Glass Full, Glass Empty

Two years ago, Sonoma toddler Jack Yankee was the recipient of an outpouring of community goodwill and support when the little tyke battled a rare auto-immune disease via a bone-marrow transplant. Now, in the aftermath of the October fires, Jack's mom - who operates Woodfield Properties vacation rentals - announced "it's our turn to help out."

Church shooting victims face many obstacles in court

One of the people killed when a gunman opened fire at a small-town Texas church was a 56-year-old Sunday school teacher who relatives say threw herself in front of her 18-year-old grandson. One of the people killed when a gunman opened fire at a small-town Texas church was a 56-year-old Sunday school teacher who relatives say threw herself in front of her 18-year-old grandson.

Doug Jones: ‘Roy Moore needs to answer these serious charges’

The Democratic opponent of Republican Roy Moore during the Dec. 12 general election had a simple eight word response Thursday to allegations that the former judge behaved inappropriately with teenage girls in the late 1970s. Moore is accused of having sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl in 1979, when he was 32 years old.

Excused Menendez juror: Would’ve acquitted ‘on all counts’

A juror who was excused from the bribery trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez on Thursday said most of the jurors favor acquittal and that she would have cast a not-guilty vote for the New Jersey Democrat on all counts. Evelyn Arroyo-Maultsby spoke outside the courthouse after the jury was unable to reach a verdict after three full days and part of a fourth.

GOP leaders bolt from Senate candidate Moore after sex claim

A month before Alabama's special election, Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore abruptly faced allegations Thursday of sexual misconduct with minors decades ago - and an immediate backlash from party leaders who demanded he quit the race if the accusations prove true. The instant fallout followed a Washington Post report in which an Alabama woman said that Moore, then a 32-year-old assistant district attorney, had sexual contact with her when she was 14. Three other women interviewed by the Post said Moore, now 70, also approached them when they were between the ages of 16 and 18 and he was in his early 30s.

Va. Republican who leads House Judiciary Committee to retire

File - In this April 4, 2017 file photo, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., speaks during a hearing of the House Judiciary subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Goodlatte is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a 13-term congressman from Virginia.

Even after GOP electoral rebuff, senate double-downs on tax cut

From left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, make statements to reporters as work gets underway on the Senate's version of the GOP tax reform bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. less From left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, make statements to reporters as work gets underway on the ... more US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, holds up talking points from the Republican Senate tax reform bill during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, November 9, 2017.

Russian lawyer who met with Trump Jr. offered him info from firm behind Trump dossier: report

Donald John Trump Dems win from coast to coast Falwell after Gillespie loss: 'DC should annex' Northern Virginia Dems see gains in Virginia's House of Delegates MORE Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton Five takeaways from the Virginia governor's race Dems mull big changes after Brazile bombshell Dem ousts incumbent Republican in Manchester mayoral race MORE offered President Trump's eldest son opposition research created by Fusion GPS - the firm behind the unverified Trump/Russia dossier, according to Reuters . The White House has repeatedly attacked Fusion GPS for its role in the dossier of explosive allegations about Trump's ties to Russia.

Another mass shooting, another locked phone

When Susan Landau decided to write "Listening In: Cybersecurity in an Insecure Age," it was at a time when encryption was on many people's minds. After a shooter in San Bernardino, Calif., killed 14 people, investigators were unable to get into his iPhone.

GOP scrambles to respond to Moore allegations

The bombshell allegations that GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore had inappropriate sexual conduct with a 14-year-old girl when he was 32 have roiled Alabama's Senate race, where the GOP candidate had been heavily favored to win in December. "The allegations against Roy Moore are deeply disturbing and disqualifying," McCain said in a statement.

Senate passes resolution requiring mandatory sexual harassment training

The Senate cleared a resolution on Thursday requiring that all senators and staffers undergo sexual harassment training. The Senate unanimously passed the resolution as part of the chamber's nightly wrap-up amid pressure from senators in both parties to change the chamber's voluntary training policy.

Guess Who Fusion GPS was REALLY Working for

A new report from Reuters gives an eye-opening account of how Fusion GPS, the firm behind the controversial Trump-Russia dossier, walked the line between both candidates in the 2016 presidential election. According to sources who spoke to Reuters, while the firm was working to gather information tying Trump to the Kremlin, they also had some goodies on the Clintons to offer Trump's campaign.

Republicans to delay corporate tax cut to 2019 despite Trump demanding they immediately lower it

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch talks with journalists before heading into a tax meeting : Getty Images Defying the orders of Donald Trump , Senate Republicans are expected to propose delaying the implementation of a lower corporate tax rate until 2019 as the party rushes to pass a sweeping tax rewrite by the end of the year. The proposal is likely to anger the President, who has insisted that Congress immediately reduce the rate to 20 per cent from 35 per cent to spur the economy.

Black Candidates Win Mayoral Races, Could Affect US Politics

Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem Vi Lyles, seen in this Nov. 1, 2017, claimed victory Tuesday night, Nov. 7, in the race to become the next mayor o North Carolina's largest city. When Wilmot Collins knocked on doors across Helena, Montana, residents wanted to know what he would do to address homelessness, affordable housing and other municipal issues.

Russia Twitter trolls deflected Trump bad news

Disguised Russian agents on Twitter rushed to deflect scandalous news about Donald Trump just before last year's presidential election while straining to refocus criticism on the mainstream media and Hillary Clinton's campaign, according to an Associated Press analysis of since-deleted accounts. Tweets by Russia-backed accounts such as "America_1st_" and "BatonRougeVoice" on Oct. 7, 2016, actively pivoted away from news of an audio recording in which Trump made crude comments about groping women, and instead touted damaging emails hacked from Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta.