Multiple Americans detained in Venezuela have been released, Trump administration says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Multiple Americans who were detained in Venezuela have been released, the Trump administration said Tuesday. “We welcome the release of detained Americans in Venezuela,” the State Department said. “This is an important step in
Actor Kiefer Sutherland arrested for allegedly assaulting a ride-hail driver, police say
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Kiefer Sutherland was arrested early Monday morning after Los Angeles police responded to a call reporting an assault involving a ride-hail driver, authorities said. Just after midnight, officers were called to the
Mississippi synagogue congregant shares story of 1967 Ku Klux Klan bombing
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Beverly Geiger Bonnheim was 17 when the Ku Klux Klan bombed her synagogue in 1967. This weekend, at 75, she watched it burn again. “It was horrifying and disbelieving to see it again,”
US civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin dead at 86
By Steve Gorman Jan 13 (Reuters) – U.S. civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin, arrested at age 15 for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white woman in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks’
Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention
The president of Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota on Tuesday called for the immediate release of tribal members who were detained at a homeless encampment by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota last week. Three
6 puppies treated for a suspected opioid overdose in Washington will find new homes soon
SEATTLE (AP) — Six puppies in rural Washington state will soon be up for adoption after being revived after a suspected drug overdose — and some of them might go home with the fire-station staff who saved
Trump flips off antagonizing worker at Ford plant in Michigan
By Bo Erickson and Jarrett Renshaw DEARBORN, Michigan, Jan 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump raised his middle finger and appeared to direct profanity toward a factory worker who expressed criticism of his handling of the
Trump says he thinks China can open its markets to US goods
By Bo Erickson and Kanishka Singh JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Jan 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he thinks China can open its markets to American goods, once again asserting he had a good
US drops appeal of order blocking Trump plan to tie state transportation funds to immigration enforcement
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to dismiss its appeal of a lower court order blocking President Donald Trump’s administration from forcing 20 Democratic-led states to cooperate with immigration
Wildlife crews stop actively searching for young wolves after livestock attacks
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wildlife crews are no longer actively searching for two juvenile gray wolves who were part of a pack that killed dozens of cows and calves last summer in Northern California’s Sierra Valley, an
