President Donald Trump’s defense team begins its second day of arguments in the Senate impeachment trialm after the Democratic House managers laid out their case last week charging the president with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. ...Read more
Authorities say that at least eight people are dead after a fire broke out on a marina in far northeast Alabama, filled with house and recreational boats early on Monday. Officials says the fire destroyed 35 vessels at Jackson County Park, along the Tennessee River, in Scottsboro, Alabama, about 100 miles northeast of Birmingham and 40 miles east of Huntsville. ...Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday that the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the United States has risen to five. ...Read more
NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday. ...Read more
“Sopranos” actress Annabella Sciorra took the witness stand on Thursday at the trial agains Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who she alleges violently raped her at her apartment. Sciorra’s testimony is the first and one of the most highly anticipated as Weinstein faces rape and sexual assault charges in New York. ...Read more
Jim Lehrer, the longtime anchorman for PBS who appeared on the air for more than 30 years until his retirement in 2011, died Thursday at 85, the news organization announced. Lehner died “peacefully in his sleep,” according to PBS who made the announcement in a tweet. ...Read more
Authorities say that four people were killed Wednesday in a crash of a small airplane at a Southern California airfield. The plane went down at Corona Municipal Airport, about 40 miles east of Los Angeles, Corona police said on Twitter. Four fatalities were confirmed, the Corona Fire Department said in the Twitter post. ...Read more
The Senate reconvened Wednesday afternoon to hear opening arguments from the House’s impeachment managers. ...Read more
President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial began on Tuesday, with prosecutors from the House of Representatives and lawyers for the White House debating how the case should proceed. ...Read more
On Tuesday, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first U.S. case of the deadly new coronavirus. The CDC and Washington state officials said the man, in his 30s, was in good condition at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett. ...Read more
