lawmakers push to ban almost all abortions

Georgia governor to sign abortion ban bill Alabama lawmakers are proposing to outlaw almost all abortions as conservatives take aim at the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday will introduce legislation to make it…

2020 candidates reveal first-quarter fundraising efforts

The 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are revealing how deep and broad their support is, just after the March 31 fundraising deadline that marked the end of the first quarter of 2019. While candidates officially have until April 15 to file…

Bernie Sanders raised $18.2 million in first quarter

Pete Buttgieg campaign raises $7 million Sen. Bernie Sanders, considered to be one of the frontrunners early in the Democratic presidential primary race, raised $18.2 million in campaign donations in the first quarter Tuesday. According to campaign manager Faiz Shakir,…

Trump punts health care vote until after 2020 election

While President Trump has vowed to take up his campaign promise to once again repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the president appears to be delaying those efforts, at least for now. Mr. Trump tweeted Monday night that…

NHL star donates $58,000 to young cancer patient

A 7-year-old boy recovering from leukemia got an assist from his idol, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang. Last week, Letang -- who wears the number 58 -- wrote a check for $58,000 to help with Ian Rosenbaum's medical expenses, the…

Baby born after experimental surgery heads home

Ivy Finn spent the first six months of her life inside a hospital after becoming the first to undergo an experimental surgery, before she was even born. It was her only chance of survival after an ultrasound revealed she had…

Trump celebrates criminal justice reform law

Months after it passed, President Trump is holding a celebratory event at the White House Monday to champion the bipartisan criminal justice reform bill Congress approved in December. In the East Room, the president championed the "bipartisan" nature of the…

College student stabbed 2 classmates while rehearsing a movie

Student stabs 2 Hartford classmates A 21-year-old University of Hartford student accused of stabbing two fellow students in Connecticut was acting out a scene for a school assignment, according to Hartford Police. Jack Wascher of San Diego, California, was arrested…

Yale grad accused of running hedge fund scheme as a student

A 21-year-old Yale graduate duped 11 individuals into investing $1.7 million in an unregistered hedge fund he operated while he was an undergraduate student, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Omar Zaki, 21, misled investors with prospectuses that contained…

Lyft stock goes into reverse after big IPO

Lyft IPO lifted by service's popularity Lyft hit a nasty pothole in its first full day as a public company. Shares in the ride-hailing service, which on Friday staged one of the biggest technology initial public offerings in recent years,…

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