Search-and-rescue teams made their way into the Florida Keys’ farthest reaches Tuesday, while crews labored to repair the single washed-out highway connecting the islands and rush aid to Hurricane Irma’s victims. Federal officials estimated one-quarter of all homes in the Keys were destroyed. Two days after Irma roared into the… Read More
Train engineer involved in crash wants criminal charges dismissed
The engineer in a deadly Amtrak derailment is due in court for a preliminary hearing to determine if he’ll face trial on criminal charges that were filed only after a victim’s family intervened and a judge overruled city prosecutors. Engineer Brandon Bostian’s lawyers want the case dismissed. They argued in… Read More
Justice found in two 1975 murders
A 60-year-old man who pleaded guilty in the killing of two young sisters from Maryland was sentenced Tuesday to two 48-year prison terms, more than four decades after the girls vanished during a trip to a local shopping mall. Lloyd Lee Welch Jr. entered his plea in a Virginia court… Read More
Trump deploys aircraft carrier to Florida rescue
President Donald Trump is sending help to the Florida Keys… in a big way. The U.S. Navy has deployed the USS Iwo Jima, USS New York and the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln to help with search and rescue amid reports of devastation in the hurricane-battered Florida Keys. Sponsored: The #1… Read More
Fox News plans HUGE shakeup (they hired WHO?!)
There are some very big changes heading to Fox News’ primetime lineup in the next few weeks. Conservative radio star Laura Ingraham has reportedly been hired to fill the cable news networks 10:00pm EST slot. Sponsored: Strange “Second Bible” issues urgent warning for all Americans According to MSN, “While there… Read More
8 dead in shooting in quiet Dallas suburb
At least eight people are dead, including the suspect, after a shooting at a home in a Dallas suburb, authorities said. The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. Sunday in the city less than 20 miles northeast of Dallas. Plano police spokesman David Tilley said police initially responded to a report… Read More
Trump appeals to Supreme Court over travel ban
The Trump administration is back at the Supreme Court, asking the justices to continue to allow strict enforcement of a temporary ban on refugees from what former President Barack Obama labeled as “terror hot spots” The Justice Department’s high court filing Monday follows an appeals court ruling last week that… Read More
Across America, we remember 9/11
Holding photos and reading names of loved ones lost 16 years ago, 9/11 victims’ relatives marked the anniversary of the attacks at ground zero on Monday with a solemn and personal ceremony. Every Sept. 11 since the date of the deadliest terror attack on American soil, Rob Fazio has come… Read More
Hurricane Irma batters Florida (the latest)
A weakened but still dangerous Irma pushed inland Monday as it hammered Florida with winds that created hazards for rescuers and flooding that set a record in one city. Irma was downgraded to a tropical storm over Florida, but it still had winds near hurricane force. Its outer bands were… Read More
[Must see] 7 shocking pictures of Irma’s destruction
Hurricane Irma scraped Cuba’s northern coast Friday on a course toward Florida, leaving in its deadly wake a ravaged string of Caribbean resort islands strewn with splintered lumber, corrugated metal and broken concrete. The death toll in the Caribbean stood at 21 and is expected to rise as rescuers reached… Read More