Feds say Alabama judges must obey US Supreme Court decision
U.S. Attorneys issued a statement saying they had “grave concerns” about Chief Justice Roy Moore’s administrative order
Pounding surf accompanies El Nino storm
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The last of several El Nino storms this week is accompanied by battering surf that is flooding some low-lying coastal areas in Southern California. Big waves at high tide Thursday overtopped the breakwater in Los Angeles County’s Redondo Beach and encroached on residential beaches in Malibu. No major damage was reported. National…
Mizzou faculty publish letter in support of Melissa Click
Click has already resigned a courtesy appointment at the school’s school of journalism
Benghazi panel to interview former CIA Director Petraeus
WASHINGTON (AP) – A House committee looking into the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya is interviewing former CIA Director David Petraeus as the investigation enters its third calendar year – and a presidential election year. Petraeus is the first of four former Obama administration officials the Republican-led committee is interviewing in the next week.…
US sees Assad staying in Syria until March 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration’s best-case scenario for political transition in Syria does not foresee Bashar Assad stepping down as the country’s leader before March 2017, outlasting Barack Obama’s presidency by at least two months, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. An internal timeline prepared for U.S. officials dealing with the…
Cash-rich super PACs prolong flagging presidential campaigns
Less than a month before voting begins, the Republican field still has a dozen presidential hopefuls. Super PACs are one reason why
Trump feigns outrage after rally-goer calls leaders Muslim
Trump jokingly admonished a man at the rally that yelled the country’s leaders are “Muslims.”