Police say nearly 60 people have been injured in what is being treated as a terrorist incident. Witnesses reported frantic efforts by concertgoers to flee after the blast at an Ariana Grande show.
Read More »Ethics Agency Rejects White House Move To Block Ethics Waiver Disclosures
The Office of Government Ethics "declines your request to suspend its ethics authority," its director tells the White House. The administration said compiling the waivers exceeded OGE's authority.
Read More »State Lawmaker: Sorry For Saying Confederate Statue Removers ‘Should Be Lynched’
In a Facebook post over the weekend, Mississippi state Rep. Karl Oliver said New Orleans politicians "should be LYNCHED" for taking down the memorials. He took it back on Monday.
Read More »Homeland Security Extends Protections For Thousands Of Haitians In U.S.
Some 58,000 Haitians are in the U.S. under a program known as Temporary Protected Status, which Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly has extended for six months.
Read More »South African Man Crushed To Death By Wounded Elephant
Theunis Botha was leading a hunting group when the elephant charged and lifted him up in the air. At that point, a member of Botha's party fatally shot the animal.
Read More »Richard Oakes, Who Occupied Alcatraz For Native Rights, Gets A Birthday Honor
The late activist and Google doodle honoree stormed the island with dozens of other activists in 1969, citing a century-old treaty in claiming it for Native Americans. He would have been 75 on Monday.
Read More »4 Climbers Killed In Deadly Week On Mount Everest
An American doctor who was trying for a second time to conquer the mountain after surviving an avalanche in 2015 was among those who died.
Read More »Texas Lawmakers Revive ‘Bathroom Bill,’ OK Religious Refusal Of Adoptions
A proposal governing bathroom use by transgender students in public schools has moved forward. A bill to allow adoption agencies to deny gay, unmarried or non-Christian would-be parents has passed.
Read More »Here’s The Deal With That Glowing Orb — And Plenty Of Notes On What It Isn’t
It seemed an innocuous gesture: President Trump joined two other world leaders in laying their hands on a lit-up globe at an event in Saudi Arabia. Then, Twitter caught wind of it.
Read More »Supreme Court Rejects 2 Congressional Districts In North Carolina
"A State may not use race as the predominant factor in drawing district lines unless it has a compelling reason," Justice Elena Kagan said in the court's opinion upholding a lower court ruling.
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