Washington — The House on Wednesday passed its annual defense policy measure, which combined a $738 billion Pentagon price tag with legislation to provide federal employees with 12 weeks of paid parental leave. The sweeping 377-48 vote followed weeks of…
President Trump is pushing for paid family leave alongside his daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump on Thursday. A number of lawmakers are at the White House for a summit, where the elder Trump daughter is promoting the administration's principles…
New York — Michael Cohen wants his three-year prison sentence reduced as a reward for providing authorities information about alleged misdeeds by President Donald Trump, according to court papers filed Wednesday in which he said his incarceration is "a powerful…
The White House budget office is further defending its withholding of security assistance to Ukraine, detailing in a new letter that it temporarily paused distribution of the funds to ensure the money was not spent prematurely in a way that…
Alexandria, Va. — A judge has allowed prosecutors to move forward with their case against a former intelligence analyst charged with leaking classified documents about military campaigns to a reporter, according to court papers unsealed Wednesday. Daniel Hale of Nashville,…
Ten former NFL players have been charged with defrauding the league's health care benefit program, the Justice Department announced Thursday. They include five former players on the Washington Redskins, including Clinton Portis and Carlos Rogers. "Today's indictments underscore that whoever…
The shooters who killed a police detective and three others in Jersey City Tuesday are believed to be a couple who have possible ties to what some consider a hate group, investigators said. Newly released surveillance video shows a man…
WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - "To say that we've got a serial sexual exposing individual? Very easily, we'll have to see where the individual cases lead, but right now they are all very, very similar," Whitfield County Sheriff Scott Chitwood…
Families of victims in the Sandy Hook school shooting are taking their fight against a major gunmaker to the Connecticut Supreme Court on Tuesday. They're seeking to reinstate a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the military-style weapon used in the…
A Connecticut judge said Wednesday that a lawsuit by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims against Remington Arms will go to trial in September 2021. A survivor and relatives of nine victims of the 2012 massacre filed the…
SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) - A Georgia man has apologized on-camera for slapping a female reporter’s rear on live TV after the video clip garnered outrage among millions who viewed it online and prompted police to investigate the case as a…
"he made that choice and they carried that out professionally,”
After a deputy is indicted on dozens of criminal charges, lawyers who represent people who have civil lawsuits against Daniel Wilkey say their clients are pleased.
The demise of trucking company Celadon Group is another leg in what's proving to be a dismal drive for the industry this year. The largest ever trucking sector bankruptcy, Celadon abruptly shut down — leaving more than 3,000 drivers jobless…
A new drug could be a game changer in the battle against breast cancer, a disease that's expected to be diagnosed in more than 265,000 Americans this year. It targets tumors with remarkable precision. Dikla Benzeevi, 49, has been living…
"One of the best things you can do is drip some water at night."
Grab a scarf and some gloves and prepare to watch one of the year's best meteor showers. The Geminids peak this Friday, December 13, marking the final meteor shower of the decade. What are the Geminids? Unlike most meteor showers,…
They survived because they took advantage of a smoke alarm installation program. We've got details on how you can do it too.
Thomas J. Wooten is a registered sex offender in Dade County, but has been investigated in 3 neighboring communities
But Jose Angel Hernandez is still at large.
A North Georgia teacher loved helping kids so much, she went back to school to become a professional teacher. That's earned her a Golden Apple Award.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear vowed to restore voting rights to more than 100,000 people convicted of felonies, he announced Tuesday during his inaugural address. "My faith teaches me to treat others with dignity and respect. My faith also teaches forgiveness,"…
The season of giving is in full swing at one real estate company after a very generous chairman gave his employees the ultimate holiday gift: A $10 million bonus to share. When the 198 employees at St. John Properties, a…
Time magazine on Wednesday announced teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is its 2019 Person of the Year. The 16-year-old Thunberg first made headlines last year with her solitary strike against climate change outside Sweden's parliament. JUST IN: Climate activist @GretaThunberg…