Original story | CNN 5/17/16 By Ted Barrett Washington (CNN) In a rebuke to the White House, the Senate approved a bill Tuesday to allow victims and families of the 9/11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia for its alleged involvement in the terrorist strikes. The bill, which the White House opposes, […]
National News
5 Takeaways from Kentucky and Oregon
Original Story | CNN.com May 18, 2016 By Eric Bradner (CNN) – Bernie Sanders won more delegates than Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night — but not enough to slow Clinton’s march to the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton won Kentucky by a razor-thin margin, while Sanders notched a bigger 53% to 47% […]
Major Taliban Push Likely Soon in Helmand, Military Says
Original Story | Military.com May 14, 2016 By Chad Garland KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan and international forces expect a major battle to begin soon for control of southern Helmand province, largely overrun in recent months by the Taliban. The question is, who will strike first. Coalition and Afghan officials say Afghan […]
Amazing Meteor Shower Caught on Police Dashboard Camera in Maine
Original Story | Washington Times Tuesday May 17, 2016 By Andrew Blake A fireball spotted up and down the East Coast and across Canada early Tuesday was spectacularly caught on film by a dashboard camera mounted to a police cruiser in Portland, Maine. Officer Graham Hults of the Portland Police […]
Trump, Ryan Tout Unity in Wake of Meeting
Original Story | CNN.com May 12, 2016 By Manu Raju and Jeremy Diamond (CNN) – Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan concluded their highly anticipated meeting Thursday amid early signals that the Republican Party will work to piece itself together after a fractious primary. “While we were honest about our […]
Three Earth-Like Planets Discovered Orbiting Dwarf Star
Original | CNN 5/2/16 By Ashley Strickland (CNN)For the first time, researchers have discovered three potentially habitable, Earth-like worlds orbiting an ultracool dwarf star 40 light-years away in another star system, according to a study published in the journal Nature. The ultracool dwarf star, known as TRAPPIST-1, isn’t the kind […]
Road to 270: The Electoral College Map
Original Story | CNN.com May 4, 2016 By David Chalian Washington – Now that Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, it’s time to start looking at general election match-ups between him and the likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Here’s the CNN Political Unit’s first look at the battleground map […]
Arizona High School Student Faces 70 Charges for Yearbook Photo Prank
Original Story | Washington Times May 3, 2016 By Jessica Chasmar An Arizona high school student is facing 69 misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure and one felony count of furnishing harmful items to minors after police said he exposed his genitals in a football team photograph that wound up getting published […]
The Indiana Primary’s Influence on Party Conventions
Original Story | ABC News 05/02/2016 By MEGHAN KENEALLY Indiana’s primary is poised to be a test of momentum for both parties. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are headed to the Hoosier state with a string of recent wins that could help them dramatically, while the inverse could lead […]
Pentagon Adopts Israeli Tactic in Bombing ISIS
Original Story | CNN 4/26/16 By Barbara Star The U.S. has adopted a unique Israeli battlefield tactic in its fight against ISIS: exploding a missile above a building to warn civilians inside that it’s about to be bombed. Israeli forces have widely used the so-called knock-on-the-roof operations in Gaza attacks in […]