President Donald Trump told attendees at the annual National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday that he stands behind them, even as speakers bemoaned the level of division in the country and what one described as a “fracturing of the American family.” “I will never let you down,” Trump told an audience… Read More
Big changes coming to U.S. Army under Trump
Army soldiers struggle to haul heavy sleds backward as fast as they can down a grassy field at Fort Bragg, filling the brisk North Carolina morning air with grunts of exertion and the shouts of instruction from their coaches. Watching from the sidelines, Sgt. Maj. Harold Sampson shakes his head…. Read More
$10 million bail set for accused cop killer
A judge has set a $10 million bond for a man accused of fatally shooting a sheriff’s deputy and wounding another deputy during a 12-hour standoff in Ohio. A Clermont County Municipal Court judge set bond Monday for 23-year-old Wade Edward Winn. The shackled suspect was in court on charges… Read More
Former cop recalls stopping radical Islamic terrorists on border
It was about 2 a.m. on a moonless October night in 1987 when the police chief of a small northern Vermont town spotted a man carrying a black bag and walking down the railroad tracks from Canada toward a waiting van about a mile south of the border. The man… Read More
[Highlights] Patriots win Super Bowl LIII
Graying but still gritty, Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the Patriots came to the Super Bowl intending to stave off, for at least one more game, the inevitable onslaught of the NFL’s future. Job well done. Pro football never looked flatter, older and more stuck in the days of the… Read More
Five killed when plane crashes into California neighborhood
Five people died and two others were injured after a small plane apparently came apart, raining debris across a Southern California neighborhood and igniting a house fire before landing in a backyard, authorities said Sunday. The male pilot, who was the only person in the twin-engine plane, and four people… Read More
Man indicted for threatening to kill pro-life activists
Federal prosecutors have accused a Wichita man of threatening workers of the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue. A four-count indictment on Wednesday charges 22-year-old Christopher M. Thompson with making threats to injure a person. The indictment alleges Thompson made calls on Aug. 14 threatening to kill Operation Rescue employees and rape… Read More
Deadly arctic blast freezes even the mail
A deadly arctic deep freeze enveloped the United States with record-breaking temperatures on Wednesday, triggering widespread closures of schools and businesses, and prompting the U.S. Postal Service to take the rare step of suspending mail delivery to a wide swath of the region. Many normal activities shut down and residents… Read More
FBI releases official motive on Las Vegas shooter
A high-stakes gambler who rained down a hail of gunfire, killing 58 people from his high-rise casino suite in Las Vegas wanted infamy and mass destruction, the FBI told the Associated Press Tuesday, but took whatever motive might stretch beyond that to his grave. “It wasn’t about MGM, Mandalay Bay… Read More
4 officers shot in standoff with drug lord
An attempt to serve a search warrant at a suspected drug house quickly turned into a gunbattle that killed two suspects and injured five undercover narcotics officers, including four who were shot, Houston’s police chief said. The suspects were killed Monday after the officers were fired on as they forced their way into… Read More