PHOTOS: Throng Heads To Times Square To Welcome 2017
New Year's Eve In Times Square Police officers patrol Times Square before New Year's eve celebrations in New York on December 31, 2016. (Credit: EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AFP/Getty Images) New Year's Eve In Times Square Police officers patrol Times Square before New Year's eve celebrations in New York on December 31, 2016. (Credit: EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AFP/Getty Images) New Year's Eve In Times Square Police officers patrol Times Square before New Year's eve celebrations in New York on De..>> view original3 dead after two small planes collide mid-air in Texas
McKINNEY, Texas – Three people were killed after two small planes collided in midair near McKinney, Texas Saturday afternoon. The Federal Aviation Administration said the two planes collided near Aero Country Airport shortly after 5:30 p.m. FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford says "both aircraft were flying under Visual Flight Rules and were not in contact with air traffic control at the time of the collision." Local fire department officials confirmed to the FAA that three people died in the crash. A..>> view originalPennsylvania State Trooper killed; suspect later shot
The domestic call came from Sherry Robison's house on Bakers Hollow Road in rural Juniata Township - from someone reporting her son had violated a protection from abuse order. State Trooper Landon Weaver, 23, went alone to investigate. There, he met purple-haired Jason Michael Robison, 32, who just a week before Christmas had posted on Facebook, "F- THE POLICE!!! The only good cop is a dead cop." About 6:30 p.m. Friday, gunfire from within the house ripped the cold night air. Weaver, a rooki..>> view originalNest's 'Eagle Cam' Is All That It's Cracked Up To Be
A Florida eaglet made its big debut before an audience of thousands of transfixed humans when it finally pecked its way out of its egg on a live “Eagle Cam” streamed online. The Fort Meyers Southwest Florida Eagle Cam video has racked up 61 million views since late November as bald eagle Harriet and her mate, M-15, have taken turns sitting on their two eggs. Three cameras offer different angles to bird lovers without disturbing the nest. The first hatchling, dubbed E9, finally emerged Saturday..>> view originalWhite House staff readies for whirlwind moving day
Story highlightsChief White House usher Stephen Rochon describes the White House moving processPresident-elect Donald Trump hasn't commented on the redecorating he might doOn the morning of January 20, President Barack Obama and the current first family will say goodbye to the place they've called home for eight years, at 10:30 in the morning. Immediately after they leave their former home, White House staff rushes to prepare it for Trump and his family according to their own preferences and sty..>> view originalDucey vows to fight Obama's potential monument designation
PHOENIX – Gov. Doug Ducey is threatening legal action if President Obama sets aside 1.7 million acres of public lands in Arizona for a new Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument. But his chief spokesman won’t – or can’t – cite any authority for such litigation. And lawsuits to quash previous presidential designations, including two in Arizona, left challengers empty handed. The governor’s action comes on the heels of the president earlier this week setting aside 1.35 million acres in t..>> view originalHelp wanted: Bilingual teachers for California schools
FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2015, file photo, seen from left, Kaden Cooper, Mia Thoms, Milly Jimenez and Naomy Bravo Molina work with their classmates on math problems in Jasmin Nelson's Spanish-speaking second grade class at Bear Creek Elementary School ...>> view originalRepublicans Take Control Facing Internal Tensions
WASHINGTON—The capital’s all-Republican leadership takes power this month with many common goals—but with different time frames and political constraints that suggest they may not always be in sync. The morning after the GOP won the House, Senate and White House on Election Day, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell cautioned Republicans against reading their sweep as license to push through a strictly partisan agenda....>> view originalFederal Judge Blocks Obamacare Protections For Transgender People
(Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas on Saturday issued a court order barring enforcement of an Obama administration policy seeking to extend anti-discrimination protections under the Affordable Care Act to transgender health and abortion-related services. The decision sides with Texas, seven other states and three Christian-affiliated healthcare groups challenging a rule that, according to the judge, defines sex bias to include “discrimination on the basis of gender identity and termination o..>> view originalTrump Promises a Revelation on Hacking
Photo President-elect Donald Trump talking to reporters as he and his wife Melania Trump arrive for a New Year’s Eve celebration at the Mar-a-lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla. Credit Hilary Swift for The New York Times WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald J. Trump, expressing lingering skepticism about intelligence assessments of Russian interference in the election, said on Saturday evening that he knew “things that other people don’t know” about the hacking, and..>> view original
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