CHICAGO — When Jayme Closs, 13, appeared along a rural Wisconsin road on Thursday, she ended an 88-day search by hundreds of investigators. Chris Fitzgerald, the sheriff of Barron County, Wis. — where Jayme’s parents were found dead in their home on the night that Jayme disappeared — was at the helm of that desperate […]
The White House has hit out at claims the FBI opened an inquiry into whether Donald Trump was secretly working for Russia. Investigators reportedly became worried by Trump’s behaviour after he fired FBI director James Comey in May 2017. The probe examined whether the US President was a national security threat. But his press secretary […]
A Nicaraguan Supreme Court justice who was President Daniel Ortega’s closest legal adviser before he resigned this week accused the president and his wife of running a brutal government that tramples on civil rights and is driving the nation to the brink of civil war. The justice, Rafael Solis, was speaking in an interview with […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A winter storm that dumped heavy snow on the US Midwest, causing several roadway deaths, stranding some motorists in Missouri and cancelling dozens of flights, marched east towards Washington on Saturday (Jan 12). The weather system, which started as rain from Mexico but has since turned into snow, is forecast to affect […]
Two senior Democratic politicians have announced that they will challenge for the US presidency in 2020. Julian Castro launched his campaign on Saturday, and Tulsi Gabbard has said she will make a formal announcement within a week. Mr Castro is expected to be the only Latino in the race, and Ms Gabbard is the first […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – At midnight on Saturday (Jan 12), the US government shutdown under President Donald Trump entered its 22nd day, which makes it the longest gap in American government funding ever. That beats the previous record, under President Bill Clinton in 1995, of 21 days. In total, there have been 21 gaps in […]
By insisting on a border wall, President Trump is emphasizing an issue that may be popular with his base but seems unlikely to attract new supporters. There has been little polling since the government shutdown began last month, but what there is indicates that voters oppose a border wall, blame the president for the shutdown, […]
WISCONSIN (REUTERS) – A 13-year-old girl’s escape from a rural home where she was held captive for three months by a Wisconsin man charged with murdering her parents helped break the case and she should be treated as a hero, the local sheriff has said. Jayme Closs is with her aunt after her rescue on […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The partial US government shutdown sparked by a stand-off over funding for US President Donald Trump’s border wall project became the longest in the country’s history on Saturday (Jan 12), entering its 22nd day. The shutdown – which began on Dec 22 – surpassed the previous record of 21 days, set in […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] A highly unusual public feud broke out between prosecutors and top police officials on Friday after the Manhattan district attorney’s decision to drop charges against one of the men pummeled by the police with batons during a chaotic arrest […]