White House names McNeill acting head of Transportation Security Administration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has tapped a former White House official to serve as the acting head of the 60,000-employee Transportation Security Administration. The TSA confirmed on Monday Ha Nguyen McNeill has been named deputy
Florida man charged with killing estranged wife in Spain is dead from apparent suicide, lawyer says
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida businessman charged with kidnapping and killing his estranged wife in Spain was found dead from an apparent suicide Monday morning in a South Florida federal prison, his defense attorney said.
Louisiana death row conviction overturned as man’s lawyers cite faulty forensic analysis
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man who has spent nearly three decades on death row has had his conviction overturned by a district judge following a review of forensic analysis that the inmate’s legal team argued
Suspect in Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse theft is charged in federal court
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of stealing a purse from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was charged Monday in federal court with aggravated identity theft, robbery and fraud. Video captured Mario Bustamante Leiva taking Noem’s purse
Trump administration says Penn violated sex discrimination laws after transgender swimmer competed
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday that the University of Pennsylvania violated laws guaranteeing women equal opportunities in athletics by letting a transgender swimmer compete on the school’s women’s team and into team facilities.
Woman charged with murder in stabbing of a paramedic during ambulance ride to a hospital
A woman pleaded not guilty Monday to fatally stabbing a Kansas City, Missouri, paramedic as she was being taken to a hospital in an ambulance. Shanetta Bossell, 39, was arrested Sunday after trying to drive off in
As Gov. Brian Kemp signs Georgia school safety law, supporters look to implementing it
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday signed a law that supporters hope will prevent future school shootings like the one that killed two students and two teachers on Sept. 4 at the Apalachee High
FDA scrutiny of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine sparks uncertainty about other shots
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s effort to impose new requirements on Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine — the nation’s only traditional protein-based option for the coronavirus — is sowing uncertainty about updates to other vaccines, too. Novavax said
Inside The Atlantic magazine’s circuitous route to interviews with Trump
Writers Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer of The Atlantic say they’ve learned one thing during their years of covering President Donald Trump: His first word is rarely his last one. That’s obvious from their circuitous journey in
Memphis church key to Martin Luther King’s last campaign destroyed by fire
(Reuters) – A historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, that was an organizing point for Martin Luther King’s last civil rights campaign caught fire early on Monday morning and was badly damaged. The inside of the Clayborn
