Friday, February 10, 2017

Donald Trump, meet your toughest hurdle: the US Senate and other top stories.

  • Donald Trump, meet your toughest hurdle: the US Senate

    Donald Trump, meet your toughest hurdle: the US Senate
    Almost every new president has hit Washington with a sense of swagger and talk of barnstorming the town in the first 100 days. Then they met the United States Senate. Now, it’s President-elect Donald Trump’s turn to acquaint himself with a place of strange rules and rituals, amazing ego and ambition, where friends become enemies in a matter of hours — and where many previous administrations have perished. As the 115th Congress prepares to be sworn into office Tuesday, talk of fundamentally t..
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  • Dylann Roof ruled competent for sentencing phase

    Dylann Roof ruled competent for sentencing phase
    The accused Charleston church shooter had a troubled past even before he was arrested for killing nine people at Emanuel AME Church in June 2015. USA TODAY NETWORKIn a self-portrait taken shortly before his June 2015 attack on Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., Dylann Roof poses in front of the Angel Oak near Charleston, a tree believed to be hundreds of years old. The patches on his jacket are flags of the defunct states of Rhodesia and apartheid South Afri..
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  • Hernando twins born in different years

    Hernando twins born in different years
    Hernando twins born in different years A pair of twins born in Hernando were each born in separate years. 10News Staff and Jonathan Petramala, WTSP 11:01 PM. EST January 02, 2017 Mother Geraldine A. is with her newborns Yulianna and Zane. (Photo: WTSP) SPRING HILL, Fla. -- On paper, baby Yullianna is a much older sister than her twin brother, Zane.  A year older by calendar but just 18 minutes by clock.Newborns Yulianna and Zane arrived eighteen minutes apa..
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  • With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Gut Independent Ethics Office

    With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Gut Independent Ethics Office
    Speaker Paul D. Ryan and Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the majority leader, spoke out during the meeting to oppose the measure, aides said on Monday night. The full House is scheduled to vote on Tuesday on the rules, which would last for two years, until the next congressional elections. In place of the office, Republicans would create a new Office of Congressional Complaint Review that would report to the House Ethics Committee, which has been accused of ignoring credible allega..
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  • Five dead as severe weather slams South

    Five dead as severe weather slams South
    A powerful storm system that moved across the South on Monday killed at least four people in Alabama and left a trail of damage over several states. Four people were killed when a tree fell on their mobile home in Rehobeth, Alabama. (Jan. 3) APDebris lies on the ground after a storm south of Mount Olive, Miss., moved through the area Jan. 2, 2017.(Photo: Ryan Moore, AP)Five people died Monday when violent storms barreled through the South, causing power outages, flooding and downed powe..
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  • Search for missing plane with 6 onboard continues

    Search for missing plane with 6 onboard continues
    USA Today Network WKYC-TV, Cleveland 10:20 p.m. EST January 2, 2017 The plane disappeared over Lake Erie, on the way from Cleveland to Columbus, Ohio. There were six people on board including John T. Fleming, CEO of the Superior Beverage Group, and his family. USA TODAY NETWORKDublin Irish Festival honorary chairman John T. Fleming proposes a toast following the tapping of the first Dublin Stout Keg in Dublin, Ohio, on Aug. 1, 2008.(Photo: Uncredited, AP)CLEVELAND — Search ef..
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  • 4 Children Die In Texas Gas Poisoning; Others Injured

    4 Children Die In Texas Gas Poisoning; Others Injured
    Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AMARILLO (AP) — Officials in Texas say four children have died from gas poisoning believed to have been caused by a pesticide sprayed under their Amarillo home. Amarillo Fire Department officials say other people who were in the home are “not out of the woods” yet. Fire officials say a chemical reaction occurred when one person tried to wash off a pesticide that had been sprayed under the house. Poisonous Phosphine gas was released. Capt. Larry Davis said i..
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  • Four Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide On New Year's Day In South Carolina

    Four Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide On New Year's Day In South Carolina
    Four people were found dead in a South Carolina home on New Year’s Day in what authorities believe was a murder-suicide. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department initially released a photo of 25-year-old Jorge Luis Chavez on Sunday night, confirming an “active search” in connection to the shooting. But the local coroner later said that Chavez was among the dead, WLOX reports. We're actively searching for Jorge Luis Chavez in connection to the incident on Old Barnwell Rd. Send all tips to Crim..
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  • Missing 6-Year-Old Colorado Boy Focus of Amber Alert, Reward

    Missing 6-Year-Old Colorado Boy Focus of Amber Alert, Reward
    Police are searching for a 6-year-old boy who is believed to have wandered away from his home in suburban Denver on New Year's Eve, authorities said. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies helped in the hunt for David Puckett on Monday, going door-to-door within 2.5 miles of his home in Aurora. Bloodhounds and a helicopter have also been used. An Amber Alert was issued and police said a $10,000 reward was offered. Aurora police appealed for help to find David as quickly as possible par..
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  • 762 murders. 12 months. 1 American city.

    762 murders. 12 months. 1 American city.
    There were 762 murders in Chicago in 2016. It was the deadliest year in nearly two decades.Here's how we got to this point, what it means for the city and those whose lives have been changed forever.The number alone doesn't tell the entire story of Chicago's bloodshed. There's another statistic that points to a disturbing trend the city is facing: a surge. Five police districts on the south and west sides of the city accounted for nearly two-thirds of the increase in murders, according to Chicag..
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South Korean Opposition Vows to Impeach Park Geun-hye Next Week .Only on AP: As Minn. waffled, NIU prepped for Holiday Bowl .
Jacksonville bringing college life back to downtown .Jacksonville native creates mental health non-profit for millennials .

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