Sheriff: Facebook post led search for lawmaker
A Republican state legislator in Kentucky facing sexual assault allegations has died in an apparent suicide.
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The French interior ministry says a school bus and a regional train have collided in southern France, killing four children and critically injuring seven other people on the bus, the French interior ministry said 21st Century Fox says it will continue to pursue its 11.7 billion takeover offer for Sky, even though Disney is buying a large part of the company owned by Rupert Murdoch's family The developer that wanted to build three new skyscrapers, one 80 stories tall, off the downtown lakefront has been told no by the neighborhood alderman.
Interesting time’ ahead for House of Delegates with recounts to decide who’s in charge
Del.-elect Elizabeth Guzman, with microphone, talked about her legislative priorities as the new representative for the 31st District.
Absurd
Congress seldom admits to making mistakes, unless lawmakers learn they can squeeze a few extra dollars out of taxpayers by doing so.
Catoosa County picks up mandated cancer insurance for firefighters
Randall Peters fields questions about cancer benefit insurance for firefighters during a Nov. 21 Catoosa County commissioners' meeting.
George Will: The Republicans’ tax wager is worth the gamble
The Republicans' tax legislation is built on economic projections that are as confidently as they are cheerfully made concerning the legislation's shaping effect on the economy over the next 10 years.
Dan Johnson, Kentucky lawmaker accused of sexually assaulting teen, dies in apparent suicide
Dan Johnson , a Republican state lawmaker in Kentucky who defiantly denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in the basement of his home, died in an apparent suicide, the county coroner said. Bullitt County Coroner Dave Billings said Johnson died of a single gunshot wound Wednesday night on Greenwell Ford Road in Mount Washington, Kentucky.
City council hopeful on FEMA project
Just a few weeks before Christmas and the talk at City Hall on Tuesday night was how a long delayed federal grant project may finally come to fruition this spring.
Blog: Another Disclosure Requirement for California Higher Education…
All higher education institutions in California, with the sole exception of the California Community College system, will beginning with the 2018-19 academic year have to provide their students an annual summary of their total borrowing to pursue their education and an estimate of their future monthly payments. Majority Leader Ian Calderon, the author of the new law , describes its purpose as ensuring that college students have up-to-date information about their cumulative student loan debt when they are making borrowing decisions.
Republicans forge tax bill agreement
Confident congressional Republicans forged an agreement Wednesday on a major overhaul of the nation's tax laws that would provide generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans -- Donald Trump among them -- and deliver the first major legislative accomplishment to the GOP president.
GOP grapples with Moore fallout
Weary national Republicans breathed a collective sigh of relief on Wednesday, a day after voters knocked out their own party's scandal-plagued candidate in deep-red Alabama.
Meghan McCain marries Ben Domenech
Meghan McCain tied the knot with Ben Domenech with her father, Sen. John McCain walking her down the aisle in Sedona.
Alabama win has Democrats broadening their target list
To Democrats, Senate candidate Doug Jones ' stunning victory in reliably Republican Alabama is more than a quirky one-off. Instead, party leaders cast the upset as a sign of growing nationwide momentum among voters opposed to President Donald Trump and an indication that Democrats shouldn't shy away from competing in Republican territory.
Alabama loss may offer a warning to Trump White House
President Donald Trump managed to endorse two different losing candidates in the same Senate race, a setback that is highlighting an experience deficit within the White House political team. "As the leader of the party, I would have liked to have had the seat," Trump acknowledged Wednesday, a day after a special Senate election in Alabama led to the election of Democrat Doug Jones.
Sen. Gillibrand says she took Trump’s ‘do anything’ remark as sexual innuendo
New York's junior senator said that women are standing up to sexual harassment and assault and "are not going to be silenced," while doubling down on her claim that the president's attack against her was "a sexist smear." Add Donald Trump as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Donald Trump news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
Is Roy Moore’s defeat the beginning of the end of Trumpism? Probably not | Guest editorial
A supporter of Republican senatorial candidate Roy Moore wears President Trump's signature baseball cap in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday. A supporter of Republican senatorial candidate Roy Moore wears President Trump's signature baseball cap in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday.
Biden, Meghan McCain get emotional talking about her father’s cancer diagnosis
Former Vice President Joe Biden shared an emotional moment with co-host Meghan McCain on "The View" this morning as they discussed her father's brain cancer diagnosis. Add Joe Biden as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Joe Biden news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
National View: By endorsing Moore, Trump sunk the US presidency to unplumbed depths
The first time ended badly, so when, 156 years later, Alabamians were incited to again try secession, this time from the national consensus that America is a pretty nice place, they said: No. No, that is, to rubbish like this: In April, Alabama's Republican governor, Robert Bentley, resigned one step ahead of impeachment proceedings arising from his consensual affair with an adult woman.
National View: This won’t be the last we’ve heard of Roy Moore
Roy Moore won't sit in the U.S. Senate - or be expelled from it. I would like nothing more than to write his political eulogy.
Chicago agricultural commodities settle higher on short covering
Chicago Board of Trade grains closed higher on Wednesday with wheat rebounding more than one percent due to short-covering. The most active corn contract for March delivery climbed 1.25 cents, or 0.36 percent to settle at 3.49 dollars per bushel.