Woman tried to save her son after he fell through ice with 12-year-old girl, officials say
Arctic air is moving toward the East Coast and could bring record low temperatures later in the week. In upstate New York, the weather proved deadly for a boy who died after getting trapped in a snow bank while sledding. (Reuters) Two 12-year-old children died after falling through the ice on an Indiana pond, despite the efforts of one of their mothers to save her son, officials said. The children, identified in a news release as Paige Bailey and Brice Phillips, were playing outside befor..>> view originalCalifornia Gets Ready To Defy Trump's Washington
A protest against President-elect Donald Trump in Los Angeles last month. Democrat Hillary Clinton drew 61 percent of the vote versus Trump's 31 percent in the country's most populous state. Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images A protest against President-elect Donald Trump i..>> view originalElection officials focus on whether voter ID laws contributed to Hillary Clinton's defeat
Starting with John F. Kennedy’s victory over Richard Nixon in 1960, Delia Anderson had voted in 14 straight presidential elections.She had cast her ballot at the same polling place for years, never with a glitch. This year, however, a volunteer driving her to the polls mentioned that she would be asked to show a state-approved photo ID. “Don’t these poll people already know who I am?” replied Anderson, who is 77, black and uses a wheelchair, as she frantically sifted through her purse for anyt..>> view originalWeekend storm brings snow, sleet to NJ
Snow blanketed the state early Saturday morning, but for much of the New Jersey, those conditions will change over to sleet, freezing rain or rain, creating hazardous road conditions before temperatures warm up overnight. In what is New Jersey's first significant snowfall of the season, snow was falling in most of the state early Saturday morning but had changed to sleet at the Shore shortly after 7 a.m. The National Weather Service predicts freezing rain and sleet falling in the northern area..>> view originalTrump Family Tried To Auction Coffee With Ivanka, Raising Ethical Concerns
Ivanka Trump, daughter and part of the executive committee of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team, arrives at New York City's Trump Tower for meetings last month. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images Ivanka Trump, daughter and part of the executive com..>> view originalWashington state officer shot identified; remains critical
SEATTLE – Officials have identified a police officer who was shot and critically wounded in Washington state as 61-year-old Mike McClaughry, who is known by the nickname "Mick," police said. Mount Vernon Police Lt. Christopher Cammock said at a Friday briefing that McClaughry suffered a gunshot wound to the head while investigating a reported shooting in a Mount Vernon neighborhood north of Seattle. McClaughry is a father of three and a grandfather who started working with the Mount Vernon Po..>> view originalTrump names Rep. Mick Mulvaney, a fiscal hawk, to head budget office
Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), center, leaves Trump Tower earlier this month. (Andrew Harnik/AP) President-elect Donald Trump has named Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) as his director of the Office of Management and Budget, signaling his intent to slash spending and address the deficit as president. Mulvaney, 49, was elected to Congress in 2010 in the wave that brought in a cohort of younger, staunchly conservative members into the House. He has been an advocate for spending cuts, often taking on..>> view originalGatlinburg man forgives teens accused of setting fires that killed wife, 2 daughters
VIDEOS: GATLINBURG, SEVIER COUNTY WILDFIRESRemembering the victims of the Gatlinburg wildfire | 2:44In remembrance of those who lost their lives in the Gatlinburg wildfires Nov. 28, 2016. Angela Gosnell/News Sentinel1 of 47VIDEOS: GATLINBURG, SEVIER COUNTY WILDFIRESOber Gatlinburg reopens after wildfires | 1:50Ober Gatlinburg reopens after wildfires 2 of 47VIDEOS: GATLINBURG, SEVIER COUNTY WILDFIRESThese devastating photos ..>> view originalWomen and minorities could be missing from the Cabinet's 'big four' jobs for the first time since 1993
Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson is President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state. (Eric Piermont/AFP) Now that Donald Trump has named ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his pick for secretary of state, the transition has reached a milestone of sorts. Nominations for the most prized jobs in the Cabinet -- the people who lead the Departments of State, Defense, Justice and the Treasury -- are all in place, filling what have come to be known as the "big four" jobs. As The Post wrote in 2..>> view originalJudge bars Bergdahl prosecutors from using wounds at trial
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — A judge has ruled the prosecutors of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl won't be able to harness some of the most emotionally powerful evidence against him at his court martial next year. The judge decided they can't present evidence at trial that soldiers were wounded searching for Bergdahl after he walked off his post in Afghanistan in 2009. Your current subscription does not provide access to this content. Please click the button below to manage y..>> view original
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
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