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Outgoing Kentucky governor pardons convicted killers

Former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin issued a slew of pardons on his way out of office, granting relief to a convicted killer whose brother raised money for Bevin and another man who was convicted of a grisly murder in eastern…

Last teen who escaped from Nashville detention facility captured

Authorities in Nashville, Tennessee, apprehended the last of four teens who escaped from a juvenile detention facility in late November, the Metro Nashville Police Department announced Thursday. The other three teens who escaped with 17-year-old Brandon Caruthers were apprehended earlier…

NYC freshman murdered steps away from campus

Police in New York City are investigating the murder of a college student who was brutally stabbed in a Manhattan park just steps away from her campus Wednesday evening. Tessa Majors, a freshman at Barnard College, was stabbed several times…

House OKs defense bill, parental leave for federal workers

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…

Trump pushes paid leave at White House summit

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…

Cohen Wants Sentence Trimmed for Cooperating Against Trump

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…

Prosecutors can move forward with leaks case against analyst

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,…

10 ex-NFL players charged in health care fraud scheme

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…

Families take Sandy Hook fight vs. gunmaker to high court

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…

Greta Thunberg is Time's 2019 Person of the Year

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…

Trump to sign order targeting anti-Semitism on college campuses

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Wednesday targeting anti-Semitism on college campuses, the White House said. The order, which is likely to draw criticism from free speech advocates, will broaden the federal government's definition of…

Food-stamp cuts could hit 5.3 million U.S. households

The Trump administration has proposed three changes this year to the federal food stamp program, one of which was adopted last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and would deny food stamps to nearly 700,000 Americans. The two other…

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