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Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker suggested Wednesday that Gens. John Kelly and James Mattis as well Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are the “people that help separate our country from chaos,” a stinging criticism of President Donald Trump from a man once considered an ally in Washington. Asked directly by a reporter whether he was […]

A summer visit that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke made to the Vegas Golden Knights hockey team is now under two investigations by federal watchdogs. The Interior Department’s inspector general has added concerns about Zinke’s meeting with the new NHL team and use of a private jet from Las Vegas to an investigation it opened Friday […]

On Sunday night in Las Vegas, amid chaos and under a hail of bullets, Justin Uhart met Jan Lambourne. They will probably never forget each other. Both were at the Route 91 Harvest Festival when a gunman opened fire from a hotel room across the street, killing 58 people. Now Lambourne is recovering from a […]

Rosa C. Lanich, 59, of Clearfield died Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017 at her home. She was born Dec. 17, 1957 in Asturias, Cebu, Philippines, a daughter of the late Pedro O. and Engracia B. (Laurito) Coyoca. She was employed by Mariloyd Personal Care Home as well as Hav Sommo Cafe, both in Clearfield. She attended […]

President Donald Trump has been in office for 258 days. His Cabinet? Not so much. The President’s Cabinet has been at full capacity — with Senate-approved, permanent appointees — for only 94 days so far in his term. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was among the first secretaries confirmed into Trump’s Cabinet, but there has […]

It’s official: My country is a joke. Britain is headed for the European Union with no idea of what comes next; Theresa May, the prime minister, calls a snap election to ask the nation who should govern, and is promptly told “not you.” When she comes to the UN General Assembly, the annual jamboree for […]

Sonos is known for its speakers, but now they’re ready to talk back. The home sound system company revealed the new Sonos One at an event in New York City on Wednesday. It’s the first Sonos speaker to have a voice assistant built in. It may be a voice you recognize: Alexa, Amazon’s built-in voice […]

President Donald Trump avoided the topic of gun control while visiting Las Vegas Wednesday, just days after the deadliest shooting in modern American history. The visit, which comes hours after Trump visited Puerto Rico to survey the damage wrought by Hurricane Maria, marks the President’s second trip to soothe national concerns in as many days. […]

If there was ever a congressional act worthy of our outrage, it’s the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, which, despite its misleading name, has the potential to put even more Americans at risk of gun violence and to promote reckless killing of rare species of wildlife. While Speaker Paul Ryan announced in the […]

The Catalan President vowed to implement the results of the region’s contested independence referendum on Wednesday and criticized the King of Spain for failing to bring the divided factions together. In a TV address from the headquarters of the Catalan government in Barcelona, northeast Spain, Carles Puigdemont said King Felipe had missed an opportunity to […]

Puerto Ricans say now isn’t the time to debate about the island’s debt. They’re still just trying to get back on their feet after Hurricane Maria. President Donald Trump again called out Puerto Rico’s debt crisis during his visit to the hurricane-ravaged island on Tuesday. “They owe a lot of money to your friends on […]

Right-wing televangelist and one-time presidential candidate Pat Robertson on Monday linked the Las Vegas massacre to “disrespect” for President Donald Trump and the National Anthem. “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m trying to make sense of this, I’m sure you are. … Violence in the streets. Why is it happening?” Robertson asked on “The 700 Club” while […]

Almost three days after the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, investigators appear no closer to answering the question: Why? Why did Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old retired accountant, fire from his 32nd-floor hotel window into a crowd of 22,000 concertgoers in the heart of Las Vegas? Why did he continue firing with an arsenal […]

The pupils of our eyes are terrible liars. Scientists have long known this. Our pupils widen ever so slightly when we’re being deceptive. The change is so minor — fractions of a millimeter — that the average person would never notice. But now a Utah-based company called Converus has a test that uses a camera […]

President Donald Trump may have to clear an extra hour out of his morning schedule: his go-to cable news program is about to get an hour longer. “Fox & Friends,” the morning gabfest that has seen its influence grow in the first year of Trump’s presidency, will now see its time slot expand, as well. […]

Republican and Democratic senators are gobsmacked that Equifax just received a government contract to help the IRS guard against fraud. Just last month, the credit monitoring agency announced a massive security breach that may have exposed the sensitive personal information of as many as 145.5 million people. “You realize to many Americans right now, that […]

Blanca Gamez uses one word to describe the day the President of the United States opened the door to the Oval Office and invited her inside: insanity. “That doesn’t happen to regular individuals,” she says, “especially people who are undocumented.” The scene that February morning more than two years ago would have been unimaginable a […]

Democratic Reps. Ro Khanna of California and Carolyn Maloney of New York sent a letter on Wednesday requesting the House judiciary committee convene a hearing addressing nonconsensual condom removal, more commonly known as “stealthing.” The legislators are raising the issue in hope that the public can better understand the scope of this problem and examine […]

The man charged with kidnapping a Chinese student at the University of Illinois may face the death penalty after new charges were filed, accusing him of killing her. Brendt Christensen, 28, has been charged with kidnapping resulting in the death of Yingying Zhang, 26, according to an updated indictment released Tuesday by a federal grand […]

The “King of Debt” has plenty of power, but he can’t make Puerto Rico’s mountain of debt magically disappear. President Trump, who gave himself the royal moniker during the 2016 campaign, told Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera that “we will have to wipe out” Puerto Rico’s crushing debt load. Trump’s dramatic statement spooked the market. The […]

Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock encouraged his live-in girlfriend, Marilou Danley, to leave the United States before his attack that left 58 people dead, her sisters told CNN affiliate Seven Network Australia. “She was sent away. She was sent away so that she will be not there to interfere with what he’s planning,” one of […]

On Tuesday night, Randall Woodfin scored an upset of the two-term Democratic mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, to become the youngest mayor (he’s 36) in the Magic City in more than 100 years. Woodfin’s campaign became something of a cause celebre among national liberal activists aligned with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Nina Turner, the head of […]

For the past several years, conservatives in Congress have railed against the financial perils of deficits. Groups like the Tea Party, the House Freedom Caucus and the Republican Study Committee have made reducing the national debt a top priority. But some of those same hawks are singing quite a different tune these days on deficits, […]

Though summer officially ended almost two weeks ago, hurricane season is still in full swing, with a new storm forming in the southwestern Caribbean near Central America. Despite being more than 1,000 miles away from the US and only in its infancy, the storm could reach the Gulf Coast by this weekend. Those with Columbus […]

Here is a list of the deadliest single day mass shootings in US history from 1949 to the present. If the shooter was killed or committed suicide during the incident that death is not included in the total. Events: 58 killed – October 1, 2017 – In Las Vegas, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada, […]