Veteran education bill aims to bolster support for Native American members
Congress aims to support Native American veterans with a bill that would bring benefits to Tribal Colleges and Universities.
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Texas woman arrested in 5-year-old’s suspected death allegedly hid body in storage unit for weeks: police
Chilling new details in the disappearance of a 5-year-old boy in Texas describe how the woman who has been arrested in the case hid what is believed to be the child’s lifeless body a storage unit for weeks before it was ultimately discovered at... Read More.
Texas woman ‘disappeared under very suspicious circumstances’ after party in April, police say
The Harris County Sheriff's Office Homicide Unit has taken over the investigation into a Texas woman who disappeared following a house party on April 25, saying they suspect foul play in the case and the circumstances are suspicious.
New Jersey police officers injured by ‘mob’ during arrest attempt; suspects apprehended unharmed: report
Two Newark police officers and an Essex County detective were allegedly jumped by a mob while trying to make a firearms arrest Tuesday, according to the local police union.
Ex-Treasury employee who leaked Manafort docs sentenced to six months in prison
A former U.S. Treasury Department official who pleaded guilty last year to leaking confidential banking reports associated with former President Donald Trump's onetime campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced Thursday to six months in prison.
Chicago girl, 14, chased by gang members, shot in head
A 14-year-old girl was asked what gang she belonged with before three gunmen chased her Wednesday night and she was shot in the head in Chicago.
Texas newborn found dead in Houston porta potty
Texas deputies found a dead “full-term” newborn abandoned in a Porta Potty in Houston Thursday afternoon, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
Utah man who murdered his wife on a cruise sentenced to 30 years in prison
A deadbeat Utah dad who beat his wife to death in front of their daughters on a cruise ship off Southeast Alaska in 2017 after she told him she wanted a divorce received a 30-year prison sentence Thursday.
Five-time national track champ says ‘transgender athletes will diminish opportunities for biological women’
A five-time national track champion is speaking out against what she sees as a barrier to equality, worrying that “transgender athletes will diminish opportunities for biological women.”
Houston mattress store that housed hundreds in severe winter weather debuts highwater rescue truck
Houston’s Mattress Mack, the furniture seller who opened his doors to hundreds of displaced Texas residents when severe weather froze the region last winter, debuted a high-water rescue truck this week, according to local reports.