Franklin Graham remembers dad, Rev. Billy Graham
MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. Billy Graham's son, the Rev. Franklin Graham, says his father would want to be remembered as a preacher. Franklin Graham told NBC's "Today Show" on Thursday that Graham's children asked several years ago what he wanted on his tombstone and he replied "Preacher." The younger Graham said his father…
Read MorePresident Trump Hears Wrenching Tales At School Violence Meeting
By CATHERINE LUCEY and MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Spilling out wrenching tales of lost lives and stolen security, students with quavering voices and parents shaking with anger appealed to President Donald Trump on Wednesday to set politics aside and protect American school children from the scourge of gun violence. Trump sat rapt and…
Read MoreEvangelist Billy Graham Dies At Age 99; Reached Millions
By RACHEL ZOLL, Associated Press The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, has died. Spokesman Mark DeMoss says Graham, who long suffered from cancer, pneumonia and other ailments, died at his home in North Carolina…
Read MoreAttorney Admits He Lied To Mueller’s Federal Agents
By CHAD DAY and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An attorney linked to a former Trump campaign official admitted Tuesday he lied to federal investigators working for special counsel Robert Mueller. Alex van der Zwaan, who worked at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom until he was fired last year, appeared…
Read MoreFlorida Senate Panel Wants Officers In Schools
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Senate committee has endorsed a proposal to put law enforcement officers in every school in the state. Only slightly more than half of Florida's more than 4,000 public schools have the resource officers. They are sworn law-enforcement officers and allowed to carry a weapon on a school campus. The Senate…
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