US News

Authorities Man indicted on child porn charges shoots self

PRINCE GEORGE, Va. — Police in Virginia say a man indicted on 40 counts of possessing child pornography has shot himself in the head. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports 62-year-old James Paul Berry III was hospitalized Thursday following a court appearance. … more →

AP News | 12/14/2018 4:08 am

• Priest travels US spreading Gospel 1 good deed at a time
• Use of death penalty continues to decline in Texas
• The Latest Report sheds no light on how man fled hospital
• 7-year-old immigrant girl dies after Border Patrol arrest
• Police A Georgia police officer and suspect have both died in a shooting after a traffic stop just east of Atlanta
• Ex-Baylor student can graduate from Dallas-area university
• Death row inmate seeks execution; judge to decide competency

White House

Trump statements evolve from denial to ’I did nothing wrong’

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has offered shifting explanations about hush payments made by his former attorney Michael Cohen to two women who alleged they had affairs with the future president. First, he denied knowing about them. Later, he called … more →

AP News | 12/13/2018 12:33 pm

• Trump welcoming governors-elect to White House
• Trump discusses migration with new Mexican president
• Trump argues he ’never directed’ longtime fixer to break law
• Trump’s payment explanations shift as legal exposure grows
• Trump says Meadows needed in Congress, won’t be next chief
• The Latest Trump order boosts Opportunity Zones program
• Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen gets 3 years in prison for crimes including hush-money payments that prosecutors say Trump ordered

Congress

Senate passes resolution saying Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman is responsible for journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death

WASHINGTON — Senate passes resolution saying Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman is responsible for journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death.

AP News | 12/13/2018 3:24 pm

• Pelosi says House Dems will start seeking Trump tax returns
• Senate votes to recommend US stop aiding Saudi Arabia in Yemen war in fallout over journalist Jamal Khashoggi death
• The Latest Senators introduce resolution rebuking Saudis
• House GOP leader Government shutdown would be “stupid”
• The Latest Pelosi says she won’t be lame duck as speaker
• House passes bill to reauthorize farm programs and food aid, sending it to President Trump for his signature
• House passes farm bill, sending it to Trump’s desk

Supreme Court

Justices reject county’s appeal over woman’s time in jail

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has rejected a Mississippi county’s appeal in the case of a woman who was jailed for more than three months without seeing a judge. The court’s order on Monday leaves in place a federal judge’s … more →

AP News | 12/10/2018 7:28 am

• The Latest Justices unlikely to upset double jeopardy rule
• High court seems to lean against West Virginia in tax case
• Supreme Court sends bar fees case back for further look
• SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK Justices employ signature phrases
• The Latest Court likely to apply excess-fine ban to states
• Pro-Kavanaugh group received millions from anonymous donors
• Supreme Court orders new look at case of endangered frog