Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Turns out an Air Force veteran is having just as much trouble funding a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico as President Donald Trump. GoFundMe said on Friday it will refund over $20 million in donations to a campaign started by veteran Brian Kolfage last year after he changed …
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Jan 12
Megyn Kelly, NBC come to agreement on exit after controversial tenure
John Lamparski/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Megyn Kelly’s rocky tenure at NBC is over. Kelly, a former Fox News host, joined the network in 2017 on a large deal and in three marquee roles. She hosted a daytime talk show, started a Sunday night news show and was to be featured in regular political coverage on …
Jan 11
Florida sheriff suspended over handling of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(PARKLAND, Fla.) — Florida’s new governor Ron DeSantis has suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel over his department’s much-maligned response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting last February — which took the lives of 17 students and staff — and installed the county’s first African-American sheriff, former Coral Springs police sergeant …
Jan 11
Tornillo, the Texas tent camp that housed thousands of migrant children, will close: HH
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A massive tent camp in Texas that at one point housed some 2,800 migrant teenagers who had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone will close, the Trump administration announced Friday. By this weekend, the last of the children there either will have been sent to live with sponsors or transferred to another …
Jan 11
Family of federal worker struggling because of the government shutdown begs Trump to meet with them
Allie McKinney(NEW YORK) — A stay-at-home mom whose family is struggling to make ends meet as the government shutdown stretches into one of the longest in U.S. history has a message for President Donald Trump: Come to Walton, Kentucky, and let’s talk. Allie McKinney, 28, is mom to 1-year-old Harper, born at just 26 weeks …
Jan 11
Fire investigators close in on cause of Thursday evening fire south of Mitchell
Fire investigators have narrowed their probe of where and how a Thursday evening fire that gutted a metal building housing Upper Midwest Garage Doors started. Mitchell Fire Marshal Shannon Sandoval says statements from the owner and the first firefighters on the scene indicate the fire started in an office in the southwest corner of the …
Jan 11
Woman who allegedly struck, killed manicurist after skipping out on $35 bill arrested, police say
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police(NEW YORK) — The woman who allegedly hit and killed a manicurist after skipping out on her $35 bill has been arrested, according to police. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced that Krystal Whipple, 21, was arrested in Glendale, Arizona, Friday morning after investigators learned about her whereabouts. *CAPTURED* Krystal Whipple, …
Jan 11
Second suspect in killing of 7-year-old Texas girl denies involvement in shooting: Attorney
Fedorovekb/iStock(HOUSTON) — A man suspected of firing the shots that killed 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes as she rode in a car in Houston with her mother and sisters has denied any involvement in the tragic episode, his attorney said Thursday. Larry Woodruffe, 24, was arraigned Thursday in a Houston courtroom on a capital murder charge and …
Jan 11
Families of Sandy Hook shooting victims win legal victory in lawsuit against InfoWars, Alex Jones
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Six families of victims killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School won a legal victory Friday in their fight against controversial radio and internet personality Alex Jones. A judge in Connecticut has granted the families’ discovery requests, allowing them access to, among other things, InfoWars’ internal marketing and financial documents. The …
Jan 11
Air traffic controllers suing Trump administration over missed pay during shutdown
ugurhan/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The National Air Traffic Controllers Association is suing the Trump administration on behalf of the thousands of members of their union that have not been paid during the protracted shutdown showdown over border wall funding between the president and congressional Democrats. The suit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., claims the administration …