Thousands Gather For Funeral Of NYPD Detective Steven McDonald
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Thousands of mourners have gathered Friday for the funeral of NYPD Detective Steven McDonald, known for publicly forgiving a teenage gunman who left him paralyzed in 1986 from the neck down. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O’Neill joined scores of officers to watch police motorcycles and a bagpipe band escort the hearse carrying McDonald’s body down Fifth Avenue to the front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. They stood in silence as pallbearers took McDon..>> view original6 children confirmed dead in Baltimore house fire
Firefighters have recovered the bodies of six children Thursday after a fire broke out overnight at their family home in northeast Baltimore. Firefighters were called to the three-story house at around 12:30 a.m. and found it engulfed in flames. The woman who lived in the home, identified as Katie Malone, is the mother of nine children who lived in the home along with their father, who was at work at the time of the fire. Malone and three of her children escaped the home. The children confirmed..>> view originalThe Latest: Freezing rain arrives in central US ice storm
It was a connection forged eight years ago between two daughters of an outgoing president and the new first family. Now days before they move from the home they've known for nearly a decade in which they've gone from being young children to young adults, Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush have penned a letter to Sasha and Malia Obama welcoming them to the former first children club. In the letter, released first to Time magazine, the Bush daughters explain how they first met "on a cold Novembe..>> view originalThis 1967 speech may have helped put a target on Martin Luther King's back
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta. Ga.(Photo: Reg Lancaster, Getty Images)Exactly one year before his assassination, on April 4, 1967, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave a speech that may have helped put a target on his back. That speech, entitled Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break The Silence, was an unequivocal denunciation of America’s involvement in that Southeast Asian conflict.The speech began conventionally. King thanked his hosts, the antiwar group Clergy and Lay..>> view originalRyan: GOP will repeal, replace Obamacare at same time
"We want to do this at the same time, and in some cases in the same bill," Ryan said during a town hall in Washington sponsored by CNN and moderated by Jake Tapper. "So we want to advance repealing this law with its replacement at the same time."Ryan said Republicans are moving "as quickly as they can" to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, but said he doesn't yet have a date, and it will take "a little bit of time" to do so."We're working on this as fast as possible," he said, adding th..>> view originalPresident Obama Surprises Joe Biden With Medal of Freedom
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The Bush sisters shared some heartfelt worlds of wisdom with the Obama girls about life outside of the White House TimeBarbara Bush and Jenner Bush Hager have some advice for the newest members of the former first children's club.(Photo: Theo Wargo, Getty Images for (RED))After one of the most bitterly fought presidential elections of recent memory, where bipartisan unity of any kind has been hard to find, one bright spot has been the warm relations between the Bush and Obama families.T..>> view originalJustice Department inspector general to investigate pre-election actions by department and FBI
The Washington Post's Matt Zapotosky explains why the Department of Justice is opening a new inquiry into FBI Director James B. Comey and how he handled the probe of Hillary Clinton's email practices. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post) The Justice Department inspector general will review broad allegations of misconduct involving FBI Director James B. Comey and how he handled the probe of Hillary Clinton’s email practices, the inspector general announced Thursday. The investigation will..>> view originalTrump's Cabinet nominees keep contradicting him
Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees, in their first round of confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, have one after another contradicted the president-elect on key issues, promising to trim back or disregard some of the signature promises on which he campaigned. A fresh set of examples came Thursday, the third day of hearings. Retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, Trump’s nominee to be defense secretary, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the United States must honor the “imperfect arm..>> view original
Thursday, February 23, 2017
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