A campaign to get rid of the Electoral College is picking up steam. Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii, along with fellow Democratic Senators Dick Durbin, Dianne Feinstein and Kirsten Gillibrand, introduced a constitutional amendment Tuesday to abolish the Electoral College.…
Washington — Incensed by the Senate's failure to pass a Republican-led disaster aid package, President Trump intensified his criticism of the political leadership in Puerto Rico, misstating some facts along the way. In a two-day Twitter tirade, the president, who…
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is meeting with President Trump at the White House Tuesday, before delivering a joint address to Congress Wednesday morning, as NATO marks its 70th anniversary. But the meeting comes amid some…
Victim was shot near the airport Monday night.
Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes said he's launching a foundation aimed at improving lives of children called "15 and the Mahomies." The reigning NFL MVP made his announcement during an appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon"…
Prosecutors say the scheme began when the manager started siphoning money from members' accounts to cover his own credit card bills. Ultimately he stole more than $40 million before being caught, court documents allege. "He kept going as it snowballed…
A high school robotics team from Minnesota built its greatest creation yet, one that has changed a 2-year-old boy's life. Farmington Public Schools' "Rogue Robotics Team" made an electric wheelchair for a toddler named Cillian Jackson. Cillian has a rare…
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…
Sacramento, Calif. -- It's an unusual sight to see: a Russian surveillance jet on the tarmac of Travis Air Force Base near Fairfield, California. It was first spotted last week and has been flying over some of the nation's most…
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…
The successful test of an Indian anti-satellite weapon March 27 created a cloud of high-velocity debris that poses a near-term threat to other spacecraft in low-Earth orbit, including the International Space Station, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told agency employees Monday.…
Amazon said it will cut prices on hundreds of items sold at Whole Foods starting on Wednesday, countering the grocery chain's image that shoppers required their "Whole Paycheck" to shop at its locations. The decision to pare back prices comes…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- All of Interstate 75 is back open after a guardrail fell off the overpass and into the road. Half of the 75/24 split was closed for hours. Crews are still on site right now trying to…
North Carolina has placed Hall of Fame women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell and her three assistants on paid administrative leave amid player concerns and is reviewing the program. School spokesman Steve Kirschner said Monday in a statement that the review…
Expect saturation patrols during April.
In 2016, 10th grade student Sally Naser learned she had a cancerous growth on both her lungs. She had first been diagnosed with a tumor, a type of bone cancer called sarcoma, at age 10. This was her third relapse.…
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…
After a drug task force confiscated CBD products that tested positive for marijuana, friends of the business owner say he was wrongfully arrested.
One person injured when his car slammed into the fallen concrete slab.
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…
