Tarrant county Republicans in Texas will vote Thursday on an effort by a faction toremove their vice chairman, Shahid Shafi, because he’s Muslim.
Author: Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY
Kremlin says US arrested Russian businessman day after capture of alleged American spy
Russian foreign ministry says Russian national detained one day after an American picked up in Moscow on spying charges.
2-year-old whose Yemeni mother was initially denied a visa under Trump’s travel ban dies in California hospital
After an international outcry, the mother was allowed to travel from Egypt to be with her dying son at California hospital.
8-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in US custody had the flu, medical investigator says
An 8-year-old boy who died in U.S. custody on Christmas Evetested positive for influenza B, according to the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator.
144 police officers died in the line of duty in 2018, reversing a one-year decline
The 52 fire-arms related deaths marked a 13 percent jump from the previous year.
Two children have died in US border custody this month. Before that, none in a decade. Why now?
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen said six people have died while in Border Patrol custody during Fiscal Year 2018, which ended in September, but that none were children.
Parkland survivor David Hogg, who was mocked by Fox host over college rejections, finds Ivy League comeback
Fox host Laura Ingraham mocked Hogg after 4 colleges rejected him, prompted a call for an ad boycott.
Gatwick airport reopens after 2 arrested for using drones to disrupt flights
A 47-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman have been arrested in connectionwith drones that forced the shutdown of London’s Gatwick airport for twodays, affecting 140,000 holiday travelers.
Trump visits Arlington Cemetery in the rain, viewing Christmas wreaths at grave sites
Trump has expressed regret for skipping the traditional presidential visit to the military cemetery on Veterans Day weekend.
Police departments nationwide sent scrambling by flood of e-mailed bomb threats
Although no explosive devices were found, New York, San Francisco, Oklahoma City are among the cities forced to check out the threats.